Paolo Bordignon

Paolo Bordignon is Organist & Choirmaster of St. Bartholomew’s Church and harpsichordist of the New York Philharmonic. He has appeared with Camerata Pacifica, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Boston Symphony Chamber Players, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, the All‐Star Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, the Knights, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, ECCO (East Coast Chamber Orchestra), and the Florida Orchestra, among others. He has performed chamber music with Sir James Galway, Itzhak Perlman, Bobby McFerrin, Midori, Renée Fleming, and Wynton Marsalis. Festival appearances include Aspen, Bard, Bay Chamber, Bridgehampton, Jackson Hole, Palm Beach, and Vail. He has appeared on NBC, CBS, PBS, CNN, NPR, the CBC, and on Korean and Japanese national television. Paolo has performed organ recitals at venues such as St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue and St. Eustache (Paris) and he has been a frequent recitalist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, including a 10‐recital residency. Born in Toronto of Italian heritage, Paolo attended St. Michael’s Cathedral Choir School before studying with John Weaver and Lionel Party at the Curtis Institute of Music. He holds ARCT and FRCCO diplomas and earned Master’s and Doctoral degrees in harpsichord from the Juilliard School.