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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”.
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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.
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Piano Festivities – Thursday
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
THURSDAY, 13 December, 20:00
DAVID FUNG
Best Performer of Chamber Music and Best Performer of Classical Concerto prizes,
at the 12th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, 2008
HAGAI SHAHAM, Violin
HILLEL ZORI, Cello
Program
DAVID FUNG, Piano
David 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
HAGAI SHAHAM, Violin
Winner of the international competition ARD (Munich) 1990, Israeli violinist Hagai Shaham performs frequently as a soloist with orchestras in Israel and abroad, including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (London), the BBC Philharmonic, the English Chamber Orchestra, the French Symphony Orchestra, and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
Shaham was the last pupil of the legendary teacher Ilona Feher (the teacher of Pinchas Zukerman and Shlomo Mintz), and in her memory, he established, in partnership with violinist Ittai Shapira and several of her students, a fund aimed at educating a new generation of violin teachers.
Hagai Shaham is a professor of violin at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at Tel Aviv University, and previously held a similar position at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles (USC).
HILLEL ZORI, CelloHillel Zori won the gold medal at the 1986 Maria Canals Competition, as well as prizes at the Rostropovich, Whitaker USA, Geneva, Stradivarius in Cremona, Shapira and Jackson awards in Tanglewood.
He was awarded the America Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship and graduated with honors at the Tel-Aviv Academy of Music with Uzi Wiesel and studied with Greenhouse in the USA.
He has performed with many orchestras including the Israel Philharmonic, Jerusalem Symphony, Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra, Jerusalem Camerata, the Scottish BBC Orchestra, Dusseldorf Symphony and the Vancouver Symphony, conducted by Mehta, Sheriff, Mandiel, Volkov, Brutons, Wellber and Avner Biron.
Zori is a frequent guest at many festivals such as the Israel Festival, Marlborough, Tanglewood, Berlin and Dartington festivals, has taught master classes around the world and is invited as a judge in international competitions.
In 2008 he was invited by Mehta to perform as a soloist at the UN General Assembly in New York at a concert marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Zori also writes and conducts. He composed a virtuoso suite for cello and orchestra on themes from the opera Carmen, a Fantasy for Voice and String Trio, and Carmel – a collection of songs and verses for voice and chamber ensemble.
He also serves as a chamber and orchestral instructor at the Jerusalem Music Center.
As a conductor he conducted the Israel Camerata and the Education Corps Orchestra.
He Released a disc at CELLO CLASSICS that was selected for the BBC’s “Disc of the Week”.
Zori is a professor at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at Tel Aviv University.
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Daniel Ciobanu in London
DANIEL CIOBANU
Silver medalist and Audience Favorite prize at the 15th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, 2017, to perform a piano recital at St. John Smith Square, London.
Program
DANIEL PETRICA CIOBANU
27 years old Rumanian pianist Daniel Ciobanu, has most recently been awarded 2nd prize and Audience Favourite prize at the prestigious Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master
Competition, Tel Aviv, 2017.
Mr. Ciobanu is the Artistic Director of Neamt Piano Festival, Romania; a graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS), under the tutelage of Aaron Shorr, Petras Geniusas and Steven Osborne.
He is a laureate of several international competitions, amongst them Concourse Internationale Musique de l’Orchestre Philharmonic du Maroc and the UNISA International Piano Competition in Pretoria, South Africa.
He has performed in international festivals in England, France and China; and with orchestras, such as the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestra of Pretoria and the Israel Philharmonic. In September 2017 Ciobanu toured Japan, as part of the Rubinstein Competition’s winners tour and in October 2018 he will make his debut performance at Carnegie Hall, New York.
Daniel currently resides in Berlin.
Tickets are available at: https://www.sjss.org.uk/events/daniel-ciobanu
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Daniel Ciobanu at Weill Hall
New York
DANIEL CIOBANU
Silver Medal and Audience Favorite prize
at the 15th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, 2017.
Program
DANIEL PETRICA CIOBANU
27 years old Rumanian pianist Daniel Ciobanu, has most recently been awarded 2nd prize and Audience Favourite prize at the prestigious Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master
Competition, Tel Aviv, 2017.
Mr. Ciobanu is the Artistic Director of Neamt Piano Festival, Romania; a graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS), under the tutelage of Aaron Shorr, Petras Geniusas and Steven Osborne.
He is a laureate of several international competitions, amongst them Concourse Internationale Musique de l’Orchestre Philharmonic du Maroc and the UNISA International Piano Competition in Pretoria, South Africa.
He has performed in international festivals in England, France and China; and with orchestras, such as the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestra of Pretoria and the Israel Philharmonic. In September 2017 Ciobanu toured Japan, as part of the Rubinstein Competition’s winners tour and in October 2018 he will make his debut performance at Carnegie Hall, New York.
Daniel currently resides in Berlin.
Tickets are available at: https://www.carnegiehall.org/daniel-ciobanu
Members of AFARIMS (American Friends of the Rubinstein Society) are entitled to free admission to the concert and are invited to an after-concert dinner. For more details on how to join our American Friends, please contact Ilana Sacher – ilanasacher@gmail.com
Presented by the American Friends of the Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society (AFARIMS)in Collaboration with Romanian Cultural Institute 
Spring Concert
New York, NY
SPRING CONCERT
By the AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN INTERNATIONAL MUSIC SOCIETY
DAVID FUNG, Piano
Laureate of the Rubinstein Competition, 2008
DANIEL MOODY, Countertenor
PROGRAM
DAVID FUNG
David 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
DANIEL MOODY
Countertenor Daniel Moody has garnered widespread acclaim for his commanding yet expressive vocal timbre and breathtaking musicianship. Mr. Moody enjoys singing opera, contemporary and early music alike. He has performed the title roles in Handel’s Giulio Cesare and Rinaldo, Oberon in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Nerone in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea, and Arsamene in Handel’s Xerxes. Mr. Moody has sung with renowned groups, such as Les Violons du Roy and Apollo’s Fire and has performed at the Boston, Indianapolis and Washington Early Music Festivals. He was invited as one of four vocalists in Joyce DiDonato’s Carnegie Hall Masterclasses in 2016, broadcast on Medici TV.
Recent highlights include the American premiere of George Benjamin’s Dream of the Song at the Festival of Contemporary Music at Tanglewood Festival, two operas with Mark Morris Dance Group, and re-engagements with Apollo’s Fire, La Fiocco and Charleston Symphony. In 2018, Daniel will make his debut with Portland Baroque Orchestra, GMGS series at St. John the Divine in New York City, Illinois Symphony and Cincinnati Opera. For upcoming events visit: WWW.DANIELMOODYCOUNTERTENOR.COM
Presented by the American Friends of the ArthurRubinstein International Music Society (AFARIMS)
Boris Giltburg, London Recital
BORIS GILTBURG
Silver Medalist, Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, 2011.
Fundraising event presented by the UK Friends of the Rubinstein Competition, hosted by OLGARYTHM, a music education charity.
Program – Liszt & Rachmaninov
Boris Giltburg (Israel)
Born in 1984 in Moscow, Boris Giltburg moved to Tel Aviv at an early age, studying with his mother and then with Arie Vardi. He went on to win numerous awards, second (and audience favorite) prize at the Rubinstein in 2011, and in 2013 he won first prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition, catapulting his career to a new level. In 2015 he began a long-term recording plan with Naxos Records.
Giltburg has appeared with many leading orchestras such as Philharmonia Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic, NHK Symphony, DSO Berlin, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic, St Petersburg Philharmonic and Baltimore Symphony. He made his BBC Proms debut in 2010, his Australia debut last season and has frequently toured to South America and China, also touring Germany with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse. He has played recitals in leading venues such as Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, Carnegie Hall, London Southbank Centre, Louvre and Amsterdam Concertgebouw. This season Giltburg is Resident Artist in Brussels at both Flagey & Bozar, performing recitals and with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie / Paavo Jaervi and Brussels Philharmonic / Denève; he is also Artist in Residence in The Hague with the Residentie Orkest under Nicholas Collon, with whom he appears at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. In North America he plays for the first time with the Pacific Symphony / Gernon, Utah Symphony / Fischer and NAC Ottawa / Shelley. Engagements in the UK include his debut with the Halle Orchestra and returns to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, CBSO and Bournemouth Symphony. Recital appearances this season include Southbank’s International Piano Series, Radio France, Bilbao Philharmonic Society, and Liszt Raiding Festival. He also tours Europe with the Pavel Haas Quartet, and was featured on their acclaimed 2017 Supraphon Dvorak quintets release. In 2017 Naxos released Rachmaninov’s 2nd Piano Concerto with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Carlos Miguel Prieto, coupled with the Etudes-Tableaux op.33. This followed Giltburg’s first concerto CD released in 2016, which won him a Diapason d’Or, for the Shostakovich concerti with Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, coupled with his own arrangement of Shostakovich’s 8th String Quartet. His Schumann, Beethoven and Rachmaninov solo discs for Naxos have been similarly well received. His 2012 Orchid release of the Prokofiev Sonatas was shortlisted for the critics’ award at the Classical Brits, and was closely followed by Romantic sonatas
Piano Festivities
DANIEL PETRICA CIOBANU
Silver Medal, Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition
Program
Daniel Petrica Ciobanu (Romania)
26 years old Rumanian pianist Daniel Ciobanu, has most recently been awarded 2nd prize and Audience Favourite prize at the prestigious Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, 2017.
He is a graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS), under the tutelage of Aaron Shorr, Petras Geniusas and Steven Osborne. He currently resides in Berlin.
Daniel is a laureate of several international competitions, amongst them Concourse Internationale Musique de l’Orchestre Philharmonic du Maroc and the UNISA International Piano Competition in Pretoria, South Africa.
He has performed in international festivals in England, France and China; and with orchestras, such as the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestra of Pretoria and the Israel Philharmonic.
In September 2017 Ciobanu toured Japan, as part of the Rubinstein Competition’s winners tour.
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LUCA BURATTO
Gold Medal, Honens International Piano Competition
Program
Luca Buratto (Italy)
After gaining first prize at the 2015 Honens International Piano Competition, Luca Buratto made his debut recital at Wigmore Hall London and at Carnegie Hall New York (October 2017).
Buratto was awarded third prize at the International Robert Schumann Competition and the special Acerbi prize, awarded to a distinguished Finalist at Milan’s Shura Cherkassky Competition, both in 2012.
Recent and upcoming orchestral engagements include Milan’s La Scala with Orchestra Sinfonica Giuseppe Verdi, London Philharmonic, Toronto Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, Edmonton Symphony, and Symphony Nova Scotia.
Buratto performed for the Progetto Martha Argerich at the Lugano Festival and at the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival, Busoni Festival, and was a resident artist at the Marlboro Music Festival.
He has been featured on national radio broadcasts: BBC Radio 3, CBC Radio 2, Radio Classica, Radio 3 RAI, WFMT and WQXR. In his spare time, he enjoys jigsaw puzzles and table tennis and has an interest in physics and American post-modern literature. Luca lives in Milan.
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SARA DANESHPOUR
Bronze Medal, Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition
Program
Sara Daneshpour (U.S.A.)
Apart from claiming the 3rd prize at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, Tel Aviv 2017, Daneshpour has won several competitions, such as the Seoul International Music Competition, 2014, International Music Competition in Morocco, 2012, the 2007 William Kapell International Piano Competition and 1st prize at the International Russian Music Piano Competition 2007.
Sara has studied with Leon Fleisher at the Curtis and with Yoheved Kaplinsky at Juilliard. She is currently studying with Sergei Babayan at the Cleveland Institute.
She has performed throughout the U.S.A., Russia, Canada, Germany, Finland, Estonia, Norway, Denmark, France, Sweden, Spain, Israel and Japan. She performed in prestigious venues such as the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, Carnegie Hall in New York and at the Great Hall of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory.
Sara has been featured nationwide on 160 public radio stations in the U.S.A.
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