RANDALL GOOSBY

"He exerted a masterly level of control and lavished an exquisite tone on Ysaÿe’s unaccompanied Sonata No. 3. ...his performance won him a deserved standing ovation for its sheer virtuosity."

The New York Times

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About

“For me, personally, music has been a way to inspire others” – Randall Goosby’s own words sum up perfectly his commitment to being an artist who makes a difference.

Signed exclusively to Decca Classics in 2020 at the age of 24, American violinist Randall Goosby is acclaimed for the sensitivity and intensity of his musicianship alongside his determination to make music more inclusive and accessible, as well as bringing the music of under-represented composers to light.

Highlights of Randall Goosby’s 2024/25 season include debut performances with the Chicago Symphony/Sir Mark Elder, the Minnesota Orchestra/Thomas Søndergård, National Arts Centre Orchestra/Alexander Shelley, Montreal Symphony Orchestra/Dalia Stasevska and Netherlands Radio Philharmonic/Michele Mariotti. He joins the London Philharmonic Orchestra on their U.S. tour led by Edward Gardner.

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Events

13 May
Recital with Zhu Wang at Konzerthaus Dortmund
Dortmund, Germany
17 May
Barber Violin Concerto with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Berlin, Germany
29 May – 31 May
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Dundee, Edinburgh, and Glasgow, Scotland
05 Jun – 07 Jun
Price Violin Concerto No. 2 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago, IL
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Releases

April 5, 2024
Roots: Deluxe Edition
May 19, 2023
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1; Florence Price: Violin Concertos
June 25, 2021
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Featured Videos

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess - It Ain't Necessarily So

Music video by Randall Goosby, Zhu Wang performing Gershwin: Porgy and Bess - It Ain't Necessarily So (Arr. Heifetz for Violin and Piano).

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess - It Ain't Necessarily So
Randall Goosby, Zhu Wang - Price: Adoration

Randall Goosby, Zhu Wang - Price: Adoration

Music video by Randall Goosby, Zhu Wang performing Florence Price: Adoration (arr. Elaine Fine).

In the Press

Given the original title of “Sonata for Piano and Violin,” Brahms intended for the piano part to be held in equal regard to the violin. Both performers were undoubtedly up to the challenge, as neither could put a finger wrong, resulting in applause between each movement, a gesture that both Goosby and Wang accepted and encouraged for the remainder of the performance. … [I]t is always a joy to hear [Florence Price’s] work, especially when performed with great care and finesse, as Goosby has done. Both Fantasies yet again require both technical and musical perfection ….

Randall Goosby and Zhu Wang deliver a captivating recital of Romantic classics, works by Black composers - Earrelevant

[Randall Goosby’s] sense of impish playfulness was evident throughout the concerto, all good-humoured and at peace with the world. … [H]is playing was never short on contrasts. The central Adagio offered a solo line of finely spun silk and the closing sequence intensified the essential serenity, like being mesmerised by the gentle flickering of a candle in the darkness of night. … [I]n the final Rondo where Mozart suddenly plunges into a short pavane-like episode in G minor … the overlapping of the inner parts played pizzicato demonstrated perfect adroitness. In Goosby’s encore, the Louisiana Blues Strut by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, the sunny smiles and sense of fun were out in full force.

Ill-starred love in Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev: Gemma New and the London Philharmonic Orchestra - Bachtrack

The 27-year-old violinist Randall Goosby, making his Mostly Mozart debut, was luminous in Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto — his tone luscious, elegant and sweet without being syrupy. His unforced ease and alluringly relaxed vibrato gave his legato suppleness, and his trill was an act of gracefulness instead of athleticism. When the orchestra re-entered with the first movement’s main theme, it felt like a catharsis of the joy Goosby had cultivated.

A Farewell to Mostly Mozart, and to Its Music Director - New York Times
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