Keisuke Nakagoshi
(He/Him)
- Collegiate
- Faculty Collaborative Pianist, Collaborative Piano
- Chamber Music
Contact
Departments
Education
MM in Chamber Music Piano, San Francisco Conservatory of Music
BM Composition, San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Ensembles
ZOFO
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
Q&A
What is your hometown?
Fukuoka, Japan
What is your favorite recording? Why?
Bill Evans - Conversation with Myself
What are you passionate about outside of music?
Cooking and Ramen hunting
Who were your major teachers?
Paul Hersh, David Conte
Biography
Pianist Keisuke Nakagoshi received training from Emanuel Ax, Gilbert Kalish, Menahem Pressler, and Paul Hersh and has performed on concert stages across the US, including the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, and the Hollywood Bowl. In 2009, Mr. Nakagoshi and Swiss pianist Eva-Maria Zimmermann formed the piano duo ZOFO, and their first CD was nominated for a Grammy award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble. He made his solo debut with the San Francisco Symphony performing Ingvar Lidholm’s Poesis with Herbert Blomstedt conducting. Mr. Nakagoshi is currently Pianist-in-Residence at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and serves as pianist on the production team for Opera Parallèle and West Edge Opera, and he is also a member of San Francisco Contemporary Music Players.