Internationally acclaimed Israeli-American pianist Daniel Gortler has delighted audiences and critics alike with his performances of solo and chamber music, as well as concerti with some of the world’s leading orchestras, receiving praise for his technical mastery and musical ingenuity. “A refined interpreter with sophisticated fingers” (Classica Magazine), his lyrically nuanced and sparklingly virtuosic technique “paints pictures in front of our ears” (Fanfare).
Gortler made his debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and has since performed as soloist with renowned orchestras including the Berlin Radio Symphony, the Bavarian Radio Symphony, NDR Symphony, North-West German Philharmonic, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, and in the U.S., with the San Francisco, New World, Houston, and Atlanta Symphony Orchestras. He has also performed with the premiere Israel Philharmonic Orchestra as well as with all other orchestras in Israel.
In addition to his international orchestral appearances, Gortler is an active soloist. His recital debut was at London’s storied Wigmore Hall; he has also performed in Paris at the Théâtre Mogador and Louvre Museum, and has toured across Europe, South Africa, South America, and South Korea. In the U.S. he has recently performed at the Museum of Art in Cleveland, New York at Symphony Space, Jewish Museum, Lincoln Center, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 92nd Street Y, Scandinavia House, among others.
Gortler has collaborated with esteemed conductors including Zubin Mehta, Christoph Eschenbach, Michael Tilson Thomas, Valery Gergiev, Yoel Levi, Franz Welzer-Most, Justus Frantz, Yoav Talmi, Noam Sheriff, Yuri Ahronovich, Dan Ettinger, Ilan Volkov, Nir Kabaretti, and Daniel Boico.
He has appeared at international festivals and has participated in a video of Mark Neikrug’s Through Roses, collaborating with Pinchas Zukerman. An avid chamber music performer, Gortler has worked with artists including Bo Skovhus, Nikolaj Znaider, David Garrett, Giora Schmidt, Zvi Plesser, Steven Isserlis, Sharon Rostorf-Zamir, Sylvia Schwartz, Lauren Flanigan, and David Adam Moore. Gortler has been a guest soloist with the Jupiter, Catalyst, Shanghai Aviv and Jerusalem Quartets.
His recent recording of the Grieg Lyric Pieces (Prospero, 2024) has been heralded by critics across the globe, with Fanfare proclaiming: “Five stars: Gortler consistently gets it right.” The disc has been widely played on radio stations around the world and has won numerous prestigious awards, most notably the Choc de Classica. Other albums include Mendelssohn’s complete Songs Without Words, as well as recordings of works by Schubert and Schumann. Continuing to explore unusual and under-represented repertoire, Gortler will record a unique selection of Nocturnes for Prospero Classical in 2026.
Also in 2026, Gortler will be the solo pianist in the new chamber opera in poems, The Post Office, (libretto: Elaine Sexton; music: Laura Kaminsky; design: Charles Renfro) that is slated for a premiere production at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music). Looking ahead to 2027, Gortler will be joined by violinist Itamar Zorman in a survey of the complete Beethoven Violin Sonatas, commemorating the 200th anniversary of the composer’s death.
Recently, Gortler has served as a jury member at the Piano International Rosalyn Tureck Bach Competition in New York and in Italy at the Ettore Pozzoli Piano Competition. Before coming to the U.S. in 2011, Mr. Gortler served as a faculty member at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at Tel- Aviv University. Upon arriving in New York, he joined in the faculty of New York University’s Steinhardt School Department of Music as guest artist in piano studies (2011-2013).
Daniel Gortler studied the piano with Ms. Neomi Hacohen. He graduated from the Rubin Music Academy at Tel-Aviv University and the Musikhochschule in Hanover, Germany, studying in both with Prof. Arie Vardi.