Portrait of pianist and composer Liam Kaplan wearing glasses and a light yellow button-up shirt standing in front of a window in Brooklyn, New York on a rainy day

Pianist and composer Liam Kaplan joined the Iceland Symphony Orchestra in 2024 as Principal Pianist. Liam has appeared on several concert series in Iceland including Tíbrá, the Chamber Music Club, and 15:15. He has appeared as soloist with Oberlin Sinfonietta, Oberlin Orchestra, and the Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra. Liam had the opportunity to premiere many works by leading and upcoming composers as a member of the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble in the 2023 and 2024 seasons. Herdís Mjöll Guðmundsdóttir premiered his Violin Concerto with Tim Weiss and the Oberlin Contemporary Ensemble in 2020. His debut solo album from 2019 features the second volume of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, and in 2020 he followed up with a recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations along with Orpheus Suite by Elizabeth Ogonek and his own 8 Preludes which earned a BMI Student Composer Award. In the spring of 2025 he released an EP featuring his own compositions for piano and strings called Sunflower Fields. Liam completed his Bachelor of Music degree at Oberlin Conservatory, where he studied piano with Alvin Chow and composition with Stephen Hartke. He is also active as a music editor, engraver and arranger, working with clients including publisher Boosey & Hawkes and composers John Adams and Clarice Assad.

Píanóleikarinn og tónskáldið Liam Kaplan hóf störf við Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands vorið 2024. Liam var meðlimur Aspen Contemporary Ensemble árin 2023-24 og hefur hann frumflutt mörg verk með þeim. Liam hefur komið fram á ýmsum tónleikaröðum á Íslandi, þar á meðal með kammermúsikklúbbinum, Tíbrá í Salnum Kopavogi, og 15:15. Hann hefur komið fram sem einleikari með Oberlin Sinfonietta, Oberlin Orchestra, og Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra. Herdís Mjöll Guðmundsdóttir frumflutti fiðlukonsert Liams með Tim Weiss og Oberlin Contemporary Ensemble árið 2020. Hann hefur gefið út tvær einleiks plötur sem innihalda seinni hluta Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, og Goldberg afbrigðin eftir J.S. Bach. Seinni plata Liams inniheldur einnig 8 Prelúdíur eftir hann sjálfan og Orpheus Suite eftir Elizabeth Ogonek. Vorið 2025 gaf Liam út nýa EP plötu með eigin verkum sem heitir Sunflower Fields, hún inniheldur fimm ný verk fyrir strengi og píanó. Liam lauk bakkalárgráðu við Oberlin Conservatory þar sem hann lærði píanóleik hjá Alvin Chow og tónsmíði hjá Stephen Hartke. Hann vann BMI verðlaun fyrir ung tónskáld árið 2019. Ásamt því að vera píanóleikari, vinnur Liam sem útsetjari og nótnasmiður fyrir fyrirtæki eins og Boosey & Hawkes og fyrir tónskáldin John Adams og Clarice Assad.