小提琴家沙汉姆是国际观众与乐评人所推举的当今最具活力、也最具迷人魅力的古典音乐家之一。世界各地的著名乐团与指挥家都纷纷的向他发出同台演出的邀约，就连国际知名的音乐节，甚至是重要的音乐舞台，也都热情的邀请他呈献独奏会或参与室内音乐会的演出。在沙汉姆2006 – 2007的乐季里，重点音乐会包括同美国纽约爱乐、克里夫兰乐团、费城乐团、洛杉矶爱乐、国家交响乐团、休士敦交响乐团、西雅图交响乐团、亚特兰大交响乐团和辛辛那提交响乐团的合作，以及同芝加哥交响乐团与奥菲斯室内乐团的美国巡演。此外，他也同柏林、哥本哈根和莫斯科的乐团到欧洲与日本作巡回演出；而以色列爱乐2006年的70周年庆典系列音乐会上，沙汉姆也是应邀演出的主要音乐家之一。除了同多国乐团的合作演出外，沙汉姆也经常跟钢琴家江口明（Akira Eguchi）四处演奏。作为一位世界知名的音乐家，沙汉姆很幸运的生活在一个充满音乐氛围的家庭，不仅太太阿德烈·安东尼也是一位杰出的小提琴家，妹妹奥莉·沙汉姆是一位钢琴家，而妹夫则是指挥家戴维·罗伯森。2007年春天，他将使梦想兑现，那就是集合喜爱室内乐的朋友与同行巡回演出一系列的布拉姆斯作品，巡演最后将在著名的卡纳基詹科尔厅里结束。在沙汉姆超过24部协奏曲与独奏的音乐光碟中，有许多都是美国与海外诸多音乐排行榜上卖得最好的光碟。同时，他的这些录音光碟也为他赢得许多极具威望的大奖，包括多次荣获格莱美奖、法国唱片大奖“Grand Prix du Disque”、法国Diaposon音响杂志，以及《留声机》杂志的编辑首选等。沙汉姆最近期的录音都是在他的自创品牌Canary Classics名下录制的，包括《与江口明演奏福莱专辑》、《与奥莉演奏普罗科菲耶夫》，而《莫扎特在巴黎》预计在2007年春天发行。沙汉姆于1971年出生于美国伊利诺伊州的香槟市。在7岁那年随父母移居以色列，从那时起，他开始同鲁宾音乐学院的山缪·伯恩斯坦学习小提琴，并获得由美国-以色列文化基金颁发的常年奖学金。1981年，在耶路撒冷拜师海恩·陶布期间，他分别同耶路撒冷交响乐团和以色列爱乐有了首次的合作。同年，他也开始了向名师多尔茜·迪蕾（迪蕾是当今众多著名小提琴家的老师）和其助理艾勒曼学习之路。1982年，在赢得了以色列克莱蒙特大赛第一大奖后，沙汉姆获颁到著名朱利亚音乐学院深造的奖学金，并在那里继续拜师迪蕾，以及姜康。沙汉姆也曾在哥伦比亚大学深造。1990年，沙汉姆又荣获了极具威望的菲舍尔职业大奖。他使用的一把1699年的Countess Polignac史特拉第瓦里名琴。目前他同太太阿德烈与两名孩子居住于纽约。by Joseph StevensonGil Shaham emerged in the 1990s as one of the most exciting new young violinists.Although born in the United States, Shaham emigrated with his parents to Israel. He began studying violin with Samuel Bernstein at the Ruben Academy of Music at age seven. Almost immediately he received a scholarship from the American Israel Cultural Foundation, which was renewed annuallyHe made his debuts with the Jerusalem Symphony and the Israel Philharmonic in 1981. The next year he took first prize in Israel¹s Claremont Competition. Also in 1982 he entered Juilliard School in New York on a scholarship, and also studied at Columbia University.In 1990 he won the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant. Since then he has developed as one of the top concert violinist, in demand as a soloist with the leading symphony orchestras and music festivals.He signed an exclusive contract with the Deutsche Grammophon. With them he has recorded concertos by Bruch, Paganini, Mendelssohn, Saint-Saëns, Sibelius, and Tchaikovsky. His discs of the Barber and Korngold concertos and the two Prokofiev concertos were nominated for Grammies, and he won that award for a solo recital album with André Previn at the keyboard, including a first recording of a new sonata by Previn. He has recorded violin and guitar works of Paganini with Goran Sollscher, and a Dvorak violin disc with his sister, Orli Shaham, as pianist. He has also recorded Bartók Concerto no 2 and Violin Rhapsodies, and solo works by Schumann, Strauss, Elgar, Ravel, Franck, and Chrysler.In 1998 he made a tour of China, including appearances with the symphony orchestras of Beijing and Shanghai. He plays a famous 1699 Stradivari violin known as the "Countess Polling." He lives in New York with his wife, violinist Adele Anthony.