PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
Described by the American Record Guide as a pianist whose playing "was as smooth as velvet," Mr. Shimoni's engagements in the 2009-2010 season include performances in New York's Zankel Hall and Symphony Space, on Stanford University's Lively Arts Series, at the Barns at Wolf Trap, and in recital for the Five Boroughs Music Festival.

Mr. Shimoni is the first-prize winner of the National Federation of Music Clubs' Young Artist Auditions, Beethoven Sonata Competition, Five Towns Music and Art Competition, and Simone Belsky Competition. In previous seasons he has appeared in recital in New York's Weill Recital Hall, Alice Tully Hall, 92nd St. Y, and Museum of Modern Art. He has been a guest artist at the Chautauqua, Brevard, Moab, Foothills, and Rockport music festivals, and his performances have been broadcast on radio stations WGBH-Boston, WFMT-Chicago, and WQXR-New York.

Sought after for his skills as a collaborator, Mr. Shimoni has worked with the Jupiter String Quartet, New York Festival of Song, Southeastern Festival of Song, and Toronto Dance Theatre. He frequently accompanies singers under such auspices as the Juilliard School's Alice Tully Hall Vocal Debut Recital, the Marilyn Horne Foundation, Concert Artists Guild, Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Dallas Museum of Art, Rockefeller University's Tri-Institutional Recital Series, and the Artist Series of Sarasota. He has also completed fifteen educational and outreach tours throughout the United States in affiliation with the Piatigorsky Foundation.

Born in Chapel Hill, NC, Mr. Shimoni attended the North Carolina School of the Arts during high school and earned a B.A. from Swarthmore College. He subsequently received the Vladimir Horowitz Scholarship to study at the Juilliard School, where he obtained masters degrees in both solo and collaborative performance. His principal teachers have been Yoheved Kaplinsky, Robert McDonald, Marc Durand, Brian Zeger, Edna Golandsky, and Ilya Itin. In addition to performing and teaching, Mr. Shimoni is currently completing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

TEACHING APPROACH
Mr. Shimoni has been on the accompanying and teaching staff of The Juilliard School, Brooklyn College, the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, and the Ravinia Steans Institute. He has also given master classes and educational workshops throughout the United States and was invited to give presentations on his teaching approach at the 2004 World Piano Pedagogy Conference in Las Vegas, NV.

In his 13 years of private teaching experience, Mr. Shimoni has taught students aged 3 – 71, including children, amateurs, college students, and professionals. Regardless of the age or experience that a student brings, Mr. Shimoni seeks to make playing personally enriching, musically satisfying, and physically comfortable.

Mr. Shimoni has 20 years of experience in the Taubman approach to piano playing, a physiologically based set of principles that frees pianists from physical strain and technical limitations. Using this approach he has successfully assisted students of all levels to attain new levels of technical facility and musical clarity. Mr. Shimoni currently teaches at two locations in New York City.