Mr. Smith’s recent performances include appearances with orchestras in Detroit, San Diego, New Jersey, Houston, San Jose, Fort Worth, and Auckland, New Zealand and include the Brahms Double Concerto with violinist Gil Shaham.

His recent recording of Faure’s piano trio and Apres un Reve with Gil Shaham for Shaham’s new Canary Classics label was recently chosen as Gramophone magazine’s Disc of the Month and was selected as one of BBC Music magazine’s best albums of the year. Mr. Smith is a member of the faculty at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University and has also served as a professor at Teachers College, Columbia University.