Jon Klibonoff

Jon Klibonoff has established a versatile career as orchestra soloist, recitalist and chamber musician throughout the United States and abroad. His many awards include the Silver Medal of the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, the Affiliate Artists Xerox Pianists Award, the Pro Musicis Foundation Award, First Prize in the Kosciuszko Chopin Competition, and a Solo Recitalists Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. 

Presently a member of Trio Solisti, Klibonoff has also appeared as guest artist to numerous chamber music groups including the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and the Shanghai, Miami and Lark String Quartets. 

In recital, Mr. Klibonoff has appeared at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall, the 92^nd Street Y, the National Gallery, and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. 

His many orchestral appearances include the Baltimore, Utah, Buffalo, Denver, and North Carolina Symphonies. He has several CD recordings to his credit including two recordings of twentieth century violin and piano music with violinist Maria Bachmann on the BMG/Catalyst label as well as three recordings with Trio Solisti which include trios of Brahms, Ravel and Paul Moravec. 

A graduate of The Juilliard School and Manhattan School of Music, Klibonoff has been on the faculty of Hunter College and Concordia College and is currently a member of the faculty at SUNY Purchase College and the Manhattan School of Music. 

He resides in Bronxville, New York with his wife Amy and their two children, Madeleine and Noah.