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Boris Giltburg AT CARNEGIE HALL

BORIS GILTBURG, Piano Recital

Israeli pianist Boris Giltburg is a rising star in the international world of pianism, 2^nd Prize winner and Audience Favorite at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, 2011.
His career soared after winning two additional prominent competitions – Santander, Spain, 2002 and Queen Elizabeth Competition, Brussels, 2013, and he is in demand to play as soloist with leading international orchestras and at important venues throughout the world.

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Presented by the American Friends of the Arthur
Rubinstein International Music Society (AFARIMS)

Midsummer Cocktail & Concert

CONCERT & COCKTAIL AT THE DAN HOTEL, TEL AVIV
Sponsored by American Express

CHING-YUN HU, winner of the 2008 Rubinstein Competition,
hosting ANDY FELBAU, a rising Israeli pianist.

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Ching-Yun Hu was winner and audience favorite at the 2009 Concert Artists Guild International Competition New York.
Since she won the Rubinstein Competition in 2008, she has appeared worldwide: Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully New York, Kennedy Center, Salle Cortot Paris, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Wigmore Hall and Southbank Centre London, as well as Munich, Budapest, Lodz, Osaka and Taipei.
She has performed with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and with a recital program at the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center.
In her native Taiwan, she won Best Classical Album of the Year 2012 for her Chopin CD. Her 2nd CD (USA) featured Granados, Mozart and Ravel.
Ching-Yun Hu’s concerto debut at age 13 was with the Poland Capella Cracoriensis Chamber Orchestra on tour in Asia. She studied at The Juilliard School and Cleveland Institute of Music with Sergei Babayan, Joseph Kalichstein and Seymour Lipkin.
Ching-Yun Hu founded and is artistic director of the Taipei Yun-Hsiang International Music Festival and Philadelphia Young Pianists’ Academy (PYPA) at the Curtis Institute of Music.
The Cultural Minister of Taiwan recognized her achievements with an Honorary Award. Ching-Yun Hu is artist in residence and faculty member at Temple University Philadelphia.

Andy Feldbau
Juilliard graduate young pianist and composer Andy Feldbau has been an active figure in the music world. He has given solo recitals at New York’s Carnegie Hall, Los Angeles’ Ford Theatre, Chicago’s Preston Bradley Hall, London’s Steinway Hall, The Juilliard School’s Paul Hall, Tel Aviv Museum of Arts, Henry Crown Hall at Jerusalem Theatre, as well as playing live broadcasts on WQXR in New York, WFMT in Chicago and Kol Hamusica in Israel. This upcoming season he will perform as a soloist with major Israeli orchestras as well as inmusic festivals and piano series. These days, Andy is recording his first commercial CD with a very unique program of Gershwin. Currently Mr. Feldbau is a piano faculty at Keshet-Eilon International Masterclasses and an academic staff member at the Buchman-Mehta School of Music. In earlier seasons, Mr. Feldbau won First Prize in the American Protégé International Piano Competition, He received scholarships for Excellence awarded by the America-Israel Culture Fund for his studies in Juilliard and in Tel Aviv University. He has received additional Merits from The Juilliard School, Mannes College, and Ronen Foundation of America.
 
The event is sponsored by

YAEL WEISS Florida Recitals

THREE RECITALS BY YAEL WEISS
25, 28, 29 February 2016

Yael Weiss is a successful Israeli pianist, currently residing in New York city. Ms. Weiss has appeared as soloist with many international orchestras, collaborated with chamber ensembles and played recitals. She has performed across the United States, Europe, Japan, Korea, New Zealand and South America at such venues as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center and London’s Wigmore Hall.
Yael is also in demand at international music festivals and as a master class tutor.

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Venues & Dates
February 25, Porto Vita Villa Grande Club
20105 NE 38th Court, Aventura, FL 33180

February 28, Palm Beach Synagogue
120 North County RD. Palm Beach, FL 33480

February 29, Broken Sound Club
2401 Willow Springs DR, Boca Raton, FL 33496
 

Presented by the American Friends of the Arthur
Rubinstein International Music Society (AFARIMS)

CHING-YUN HU Recital

CHING-YUN HU
Silver Medalist at the 2008 Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition.

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Presented by the American Friends of the Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society (AFARIMS)

STEVEN LIN AT CARNEGIE HALL

STEVEN LIN, Piano Recital
Silver Medalist at the 14th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, 2014

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Steven Lin
Born in 1989, Taiwanese American pianist Steven Lin, was accepted into the Juilliard Pre-College Division on a full scholarship at the age of ten, to study with Yoheved Kaplinsky. A two-time winner of the Juilliard Pre-College Piano Competition, he made his debut with the New York Philharmonic in Avery Fisher Hall at the age of 13. Lin earned both Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees at The Juilliard School, with Robert McDonald and Matti Raekallio. He continued studying for a Performance Diploma, at the Curtis Institute of Music.
Steven won 3rd prize at the 2012 William Kapell International Competition, 1^st prize at the 2012 Juilliard School’s Gina Bachauer Piano Competition, and 1st prize at the 2008 International Tang Dynasty Piano Competition in New York. In May 2014, he won the 2nd prize in the Arthur Rubinstein Piano Master Competition.
He has performed in France, Ireland, Korea, Japan, and the United States both in recitals and as soloist with orchestras such as: the New Jersey Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Tulsa Symphony, Orlando Philharmonic and Sendai Symphony Orchestra.

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Piano Festivities

PIANO FESTIVITIES
In memory of Jan Jacob Bistrizky

with Prize Winners of
The Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition:
CHING-YUN HU (S. Korea), Laureate of 2008 Competition
IGOR TCHETUEV (Ukraine), Laureate of 1998 Competition

Featuring winners of local piano competitions:
EDEN AGRANAT-MEGED, 1st prize at the Pnina Salzman Competition, 2015
TOM ZALMANOV, 1st Prize at the Young Artist Competition 2014 and Piano for Ever 2013

Guest Artists:
SERGEY OSTROVSKY, Violin
ZVI PLESSER, Cello
TALI GOLDBERG, Violin
SHULY WATERMAN, Viola
GABRIEL VOLÉ, Double Bass
TEL AVIV COLLEGIUM SINGERS, Conductor: YISHAY STECKLER
 
Thursday, 5 November, 20:30

 
Friday, 6 November, 11:30

 
Saturday, 7 November, 20:30

 
Sponsored by

Sounds & Flavors

CONCERT & BRUNCH AT THE HILTON HOTEL, TEL AVIV
Sponsored by American Express

LEONARDO COLAFELICE (Italy), Piano
Winner at the Arthur Rubinstein Competition, 2014

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Leonardo Colafelice
In May 2014, Leonardo Colafelice moved thousands of people at the 14th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, thanks to his creativeand virtuoso performance. He won three major prizes: Best performance of classical concerto, Best performer of a Chopin composition, Most outstanding pianist up to 22 years of age.
This is Colafelice’s first performance in Israel, since the competition.
 

The event is sponsored by

Antonii Baryshevskyi, Wigmore Hall

PIANO FESTIVITIES

PIANO FESTIVITIES
In memory of Jan Jacob Bistrizky

with Prize Winners of
The 14th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition:
ANTONII BARYSHEVSKYI (Ukraine), 1^st Prize
STEVEN LIN(USA), 2^nd Prize
SEONG-JIN CHO(S. Korea), 3^rd Prize

Guest Artists:
YAEL LEVITA, Soprano
AYELET AMOTS-AVRAMSON, Mezzo Soprano
Soloists of the ISRAEL NETANYA KIBBUTZ ORCHESTRA

Thursday, November 6, 20:30

Friday, November 7, 11:30

Saturday, November 8, 20:30

Sponsored by

Piano Recital Series- Inon Barnatan

40 YEARS FOR THE RUBINSTEIN COMPETITION
A series of piano recitals, produced in collaboration with the Chamber Music Center, at the Israel Conservatory of Music, Tel Aviv, celebrating 40 years for the Rubinstein Competition

INON BARNATAN, Piano
Prize winner at the 11th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition

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