Tom Zalmanov is an Israeli pianist whose musical life unfolds across solo performance, chamber music, and collaboration with singers. Rather than treating these as separate disciplines, he is fascinated by the ways they inform and enrich one another, offering different perspectives on communication, listening, and shared musical experience. Particularly captivated by the human voice, Tom is drawn to the interplay of language, expression, and storytelling, and to the unique partnership that develops between singer and pianist.

A First Prize winner of Israel’s major national piano competitions, including the 2023 Aviv Competitions, Tom has appeared as a soloist with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Israel Symphony Orchestra, Haifa Symphony Orchestra, Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra, and Bayer Philharmoniker Leverkusen. Recent highlights include his Wigmore Hall recital debut and an appearance on the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts series at the Chicago Cultural Center, broadcast live by WFMT. An active chamber musician, he has participated in the Marlboro Music Festival and Ravinia Steans Music Institute, collaborating with artists including Miriam Fried, Kim Kashkashian, Colin Carr, and Joseph Lin.

Tom is equally committed to vocal music and has collaborated with singers including Mark Padmore, Chen Reiss, and Lucy Fitz Gibbon. Inspired by his mentors and artistic role models Murray Perahia and Richard Goode, he approaches the piano not as a vehicle for display, but as a medium for expression and wordless poetry.

Currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Peabody Institute under Richard Goode, Tom is exploring artistic paths beyond the traditional competition circuit. He is particularly interested in drawing upon the nineteenth-century tradition of concert curation, bringing solo, chamber, and vocal repertoire together as part of a larger artistic whole. Through such projects, he seeks to create a shared artistic narrative and invite audiences into a deeper and more personal relationship with music.