Vinikour has appeared as soloist throughout Europe and the United States, as well as in Asia and South America. Important solo appearances include Carnegie (Weill) Recital Hall, Music Before 1800 (New York), Baldwin-Wallace Bach Festival, and many others. His concerto repertoire ranges from Bach to Nyman, and he regularly performs modern harpsichord concertos, such as the Petite Symphonie Concertante by Frank Martin, and the Harpsichord Concerto by the same composer.
In 2012, Jory Vinikour's recording of the Complete Harpsichord Works of Jean-Philippe Rameau was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Classical Instrumental Solo recording, a unique achievement for a harpsichord recording. Vinikour's recording of contemporary American compositions for harpsichord, Toccatas, featuring works by Mel Powell, Henry Cowell, Ned Rorem, Robert Muczynski, Harold Meltzer and others has been nominated in the same category in December, 2014.
Vinikour has taught harpsichord master-classes at the Austrian Baroque Academy (Gmunden), the Moscow Conservatory, the Gnessin State Musical College, the European Academy in Montepulciano, and the Rocky Ridge Music Center(Colorado). John von Rhein of the Chicago Tribune has named Vinikour three times on his ten-best classical recording list: in 1999 (Bach's Toccatas), in 2002 (Goldberg Variations) and in 2012 (Rameau's Complete Harpsichord Works).
Merits and awards
1987 – Paris Harpsichord Competition – Prize for contemporary music
1993 – First International Harpsichord Competition of Warsaw – 1st prize
1994 – Prague Spring Competition – 1st prize, and overall prize of Festival
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