As first prize winner in the 2006 Iowa International Piano Competition, pianist Assaff Weisman has travelled around the world performing at major concert halls and as soloist with numerous orchestras. His radio credits include WQXR’s “Young Artist Showcase” and “The Voice of Music” in Israel, as well as multiple appearances on WGBH radio in Boston, where he has recorded repertoire ranging from Bach to André Previn. His 2002 release of an all-Schubert recording for Yamaha’s “NYC Rising Star” series quickly became one of its best sellers. An avid chamber musician, Mr. Weisman has collaborated with Isidore Cohen, Peter Wiley, and Michael Tree, among others, and performed at the Aspen Music Festival, Campos do Jordão (Brazil), Verbier (Switzerland), among many others. He is a founding member and the Executive Director of the award-winning Israeli Chamber Project, with which he has toured since 2008.

Mr. Weisman is a graduate of The Juilliard School, where he received both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees as a student of Herbert Stessin, and where he now is a member of the Evening Division piano faculty. Prior to his studies in New York, he studied with Professor Victor Derevianko in Israel where he was a winner of the America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarships. Mr. Weisman is a Yamaha Artist.