James Giles

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James Giles is an Associate Professor, Piano at Northwestern University. He was the first-prize winner, New Orleans International Piano Competition, Joanna Hodges International Piano Competition, Music Teachers National Association Competition. Recipient, American Pianists Association Fellowship Award; Fulbright scholar. Concerto appearances in New York’s Alice Tully Hall, London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, St. Petersburg’s Glinka Hall, and at the Kharkiv (Ukraine) Philharmonic. Recitals at Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room, Salle Cortot (Paris), Kleine Musikhalle (Hamburg), Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall, Kennedy Center. Guest teacher/recitalist at Shanghai Conservatory, Sichuan Conservatory, Chopin Academy Warsaw, Sibelius Academy Helsinki, Royal Northern College of Music Manchester, Indiana University, Oberlin Conservatory. Premiered/recorded works by Bolcom, Curtis-Smith, Hough, Liebermann, Rorem, Thomas, and Wild. Piano division chair, Eastern Music Festival. Former faculty member, University of North Texas, Interlochen Arts Academy. Studied with Byron Janis, Lazar Berman, and Jerome Lowenthal at the Juilliard School, Nelita True at Eastman School of Music, and Robert Shannon at Oberlin College.