Paolo Bordignon, harpsichord
Paolo Bordignon’s diverse engagements have included organ recitals at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, a harpsichord performance in collaboration with designer John Galliano, and conducting appearances on NBC’s Today Show. He was a featured soloist at the opening of Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall and this season he appears with the New York Philharmonic, Orpheus, and on Lincoln Center’s Great Performers series with Midori. As Associate Director of Music at St. Bartholomew’s Church in New York City, he helps oversee one of the nation’s preeminent church music programs, which includes the Great Music series of over 100 concerts, lectures, and other events each year. As a soloist and chamber musician, he has collaborated with Elliott Carter, Itzhak Perlman, David Roberston and Bobby McFerrin, and he has been heard on NPR, CNN, the CBC, and on Korean and Japanese national television with Sejong. He is harpsichordist to Jackson Hole’s Grand Teton Music Festival and has participated at festivals in Bruges, Zürich, and Aspen. Paolo earned Master’s and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the Juilliard School and he is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music. He holds diplomas from the Royal Canadian College of Organists, the Royal Conservatory of Music, and received early musical training at St. Michael’s Choir School in Toronto.
