Ian Rosenbaum
percussion
Ian Rosenbaum is a passionate advocate for contemporary music. He has premiered dozens of chamber and solo works and collaborated with composers including Andy Akiho, Christopher Cerrone, Amy Beth Kirsten, John Luther Adams, George Crumb, and Paola Prestini. He has appeared with the Dover Quartet, Brooklyn Rider, cellist Jeffrey Zeigler, and violinist Kristin Lee and has performed at festivals such as Bay Chamber, Bridgehampton, Chamber Music Northwest, Edinburgh Fringe, Lake Champlain, Moab, Music from Angel Fire, Music@Menlo, Norfolk, and Yellow Barn.
Rosenbaum’s recordings have earned multiple Grammy nominations. His recording of Akiho’s LIgNEouS Suite with the Dover Quartet was nominated for a Grammy in 2022. In 2021, he received three nominations for performances of works by Akiho and Cerrone, including two for Seven Pillars, released on Aki Rhythm Productions, the label he co-founded with Akiho. In 2017, he released his debut solo album, Memory Palace, featuring five commissions and collaborations with Brooklyn Rider and flutist Gina Izzo.
Rosenbaum joined the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Bowers Program in 2012 as the second percussionist selected in its history and has performed regularly with CMS since. He is a founding member of Sandbox Percussion, the Percussion Collective, and the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, and serves on the faculty at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, Mannes School of Music, and University of Missouri-Kansas City.