Archives: Events
ARVP 2020
Intermezzo with Arik
ARVP
Arthur Rubinstein Virtual Piano-Fest
5 – 21 May 2020
The Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition and The Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, in conjunction with Haaretz newspaper joined forces to bring you the ARVP – Arthur Rubinstein Virtual Piano-Fest, on the same dates that the 16th Rubinstein Competition was scheduled to take place.
Prof. ARIE VARDI hosts Dr. ALINA RUBINSTEIN in his celebrated TV show
Dr. Alina Rubinstein, the daughter of renowned pianist Arthur Rubinstein, is a psychiatrist living in New York. Prof. Vardi and Dr. Rubinstein in a conversation about her father’s career and musical legacy.
WATCH >>> (Recorded in 2014 at the Israeli Educational Television)
ARVP 2020
Special Arthur Rubinstein Competition Winner Recital #1
ARVP
Arthur Rubinstein Virtual Piano-Fest
5 – 21 May 2020
The Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition and The Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, in conjunction with Haaretz newspaper joined forces to bring you the ARVP – Arthur Rubinstein Virtual Piano-Fest, on the same dates that the 16th Rubinstein Competition was scheduled to take place.
Greetings from the Cleveland…
YARON KOHLBERG
Pianist and President of the Cleveland International Piano Competition
Robert Schumann
Des Abends from Fatasiestücke, Op. 12
Aufschwung from Fatasiestücke, Op. 12
Arabesque in C Major, Op. 18
Roman in London…
Recorded highlights from Wigmore Hall, London
ROMAN RABINOVICH
Laureate of the 2008 Rubinstein Competition
Roman Rabinovich (b. 1985)
Memory Box
Variations on a theme by Corelli
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
“Imaginary encounters with Haydn”
Music by Joseph Haydn, drawings and piano playing by Roman Rabinovich
animation by Adam McRae
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Variations on a theme by Corelli
ARVP 2020
ISRAEL – THE NEXT GENERATION (RECITAL #2)
ARVP
Arthur Rubinstein Virtual Piano-Fest
5 – 21 May 2020
The Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition and The Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, in conjunction with Haaretz newspaper joined forces to bring you the ARVP – Arthur Rubinstein Virtual Piano-Fest, on the same dates that the 16th Rubinstein Competition was scheduled to take place.
S. Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude & Fugue in C-sharp Minor, BWV 849, WTC, Book I
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Sonata in C Major, Hob.XVI:50
I. Allegr
II. Adagio
III. Allegro molto
Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
Études Op. 10
Etude No. 5 in G-flat Major
Etude No. 8 in F Major
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
Sonata in D Minor, K. 64
Sonata in D Minor, K.1
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Alborada del Grazioso from ‘Miroirs’
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)/Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Danse Macabre S. 555
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Ragtime from Suite 1922, Op. 26
ARVP 2020
Israel – The Next Generation (Recital #1)
ARVP
Arthur Rubinstein Virtual Piano-Fest
5 – 21 May 2020
The Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition and The Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, in conjunction with Haaretz newspaper joined forces to bring you the ARVP – Arthur Rubinstein Virtual Piano-Fest, on the same dates that the 16th Rubinstein Competition was scheduled to take place.
Leoš Janáček (1854-1928)
Sonata 1.X.1905 “From the Street”
I. Predtucha (The Presentiment) – Con moto
II. Smrt (Death) – Adagio
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Major, Op. 81a – ”Les Adieux”
I. Das Lebewohl: Adagio – Allegro
II. Abwesenheit: Andante espressivo
III. Das Wiedersehen: Vivacissimamente
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
Sonata in E Major, K.20
Sonata in F Minor, K.466
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 36 (2nd version, 1931)
I. Allegro agitato
II. Non allegro—Lento
III. L’istesso tempo—Allegro molto
ARVP 2020
Opening Night
ARVP
Arthur Rubinstein Virtual Piano-Fest
5 – 21 May 2020
The Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition and The Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, in conjunction with Haaretz newspaper joined forces to bring you the ARVP – Arthur Rubinstein Virtual Piano-Fest, on the same dates that the 16th Rubinstein Competition was scheduled to take place.
Opening Night
Greetings
IDITH ZVI, Artistic Director of the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition
ZUBIN MEHTA, Conductor, Music Director of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO)
DANIIL TRIFONOV, 1st Prize Winner of the 13th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition (2011)
DANIIL TRIFONOV
1st Prize Winner of the 13th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition (2011)
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Asher Fisch
Recorded at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, final stage (2011)
DANIIL TRIFONOV,
1st Prize Winner of the 13th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition (2011)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Fantasia for piano, choir & orchestra (“Choral Fantasy”), Op. 80
Shira Karmon, Soprano
Avital Dery, Mezzo Soprano
Jeffrey Francis, Tenor
Oded Reich, Baritone
The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance Chamber Choir
Chamber Choir members: Efrat Vulfson, Soprano and Lior Barkai, Baritone
The Israel Camerata, Jerusalem
Conductor: Stanley Sperber
Piano Festivities 2019
at Pastoral, Kfar Blum
PIANO FESTIVITIES
with Winners of International Competitions
hosted by PASTORAL, Kfar Blum
5 – 7 December, 2019
In memory of Jan Jacob Bistrizky
THURSDAY, 5 December
FRIDAY, 6 December
SATURDAY, 7 December
CHING-YUN HU, PianoChing-Yun Hu’s concert career has flourished with a host of engagements on five continents after winning the top prize at the 12th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in Tel Aviv, Israel, where she was also awarded the Audience Favorite Prize. Immediately after, she was engaged for a seven-city tour across Israel and a special invitation from the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra to perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 on only a week’s notice. A year later, she won the Concert Artists Guild Competition in New York City.
Awarded the 2018 Most Innovative Instrumentalist in Piano by New York’s Classical Post Award, Ching-Yun Hu’s 2018–2019 season highlights include performances in Philadelphia, Amsterdam, Beijing and Bogotá. She gives the Asia premiere of Red Cliff, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra by Yiu-kwong Chung and the National Chinese Orchestra Taiwan, following the concerto’s world premiere with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia and Dirk Brosse. She is heard at the Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam, in return engagements with the Evergreen Symphony Orchestra in Mozart’s Piano Concerto in D minor and Bozeman Symphony Orchestra in Tchaikovsky Concerto No. 1. She returns to Colombia for a residence at the Festival Internacional de Piano en Ibaque. She also embarks on an eight-city tour of China – “Ching-Yun Hu’s Silk Road Project”.
NICOLAS NAMORADZE, PianoPianist and composer Nicolas Namoradze came to international attention upon winning the 2018 Honens International Piano Competition in Calgary, Canada—among the largest competition prizes in classical music. The Calgary Herald called him “unparalleled” and “a pianist’s pianist,” stating: “the refinement of his playing was of international standard and everywhere his interpretative skills commanded attention and admiration.” Namoradze’s activities as the 2018 Honens Prize Laureate include recitals at Carnegie Hall (New York), 92nd Street Y (New York), Wigmore Hall (London), Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, the Gardner Museum (Boston), and the Konzerthaus Berlin; recordings on the Honens, Hyperion, and Steinway labels; and worldwide engagements with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klavier-Festival Ruhr, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Miami International Piano Festival, and the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.
After completing his undergraduate studies in Budapest, Vienna, and Florence, Namoradze moved to New York to obtain his master’s degree at The Julliard School. He now pursues his doctorate at the CUNY Graduate Center holding the Graduate Center Fellowship, studying piano with Emanuel Ax and Yoheved Kaplinsky and composition with John Corigliano. Namoradze serves on the faculty of Queens College.
GIL SHARON, Violin/Viola
Gil Sharon was born in Bucharest, Romania and immigrated as a child to Israel. In 1971, after moving to The Netherlands, he won the first prize at the “International Emily Anderson Violin Competition” in London which marked the beginning of his international career.
In 1992 he founded the Amati Ensemble, a chamber music ensemble that performs at the highest possible level and in many different formations, from duo to full-scale chamber orchestra. The Amati Ensemble has released numerous CDs and recorded a series of television productions and since 1995 features in its own chamber music series in the city of Maastricht (The Netherlands).
Gil Sharon’s reputation as a soloist leads him to perform with various orchestras and to give recitals in Europe, Israel, Canada and the United States. He is a frequent guest at international Music festivals including the Pablo Casals festival in Prades (France), Chamber Music Festival in Giverny (France), Festival of the Sound (Canada), Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, etc.
Gil Sharon also performs frequently as viola player, in recitals as well as in chamber music concerts and numerous festivals where he performed among others with the Tokyo Quartet, the Talich Quartet, Gryphon Trio, etc.
He gave master-classes at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Fontainebleau (France) and in Santiago de Compostela (Spain) and is guest professor at the Maastricht Academy of Music.
In January 2018, Gil Sharon became a member of the Fine Arts Quartet playing the viola.
In 1997 Gil Sharon was honoured with the Dutch Royal Award “Knight of the Order of Orange Nassau” by HM Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands for his outstanding merits in the domain of chamber music.
SAIDA BAR-LEV, Violin/Viola
Saida Bar-Lev grew up in Switzerland and began studying the violin at the age of 8 with Margarita Karafilova. At 14 she entered the Lausanne Conservatory, where she studied with Christine Sorensen. A year later she joined the violin class of prof. Tibor Varga and performed with him in several chamber concerts at his summer festival in Switzerland. In 1988, she won the First Prize at the Jeunesse Musicale Competition in Lausanne. she has appeared as soloist with orchestras in Switzerland, including the Swiss Italian Radio Orchestra and the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.
In 1990, she settled in Israel where she studied with Haim Taub. She joined the First violins section of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in the 1990-91 season. In Israel she has appeared as soloist with the Ramat Gan Chamber Orchestra and the Tel Aviv University Orchestra and has appeared in chamber concerts with members of the IPO in Israel and abroad. She has also appeared in many recitals in Switzerland and Germany with her father, pianist Assaf Bar-Lev.
HILLEL ZORI, Cello
Hillel Zori won the gold medal at the 1986 Maria Canals Competition, and prizes at the Rostropovich, Whitaker USA, Geneva, Stradivarius in Cremona, Shapira and Jackson awards in Tanglewood. He won the America Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship; studied with Uzi Wiesel at the Tel-Aviv Academy of Music, graduating with honors; and with Bernard Greenhouse in the USA.
In 2008 Zubin Mehta invited him to perform Bruch’s Kol Nidrei at the UN General Assembly, New York on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Zori has composed a virtuoso suite for cello and orchestra on themes from Carmen, a Fantasy for Voice, a String Trio, and ‘Carmel’ – songs for voice and chamber ensemble.
He teaches chamber and orchestral music at the Jerusalem Music Center and is a professor at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, Tel Aviv University. Hillel’s CD anthology ‘Inspirales’ was chosen as the BBC’s “Disc of the Week”.
GABRIEL Volé, Double Bass
Gabriel Volé, played double bass in the Israel Philharmonic from the late 60’s, was a 3rd generation member, personnel manager and a member of Management.
Since 1975 he has taught at Tel Aviv University Music Academy; his students perform in orchestras throughout Israel.
Volי graduated the Curtis Institute Philadelphia; he played solo and chamber music in Philadelphia, Boston and New York, and took part in Tanglewood.
Volé is active in the Israeli chamber music scene, appearing for 10 seasons at the Kfar-Blum Festival. He collaborated with violist Tabea Zimmermann, pianist Rudolf Buchbinder and others.
Netanya Kibbutz Chamber Orchestra
The Netanya Kibbutz Orchestra was founded in 1970 and since then has won a place of honor among the orchestras in Israel. The orchestra serves as a cultural ambassador, bringing with it a message of excellence and working to create new acquaintances between the Israeli audience and international artists. The orchestra was ranked by the Ministry of Culture in the highest level of excellence – 5 and is highly regarded by the music community in Israel and abroad.
The orchestra holds concert series for subscribers and for the general public in eight halls throughout the country and performs over 120 concerts a year. It is the only orchestra in Israel that concentrates most of its activity in the peripheral regions, thereby making rich and diverse musical experiences accessible to the community far from the cultural centers of Israel.
In addition to its extensive activity for adults, the orchestra conducts an extensive educational activity, operating in Israel’s formal education system. As part of the “Sounds in Sounds” project, the orchestra holds 240 chamber and orchestral concerts throughout the country, for an audience of 20,000 kindergarten and elementary school students.
Conductor and Music Director: Maestro Christian Lindbergh
Residence Conductor: Shmuel Elbaz
CEO: Hila Dagan
Shmuel Elbaz, Conductor
Shmuel Elbaz was born in Beer Sheva, Israel. He is a graduate of the Conservatory in Beer Sheva, Jerusalem Academy of Music and the Academy of Music in Amsterdam, in the faculties of conducting and art of performance. He Studied with the conductors Prof. Mendi Rodan, Prof. Stanley Sperber, Peter Etvöse, David Forslein, Roland Kift and Lior Shambadal.
Since 2016 Elbaz is the resident conductor of the Netanya Kibbutz Chamber Orchestra.
Since 2002 has served as Principal Conductor of the Israel Andalusian Orchestra.
In 2006, during the period under his musical direction, the orchestra was awarded the Israel Prize “for its contribution to society and state, in culture”.
Elbaz often appears as a guest conductor with Orchestras such as Jerusalem Symphony, Rishon Lezion Symphonic, Symphony Haifa, the Israel Stage Orchestra, Sinfonietta Beer Sheva, Israel Chamber Orchestra, Ashdod Symphony Orchestra and more.
Sara Daneshpour
at Southbank
SARA DANESHPOUR & Principals from CHINEKE! Orchestra
Bronze medalist at the 15th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, 2017 – Sara Daneshpour, makes her Southbank debut performing Boulez, Bach and Ravel. Sara will be joined in the second half of the evening by the Principals of Chineke! Orchestra in a performance of Schubert’s Trout Quintet.
Program
SARA DANESHPOUR
Sara Daneshpour is the 3rd prizewinner of the 2017 Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, along with the 2014 prizewinner at the Seoul International Music Competition and 2013 Laureate of the ProLiance Energy Classical Fellowship Awards of the American Pianists Association. She has studied under the direction of Leon Fleisher at the Curtis Institute of Music, Dr. Yoheved Kaplinsky at the Juilliard School, and Dr. Oleg Volkov. Since 2015 she has been studying under Sergei Babayan at the Cleveland Institute of Music.
“… a flawless sense of the music’s ebb, flow and surge.” The Dallas Morning News
“…Sara Daneshpour, la magnifique.” Le Devoir (Montreal)
Chineke! Orchestra was founded in 2015 by the double bass player Chi-chi Nwanoku to provide career opportunities for young Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) classical musicians in the UK and Europe. In 2017 Chineke! Orchestra made their BBC Proms debut at the Royal Albert Hall to critical acclaim. They have performed in many leading festivals throughout England, in Europe and the USA.
‘Chineke! is not only an exciting idea but a profoundly necessary one. The kind of idea which is so obvious that you wonder why it is not already in place. The kind of idea which could deepen and enrich classical music in the UK for generations. What a thrilling prospect!’ (Sir Simon Rattle)
Tickets are available HERE
Promoted by
Alexander Korsantia
at Weill Recital Hall
at Carnegie Hall
ALEXANDER KORSANTIA
Gold Medal and Audience Favorite prize
at the 8th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, 1995.
Program
ALEXANDER KORSANTIA
Ever since winning Gold Medal at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition and the First Prize at the Sidney International Piano Competition, Korsantia’s career has taken him to many of the world’s major concert halls, collaborating with renowned conductors such as Christoph Eschenbach, Gianandrea Noseda, Valery Gergiev, and Paavo Järvi, with such orchestras as the Chicago Symphony, Kirov Orchestra, RAI Orchestra in Turin, The City of Birmingham Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, and Israel Philharmonic.
Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, Alexander Korsantia began his musical studies at an early age moving with his family to the United States in 1991. In 1999, he was awarded one of the most prestigious national awards, the Order of Honor, bestowed on him by then-President Eduard Shevardnadze. He is a recipient of the Golden Wing award (2015) and Georgia’s National State Prize (1997). Korsantia resides in Boston where he is a Professor of Piano on the faculty of the New England Conservatory. Mr. Korsantia is the artistic adviser of the annual music festival “From Easter to Ascension” in Georgia.
Tickets are available HERE
Presented by theAmerican Friends of the Arthur Rubinstein
International Music Society (AFARIMS)
Piano Festivities – Saturday
25 Louis Marshall St, Tel Aviv
Three days of PIANO FESTIVITIES with Prize Winners of the
Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition
13 – 15 December, 2018
In memory of Jan Jacob Bistrizky
SATURDAY, 15 December, 20:00
DAVID FUNG, Piano
Best Performer of Chamber Music and Best Performer of Classical Concerto prizes,
at the 12th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, 2008
NABEEL HAYEK, Piano
GIL SHARON, Violin
ISRAEL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, conductor – YARON GOTTFRIED
Program
DAVID FUNG, PianoDavid Fung garnered international attention as a winner in two of the “top five” international piano competitions – the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in Tel Aviv and the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition in Brussels.
Mr. Fung appears regularly with the world’s premier orchestras including Cleveland, Israel Philharmonic, Israel Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber, National Orchestra of Belgium, National Taiwan Symphony and New Japan Philharmonic. In 2016, Mr. Fung performed his highly acclaimed debut with the Cleveland Orchestra at the Blossom Music Festival, as well as his New York recital debut presented by Lincoln Center’s Great Performers. In 2017-18, he has solo recital debuts at the Brussels Piano Festival and the Kennedy Center, and performances with Orpheus, Albany Symphony, and Marin Symphony.
As a recitalist and chamber musician, Mr. Fung is a frequent guest artist at prestigious festivals worldwide. Festival highlights include the Aspen Music, Blossom Music, Edinburgh, Hong Kong Arts Festival, and Ravinia Festival.
Mr. Fung is a Steinway Artist. Learn more about the artist, at WWW.DAVIDFUNG.COM
NABEEL HAYEK, Piano
17 years old Nabeel Hayek, started learning piano at age seven at the Polyphony Conservatory in Nazareth, Israel, with Mr. Ron Trachtman. In 2016 he started studying with Prof. Asaf Zohar in Tel Aviv. He participated in masterclasses with Murray Perahia, Tatiana Zelikman, Aquiles Delle Vigne, Victor Rosenbaum, Ilana Vered, Emmanuel Krasovsky, Daniel Hoexter, Michael Wladkowski and others.
Nabeel participated in Music Fest Perugia in Italy, Primavera Pianistica in Belgium and Tel Hai International Piano Masterclasses in Israel. He is a recipient of the Dalia Maroz scholarship, won two scholarships by America-Israel Cultural Foundation and three scholarships from Zfunot Tarbut organization.
Nabeel won 2nd prize at the Pnina Salzman Competition, 2013.
In 2017, he gained 1st prize at The Voice of Music – Young Artist Competition and performed Schumann’s piano concerto with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Uri Segal. He was later invited to play a recital in Hong Kong and record for the Hong Kong radio. In addition, he received a prize for the best performance of an Israeli composition at the same competition and was invited to play at the Israeli Music Festival.
GIL SHARON, Violin
Gil Sharon was born in Bucharest, Romania and immigrated as a child to Israel. In 1971, after moving to The Netherlands, he won the first prize at the “International Emily Anderson Violin Competition” in London which marked the beginning of his international career.
In 1992 he founded the Amati Ensemble, a chamber music ensemble that performs at the highest possible level and in many different formations, from duo to full-scale chamber orchestra. The Amati Ensemble has released numerous CDs and recorded a series of television productions and since 1995 features in its own chamber music series in the city of Maastricht (The Netherlands).
Gil Sharon’s reputation as a soloist leads him to perform with various orchestras and to give recitals in Europe, Israel, Canada and the United States. He is a frequent guest at international Music festivals including the Pablo Casals festival in Prades (France), Chamber Music Festival in Giverny (France), Festival of the Sound (Canada), Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, etc.
Gil Sharon also performs frequently as viola player, in recitals as well as in chamber music concerts and numerous festivals where he performed among others with the Tokyo Quartet, the Talich Quartet, Gryphon Trio, etc.
He gave master-classes at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Fontainebleau (France) and in Santiago de Compostela (Spain) and is guest professor at the Maastricht Academy of Music.
In January 2018, Gil Sharon became a member of the Fine Arts Quartet playing the viola.
In 1997 Gil Sharon was honoured with the Dutch Royal Award “Knight of the Order of Orange Nassau” by HM Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands for his outstanding merits in the domain of chamber music.
THE ISRAEL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
The ICO was founded in 1965 by Gary Bertini who served as its Artistic Director and conductor for 10 years. Since 2015/2016 Concert Season, Ariel Zuckermann serves as Music Director of the ICO.
The orchestra performs a varied repertoire ranging from baroque through current compositions in over 100 concerts per year to subscribers in both the central and the outskirts of Israel, including children and students concerts. Furthermore the ICO tours extensively in Europe, USA, Canada, South America and the Far East and takes part in prestigious international music festivals such as the Salzburg Festival, festivals in Istanbul, Helsinki, Athens, Pompeii, Sofia and Mitte Europa, Hong Kong and many more.
The Orchestra has recorded for Chandos, Naxos, Music Masters, The Israel Music Institute (IMI), Koch and Teldec.
Many well-known artists have performed with the Israel Chamber Orchestra: Mstislav Rostropovich, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Yefim Bronfman, Miriam Fried, Joseph Kalichstein, Kryzstof Penderecki, Christoph Eschenbach, Yoel Levi, Jean Pierre Rampal, Paul Tortelier, Heinrich Schiff, Heinz Holliger, Sergiu Commissiona, Claude Frank, David Shallon, Tabea Zimmerman, and others.
The orchestra turns to broad audiences by assimilating various musical cultures and styles and collaborating with other art forms – musical theatre (Les Miserables with Habima Theater), Israeli pop music (Shlomo Gronich, Micha Shitrit, and David D’or), tribute concerts to rock bands such as The Beatles, Queen, Abba, Pink Floyd, and performing folk and world music which connects with the various communities in the Israeli population, performances such as tribute to the Lebanese singer Fairuz, Jazz music, Russian folk songs, Argentinian tango and more.
The orchestra is supported by the ministry of culture and sports as well as by the Tel-Aviv Municipality.
YARON GOTTFRIED, Conductor
Yaron Gottfried is a conductor, composer and pianist – a multidisciplinary musician who bridges classical, contemporary and jazz music. He held the position of Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Netanya-Kibbutz Orchestra during 2002-2013. He graduated the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem, under Maestro Mendi Rodan.
In 2014 he was awarded the “Israeli Prime Minister’s Award for Composers”.
Gottfried is a frequent guest at the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and he is regularly invited to conduct major orchestras worldwide such as: WDR Funkhausorchester, Maggio Musicale Orchestra, China Philharmonic Orchestra, Beijing Symphony, Tbilisi Symphony ,Thuringen Symphony, Kodaly Philharmonic Orchestra Debrecen, New Chamber Orchestra and Chorus of Potsdam, Portland Chamber Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony, Israel Symphony Rishon Le Zion, Jerusalem Symphony, Camerata Jerusalem, Raanana Symphonette, Beer-Sheva Sinfonietta among others.
His works are published by SIKORSKI Music Publishing. Gottfried is head of the Composition and Conducting Department at “Rimon School for Contemporary music and Jazz”.
The event is Sponsored by
Piano Festivities – Friday
25 Louis Marshall St, Tel Aviv
Three days of PIANO FESTIVITIES with Prize Winners of the
Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition
13 – 15 December, 2018
In memory of Jan Jacob Bistrizky
FRIDAY, 14 December, 13:30
ALEXANDER KORSANTIA
1st Prize and Audience Favorite
at the 8th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, 1995
Program
Alexander Korsantia
Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, Alexander started his piano studies with his mother – Svetlana Korsantia and continued with Tengiz Amiredjibi, Georgia’s foremost pianist-teacher.
In 1992 he moved to the USA, joining the well-known piano studio of his countryman Alexander Toradze at Indiana University in South Bend.
Korsantia’s biography is highlighted with awards such as First Prize and Gold Medal at The Arthur Rubinstein Piano Master Competition (1995) and First Prize at Sydney International Piano Competition (1988). In 1999, for his contributions to the Georgian Arts, he was awarded with the one of the highest national awards, medal of Honor.
Korsantia has won critical acclaim for his versatility, power and the unique sincerity of his playing. He performs in all major concert halls, collaborating with renowned artists such as: Valeri Gergiev, Christoff Eshenbach, Paavo Jarvi, Gianandrea Noseda, Yuri Bashmet, Vadim Repin, Jerusalem Quartet and Sakari Oramo.
Mr. Korsantia has a busy international career, giving solo and chamber music recitals, appearing with major orchestras, such as: RAI Orchestra in Italy, Vancouver Symphony, Georgian State Symphony, Bogota Symphony, Kirov Orchestra led by Valeri Gergiev, City of Birmingham Symphony with Sakari Oramo, Bournemouth Symphony, Israel Chamber Orchestra and many others.
Previously a faculty member at British Colombia University, Vancouver, Mr. Korsantia is currently a Professor at New England Conservatory, Boston.
The event is Sponsored by
