Avery Fisher Career Grant Recipients

1976

Ani Kavafian
violinist

Heidi Lehwalder
harpist

Ursula Oppens
pianist

Paul Schenly
pianist

1977

André-Michel Schub
pianist

Richard Stoltzman
clarinetist

1980

Mona Golabek
pianist

Sharon Robinson
cellist

1982

Stephen Burns
trumpeter

Christopher O'Riley
pianist

Santiago Rodriguez
pianist

Gustavo Romero
pianist

Joseph Swensen
violinist

1983

Carter Brey
cellist

Jeffrey Kahane
pianist

Ida Levin
violinist

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
violinist

Dmitry Sitkovetsky
violinist

1985

Mark Peskanov
violinist

Peter Wiley
cellist

Peter Zazofsky
violinist

1986

Joshua Bell
violinist

Matt Haimovitz
cellist

Ken Noda
pianist

1987

Lydia Artymiw
pianist

Stephanie Chase
violinist

Alexander Markov
violinist

Anne-Marie McDermott
pianist

David Shifrin
clarinetist

1988

Pamela Frank
violinist

Ida Kavafian
violinist

Andrew Rangell
pianist

David Starobin
guitarist

1989

Allison Eldredge
cellist

Daniel McKelway
clarinetist

Paul Neubauer
violist

1990

Yosif Feigelson
cellist

Gil Shaham
violinist

Chee-Yun
violinist

1991

Hung-Kuan Chen
pianist

Marina Piccinini
flutist

Stephen Prutsman
pianist

Wendy Warner
cellist

1992

Sarah Chang
violinist

Bion Tsang
cellist

1993

Anne Akiko Meyers
violinist

1994

Leila Josefowicz
violinist

Edgar Meyer
double bassist

Awadagin Pratt
pianist

Ignat Solzhenitsyn
pianist

Scott Yoo
violinist

1995

Catherine Cho
violinist

Hilary Hahn
violinist

Gary Hoffman
cellist

Helen Huang
pianist

Jennifer Koh
violinist

1996

Frederic Chiu
pianist

Eduardus Halim
pianist

Tricia Park
violinist

Sophie Shao
cellist

Christopher Taylor
pianist

1997

Mia Chung
pianist

Tamaki Kawakubo
violinist

Nokuthula Ngwenyama
violist

Orli Shaham
pianist

1998

Jeremy Denk
pianist

Andrés Díaz
cellist

Soovin Kim
violinist

Terrence Wilson
pianist

1999

Jonathan Biss
pianist

Jennifer Frautschi
violinist

Max Levinson
pianist

Adam Neiman
pianist

2000

Igor Begelman
clarinetist

Anthony McGill
clarinetist

Alisa Weilerstein
cellist

2001

Timothy Fain
violinist

Daniel Lee
cellist

Hai-Ye Ni
cellist

Tara Helen O'Connor
flutist

2002

Stefan Jackiw
violinist

Mark Kosower
cellist

Meng-Chieh Liu
pianist

Orion Weiss
pianist

2003

Colin Jacobsen
violinist

Demarre McGill
flutist

Giora Schmidt
violinist

Scott St. John
violinist/violist

Natalie Zhu
pianist

2004

Bridget Kibbey
harpist

Peter Kolkay
bassoonist

Tai Murray
violinist

Clancy Newman
cellist

2005

James Ehnes
violinist

Priscilla Lee
cellist

The Miró Quartet

Shai Wosner
pianist

2006

Efe Baltacigil
cellist

Erin Keefe
violinist

Jennifer Montone
hornist

Richard O'Neill
violist

The Pacifica Quartet

2007

Borromeo String Quartet

Yura Lee
violinist

DaXun Zhang
double bassist

2008

Jupiter String Quartet

José Franch-Ballester
clarinetist

Karen Gomyo
violinist

Gilles Vonsattel
pianist

2009

Inon Barnatan
pianist

Alessio Bax
pianist

Alexander Fiterstein
clarinetist

Augustin Hadelich
violinist

Arnaud Sussmann
violinist