Pianist Michael Chertock has fashioned a successful career as an orchestral soloist, collaborating with conductors such as James Conlon, Jaime Laredo, Keith Lockhart, Erich Kunzel and Andrew Litton. His many orchestral appearances include solo performances with The Philadelphia Orchestra, the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, and the Toronto, Baltimore and Detroit Symphony Orchestras. He made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1999 with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, and with the Boston Pops Orchestra gave the world premiere of a work by Tod Machover in June 2005, commissioned by the orchestra expressly for him. He recently performed as pianist and conductor with the Moscow State Symphony.

In 1994, Chertock released Cinematic Piano, a collectio...