KEVIN CHEN
Gold Medalist
at the 17th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, 2023
Program
*Program is subject to changes
KEVIN CHEN
Kevin Chen lives in Calgary, Canada, where he studies with Marilyn Engle. Despite his young age, he has already taken part in many famous international competitions, winning 1st Prize at the Liszt Competition in Budapest, 1st Prize at the Mozart Competition in Lugano (junior section) and 1st Prize at the Hilton Head Competition in Washington, 1st Prize at the Concours de Genève Music Competition, and most recently- 1st Prize at the 17th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition. He has performed with the Calgary, Edmonton, and Minneapolis Symphony Orchestras, among others. Kevin Chen is also an avid composer, with nearly 100 works to his credit, including symphonies and a piano concerto. In 2013, he wrote River Rhapsody in honor of the victims of the High River floods.
Australian Friends of the Arthur Rubinstein
International Music Society
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at Carnegie Hall
GIORGI GIGASHVILI
Silver Medalist
at the 17th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, 2023
Program
GIORGI GIGASHVILI
Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, Giorgi studied at the Paliashvili Central Music School for Gifted Children and entered the Tbilisi State Conservatory, in the class of Revaz Tavadze. His pianistic career took a decisive turn in 2019 when he won First Prize at the Vigo International Piano Competition (with Martha Argerich as president of the jury) and 3rd Prize and the Audience Favorite Prize at the 62nd Busoni Competition.
The pandemic in 2020 forced Giorgi to remain locked down in Georgia, where he began to write electronic music and popular songs. His passion for the piano was rekindled in 2021 when he received the Hortense Anda- Bührle Special Prize at the 5th Géza Anda Piano Competition in Zurich; followed by an invitation to take part in the KlavierOlymp in Bad Kissingen, where he won 1st Prize and the Audience Prize.
In 2023, Giorgi celebrated another great success: He won the 2nd Prize at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition and was also awarded the Audience Favorite, Junior Jury, and Chamber Music prizes.
His debut album, “Meeting My Shadow” featuring Scarlatti, Beethoven, Scriabin, and Messiaen has been highly acclaimed since its release with Alpha Classics in April 2023.
Since autumn 2023, Giorgi has been studying with Kirill Gerstein at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin; before, he studied with Nelson Goerner in Geneva. Gigashvili is supported by the Lisa Batiashvili Foundation and the Géza Anda Foundation. In the 2022/23 season, he is a Classeek Ambassador artist. He has been sponsored by Bayer Kultur’s stART academy since 2023. Alongside his career as a classical pianist, he has created with his friends an electronic and experimental music group, Tsduneba, which means ‘temptation’ in Georgian.
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Presented by theAmerican Friends of the Arthur Rubinstein
International Music Society (AFARIMS)
address will be sent a week before the event
JUAN PÉREZ FLORISTÁN
Gold Medalist
at the 16th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, 2021
Program
JUAN PÉREZ FLORISTÁN
A prolific winner of major international competitions, Spanish pianist Juan Pérez Floristán most recently received First Prize, Audience Favourite Prize, Beethoven Prize, Chamber Music Prize and the Best Performer of the Israeli Piece at the 16th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, 2021. Other major prizes include Santander International Piano Competition “Paloma O’Shea” 2015, Steinway – Berlin Piano Competition 2015 and Kissinger Klavierolymp 2018.
Floristán has performed in more than 25 countries around the world in leading venues including London’s Wigmore Hall and Royal Albert Hall (BBC Prom 2019), St. Petersburg, Munich, Zürich, Budapest, Venice, Hamburg and widely throughout Spain as well as in major music festivals throughout Europe. He made his NY debut in the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, on 14 October 2021. In March 2023 he was invited to perform Rachmaninov’s “Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini” with the Israel Philharmonic in a concert series conducted by Lahav Shani.
His repertoire includes 35 piano concertos ranging from Bach’s 5th Brandenburg Concerto to Ligeti’s Piano Concerto.
Full bio: https://juanperezfloristan.com/en/
Australian Friends of the Arthur Rubinstein
International Music Society
For more details on how to join our Australian Friends, please contact: AUfriends@arims.org.il
at Carnegie Hall
KEVIN CHEN
Gold Medalist
at the 17th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, 2023
Program
KEVIN CHEN
Kevin Chen lives in Calgary, Canada, where he studies with Marilyn Engle. Despite his young age, he has already taken part in many famous international competitions, winning 1st Prize at the Liszt Competition in Budapest, 1st Prize at the Mozart Competition in Lugano (junior section) and 1st Prize at the Hilton Head Competition in Washington, 1st Prize at the Concours de Genève Music Competition, and most recently- 1st Prize at the 17th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition. He has performed with the Calgary, Edmonton, and Minneapolis Symphony Orchestras, among others. Kevin Chen is also an avid composer, with nearly 100 works to his credit, including symphonies and a piano concerto. In 2013, he wrote River Rhapsody in honor of the victims of the High River floods.
Presented by theAmerican Friends of the Arthur Rubinstein
International Music Society (AFARIMS)
London, SW1P 3HA
KEVIN CHEN
Gold Medalist
at the 17th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, 2023
Program
KEVIN CHEN
Kevin Chen lives in Calgary, Canada, where he studies with Marilyn Engle. Despite his young age, he has already taken part in many famous international competitions, winning 1st Prize at the Liszt Competition in Budapest, 1st Prize at the Mozart Competition in Lugano (junior section) and 1st Prize at the Hilton Head Competition in Washington, 1st Prize at the Concours de Genève Music Competition, and most recently- 1st Prize at the 17th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition. He has performed with the Calgary, Edmonton, and Minneapolis Symphony Orchestras, among others. Kevin Chen is also an avid composer, with nearly 100 works to his credit, including symphonies and a piano concerto. In 2013, he wrote River Rhapsody in honor of the victims of the High River floods.
Presented by theUK Friends of the Arthur Rubinstein
International Music Society
For more details on how to join our UK Friends, please contact: competition@arims.org.il
The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society is proud to present:
Evgeny Kissin – A tribute recital
to the Rubinstein Piano Master Competition and to Arthur Rubinstein
“Arthur Rubinstein,” says Kissin “has always been one of my heroes, both as one of the greatest pianists in history whose art is very close to my heart and as an outstanding human being: a true man of the world and at the same time a proud Jew and supporter of Israel. Even though I have never taken part in any competitions myself, I have a year’s long relationship to the Arthur Rubinstein Competition. The very first solo recital I played in Israel back in 1994 was for the benefit of this Competition. For many years I was good friends with the Competition’s founder and long-time director Jan (Jasha) Bistrizky, we spent lots of time together all over the world, and I’ll always cherish those moments. It is wonderful that the Arthur Rubinstein Competition continues to exist and flourish, and I am very happy to play another concert as a tribute to it.”
Program:
“ALL THE HALL MARKS OF HIS GENIUS – AND ONE DOES NOT USE THE WORD LIGHTLY – WERE ON DISPLAY: THE RICH, SONOROUS TONE, THE DAZZLING FINGERWORK AND, ABOVE ALL, THE INSPIRED FANTASY. SO COMPELLING IS KISSIN’S PIANISM, SO FRESH HIS RESPONSE TO EVEN THE MOST FAMILIAR PHRASES, THAT ONE HANGS ON EVERY NOTE. THE END OF THE SLOW MOVEMENT FOUND ME GRIPPING THE ARMREST OF MY SEAT, MESMERIZED BY THE POETRY OF HIS READING.”
The Times, May 1999
Evgeny Kissin was born in Moscow in October 1971 and began to play by ear and improvise on the piano at the age of two. At six years old, he entered a special school for gifted children, the Moscow Gnessin School of Music, where he was a student of Anna Pavlovna Kantor, who has remained his only teacher. At the age of ten, he made his concerto debut playing Mozart’s Piano Concerto K. 466 and gave his first solo recital in Moscow one year later. He came to international attention in March 1984 when, at the age of twelve, he performed Chopin’s Piano Concertos 1 and 2 in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory with the Moscow State Philharmonic under Dmitri Kitaenko. This concert was recorded live by Melodia, and a two-LP album was released the following year. During the next two years, several Kissin performances in Moscow were recorded live and five more LPs were released by Melodia.
Kissin’s first appearances outside Russia were in 1985 in Eastern Europe, followed a year later by his first tour of Japan. In 1987 he made his West European debut at the Berlin Festival. In 1988 he toured Europe with the Moscow Virtuosi and Vladimir Spivakov and also made his London debut with the London Symphony Orchestra under Valery Gergiev. In December of the same year, he performed with Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic in a New Year’s concert which was broadcast internationally, with the performance repeated the following year at the Salzburg Easter Festival. Audio and video recordings of the New Year’s concert were made by Deutsche Grammophon.
In 1990 Kissin made his first appearance at the BBC Promenade Concerts in London and that same year made his North American debut, performing both Chopin piano concertos with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Zubin Mehta. The following week he opened Carnegie Hall’s Centennial season with a spectacular debut recital, which was recorded live by BMG Classics.
Musical awards and tributes from around the world have been showered upon Kissin. In 1987 he received the Crystal Prize from the Osaka Symphony Hall for the best performance of the year 1986 (which was his first performance in Japan). In 1991 he received the Musician of the Year Prize from the Chigiana Academy of Music in Siena, Italy. He was a special guest at the 1992 Grammy Awards Ceremony, broadcast live to an audience estimated at over one billion, and became Musical America’s youngest Instrumentalist of the Year in 1995. In 1997 he received the prestigious Triumph Award for his outstanding contribution to Russia’s culture, one of the highest cultural honors to be awarded in the Russian Republic, and again, the youngest-ever awardee. He was the first pianist to be invited to give a recital at the BBC Proms (1997), and, in the 2000 season, was the first concerto soloist ever to be invited to play in the Proms opening concert. In May 2001 Kissin was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music by the Manhattan School of Music. In December 2003 in Moscow, he received the Shostakovich Award, one of Russia’s highest musical honors. In June 2005, he was awarded an Honorary Membership of the Royal Academy of Music in London. He was also awarded the 2005 Herbert von Karajan Music Prize. Evgeny Kissin is an Honorary Doctor of the Hong Kong University, the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the Ben Gurion University in Beer Sheba.
Mr. Kissin’s recordings have also received numerous awards and accolades, having contributed significantly to the library of masterpieces recorded by the world’s greatest performers. Past awards have included the Edison Klassiek in The Netherlands, Grammy awards, and the Diapason d’Or and the Grand Prix of La Nouvelle Academie du Disque in France.
*The right to changes is reserved
Piano Festivities
with Winners of International Competitions
hosted by PASTORAL, Kfar Blum
1 – 3 December 2022
In memory of Jan Jacob Bistrizky
Piano recital: Tamar Makharadze (Georgia)
Recipient of the medal of honor in the Maria Canals 2021 competition
Program
Piano recital: Alim Beisembayev (Kazakhstan)
The winner of the first prize in the Leeds 2021 competition
Program
Threesomes
Yosef Bardanashvili – Piano Trio No. 2 (“Romantic”)
A conversation with Alexander Korsantia about Georgian music and its influences
Mozart – Piano Trio in G Major K.564
Georgian folk songs
Jazz trio with pianist Beka Gochiashvili (Georgia)
The award-winning Georgian international jazz star Gochiashvili performed at New York’s Blue Note and recorded a duet album with the legendary Chick Corea – pastorally presenting a unique jazz evening.
A piano recital Alexander Korsantia, winner of the first prize in the Rubinstein competition, 1995
Program
Tamar Makharadze, David Samokha, Ofri Nehemiah, Matan Dagan, Michal Korman
SHIORI KUWHARA
Silver Medalist
at the 16th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, 2021
In May 2021, Shiori Kuwahara won the silver medal at the 16th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition. She was supposed to stay for a tour around Israel, but the security situation at the time forced her to shorten her stay and leave Israel before she could perform all the concerts planned for her. Since then, Shiori has been very busy performing, especially in Japan, where she has gained much recognition. Now she is returning to perform in Israel. During her visit, Shiori will play three concerts in which she will play from the following works:
14 July 2022, 20:00
Michael Sela Auditorium, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot
The recital will be followed by a conversation with the pianist.
15 July 2022, 12:00
Studio Annette, 2 Shvil Hameretz, Tel – Aviv
The concert will feature pianist Dr. Michal Tal, who will play with Kuwahara in four hands, and two students from the International Piano Festival in Arad.
18 July 2022, 21:00
Arad Conservatory, 55 Hen St, Arad
Arad International piano festival- PianoFest Arad
CUNMO YIN
Bronze Medalist
at the 16th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, 2021
Program
CUNMO YIN
Cunmo Yin was the Bronze Medalist at the 16th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, which took place in April-May 2021. His previous achievements include 1st Prize and Chamber Music Special Prize at the International Telekom Beethoven Competition Bonn (2019), Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Prize Piano Academy Eppan (2019), 1st Prize and Public Special Prize at the A. Scriabin International Piano Competition (2018), 2nd Prize and Prize of the “Verein Junger Musiker Deutschland” at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Conservatory Competition (2018).
Born in China in 1993, Cunmo received his first piano lessons at the age of 9 and had his first concert a few months later. Five years later, at the age of 14, he recorded a CD with all of Franz Liszt’s transcendent etudes, an unbelievably virtuosic achievement. In 2009 he won 2nd prize at the Shanghai Piano Competition while being the youngest competitor.
Yin continued his studies at the Central Music Conservatory in Beijing and the Music Academy in Shanghai. He is currently studying at the University of Music, Drama and Media in Hanover with Professor Gerrit Zitterbart, and with Andrea Bonatta since 2019.
Yin’s performances include numerous recitals throughout China- Shanghai, Beijing, Nanjing, and Sichuan. There he played in the most famous concert halls, such as the National Centre for the Performing in Beijing, Nanjing Great Hall of the People, Shanghai Music Hall, Oriental Art Center in Shanghai, and others.
He also played with orchestras such as the Beijing (Peking) Symphony Orchestra, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, the Shanghai Opera Philharmonic, the Xiamen Philharmonic, the Longwood Symphony Orchestra in America, the Orchestra of the Technical University of Braunschweig, and most recently with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
Cunmo Yin currently teaches at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media.
Presented by theAmerican Friends of the Arthur Rubinstein
International Music Society (AFARIMS)
JUAN PÉREZ FLORISTAN
Gold Medalist and Audience Favorite
at the 16th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, 2021
Program
JUAN PÉREZ FLORISTAN
Juan Pérez Floristan is the First Prize and Audience Favorite Prize at the 16th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, which took place in April-May 2021. His previous achievements include First Prize and the Audience Prize at Santander Piano Competition “Paloma O’Shea” 2015, First Prize at the Berlin Steinway Competition 2015 and the Medal of the City of Seville. Juan Pérez Floristán is at the young age of 28 a benchmark among the new generations of Spanish and European musicians.
Juan has already made his debut in some of the world’s major venues, such as Royal Albert Hall (with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra during the Proms Festival) and Wigmore Hall in London, Carnegie New York, Herkulessaal in Munich, Tonhalle in Zürich, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Béla Bartók Hall and Liszt Academy in Budapest, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, Schloss Elmau, Auditorio Nacional of Madrid, Palau de la Musica de Barcelona and Auditori of Barcelona. He has also performed at festivals such as the Ruhr Klavier Festival, the Verbier Festival, the Sommets-Musicaux Festival in Gstaad (Switzerland), the Santander Festival, the Granada Festival, the Beethoven Festival in Warsaw…
With a repertoire that includes more than 30 concerts for piano and orchestra and that ranges from Mozart to Crumb, he is a frequent guest with orchestras like the Spanish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, National Spanish Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Monterey Symphony Orchestra, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Royal Symphony Orchestra of Seville, Philharmonic Orchestra of Malaga, Tenerife Symphony Orchestra, Barcelona Orchestra, Gran Canaria Philharmonic Orchestra, Castilla y León Symphony Orchestra… He has also performed on fortepianos for solo recitals, as well as with orchestras like the Hofkapelle München.
His collaboration with these orchestras is quickly turning into a constant in his career, having also recorded with the BBC Concert Orchestra. This CD will be added to the already long list of record projects that Juan Perez Floristan has faced, which includes his solo CD for Naxos (with works by Liszt, Schumann and Beethoven) and two CDs with chamber works by Schubert, Shostakovich and Brahms. However, his first CD goes back to 2012, when he released his first CD, a live recording of his debut concert at the prestigious Ruhr Klavier Festival in Germany.
The list of conductors, soloists and chamber groups with whom he has collaborated includes Jesús López Cobos, David Afkham, Ian Bostridge, Juanjo Mena, Pablo González, Ben Gernon, Marc Soustrot, Leopold Hager, Lorenzo Viotti, Andrei Ionita, Pablo Ferrández, Kian Soltani, Dietrich Henschel, the Fine Arts Quartet…
He owes his training mainly to his mother, María Floristán; Galina Eguiazarova and Eldar Nebolsin, his current mentor. He has also received advice and lessons from international figures such as Daniel Barenboim, Menahem Pressler, Ferenc Rados, Kirill Gerstein, Nelson Goerner, Claudio Martínez Mehner, Stephen Kovacevich… Even so, especial mention in his training deserves Elisabeth Leonskaja, who, since meeting her proved not only to be an exceptional artist but also a person committed with the new generations of pianists in a full and totally disinterested way, since it has meant invaluable help both in his career and in his personal and artistic development.
His tours have taken him to Europe, Latinoamerica, the USA… having already performed in Spain, France, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Slovenia, Sweden, USA, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Colombia, Peru…
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Presented by the
UK Friends of the Arthur Rubinstein
International Music Society (UKFARIMS)
Piano Festivities
with Winners of International Competitions
hosted by PASTORAL, Kfar Blum
30 December 2021 – 1 January 2022
In memory of Jan Jacob Bistrizky
Thursday, 30 December, 2021
Friday, 31 December, 2021
Saturday, 1 January, 2022
The unpublished recitals of 16 pianists NOT admitted to the 2nd stage of the 16th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition.
Due to the special hybrid format of the 2021 Competition, all the competitors have
pre-recorded recitals both for Stage I and for Stage II. Thus, we get a rare opportunity
to grasp the quality and beauty of 16 performances never heard before, by the competitors
who did not make it to the 2nd stage.
Save the dates and stay tuned, as we premiere the 16 Unpublished Recitals.
Daily Premiere:
August 21 – September 5, 2021, 18:30 Israel time
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Aleksandr KLIUCHKO | Saturday, August 21, 2021 | Watch >>> |
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Nejc KAMPLET | Sunday, August 22, 2021 | Watch >>> |
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Evelyne BEREZOVSKY | Monday, August 23, 2021 | Watch >>> |
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KaJeng WONG | Tuesday, August 24, 2021 | Watch >>> |
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Tetiana SHAFRAN | Wednesday, August 25, 2021 | Watch >>> |
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Martin GARCIA GARCIA | Thursday, August 26, 2021 | Watch >>> |
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KINASOV Maxim | Friday, August 27, 2021 | Watch >>> |
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Motti FANG BENTOV | Saturday, August 28, 2021 | Watch >>> |
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Lohan PARK | Sunday, August 29, 2021 | Watch >>> |
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Yun Chih HSU | Monday, August 30, 2021 | Watch >>> |
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Giovanni BERTOLAZZI | Tuesday, August 31, 2021 | Watch >>> |
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Siqian Li | Wednesday, September 1, 2021 | Watch >>> |
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Dimitri MALIGNAN | Thursday, September 2, 2021 | Watch >>> |
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Han CHEN | Friday, September 3, 2021 | Watch >>> |
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Bowen LI | Saturday, September 4, 2021 | Watch >>> |
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Anna HAN | Sunday, September 5, 2021 | Watch >>> |
JUAN PÉREZ FLORISTAN
Gold Medalist and Audience Favorite
at the 16th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, 2021
Program
JUAN PÉREZ FLORISTAN
Juan Pérez Floristan is the First Prize and Audience Favorite Prize at the 16th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, which took place in April-May 2021. His previous achievements include First Prize and the Audience Prize at Santander Piano Competition “Paloma O’Shea” 2015, First Prize at the Berlin Steinway Competition 2015 and the Medal of the City of Seville. Juan Pérez Floristán is at the young age of 28 a benchmark among the new generations of Spanish and European musicians.
Juan has already made his debut in some of the world’s major venues, such as Royal Albert Hall (with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra during the Proms Festival), Wigmore Hall in London, Herkulessaal in Munich, Tonhalle in Zürich, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Béla Bartók Hall and Liszt Academy in Budapest, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, Schloss Elmau, Auditorio Nacional of Madrid, Palau de la Musica de Barcelona and Auditori of Barcelona. He has also performed at festivals such as the Ruhr Klavier Festival, the Verbier Festival, the Sommets-Musicaux Festival in Gstaad (Switzerland), the Santander Festival, the Granada Festival, the Beethoven Festival in Warsaw…
With a repertoire that includes more than 30 concerts for piano and orchestra and that ranges from Mozart to Crumb, he is a frequent guest with orchestras like the Spanish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, National Spanish Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Monterey Symphony Orchestra, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Royal Symphony Orchestra of Seville, Philharmonic Orchestra of Malaga, Tenerife Symphony Orchestra, Barcelona Orchestra, Gran Canaria Philharmonic Orchestra, Castilla y León Symphony Orchestra… He has also performed on fortepianos for solo recitals, as well as with orchestras like the Hofkapelle München.
His collaboration with these orchestras is quickly turning into a constant in his career, having also recorded with the BBC Concert Orchestra. This CD will be added to the already long list of record projects that Juan Perez Floristan has faced, which includes his solo CD for Naxos (with works by Liszt, Schumann and Beethoven) and two CDs with chamber works by Schubert, Shostakovich and Brahms. However, his first CD goes back to 2012, when he released his first CD, a live recording of his debut concert at the prestigious Ruhr Klavier Festival in Germany.
The list of conductors, soloists and chamber groups with whom he has collaborated includes Jesús López Cobos, David Afkham, Ian Bostridge, Juanjo Mena, Pablo González, Ben Gernon, Marc Soustrot, Leopold Hager, Lorenzo Viotti, Andrei Ionita, Pablo Ferrández, Kian Soltani, Dietrich Henschel, the Fine Arts Quartet…
He owes his training mainly to his mother, María Floristán; Galina Eguiazarova and Eldar Nebolsin, his current mentor. He has also received advice and lessons from international figures such as Daniel Barenboim, Menahem Pressler, Ferenc Rados, Kirill Gerstein, Nelson Goerner, Claudio Martínez Mehner, Stephen Kovacevich… Even so, especial mention in his training deserves Elisabeth Leonskaja, who, since meeting her proved not only to be an exceptional artist but also a person committed with the new generations of pianists in a full and totally disinterested way, since it has meant invaluable help both in his career and in his personal and artistic development.
His tours have taken him to Europe, Latinoamerica, the USA… having already performed in Spain, France, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Slovenia, Sweden, USA, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Colombia, Peru…
Tickets are available HERE
Presented by theAmerican Friends of the Arthur Rubinstein
International Music Society (AFARIMS)
BROADCAST DEBUT
Recorded at Recanati Auditorium, Tel Aviv Museum of Art (17 September 2020)
Piano version by Arie Vardi
Piano version by Arie Vardi
BROADCAST DEBUT
Recorded at Recanati Auditorium, Tel Aviv Museum of Art (17 September 2020)
The statue was unveiled three years later (1845), on the 75th anniversary of the composer’s birth, during the first Beethoven Festival. The statue still stands on Münsterplatz in Bonn.
The recital program composed by pianist Nikolay Khozyainov (Russia) consists of works by Liszt and Schumann (an adaptation of a movement from Beethoven’s symphony and variations on Beethoven’s theme), works by Chopin and Mendelssohn composed especially for the album, and more.
of the Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 by Beethoven
from “An die ferne Geliebte”, Op. 98 by Beethoven
Szymon Says…
SZYMON NEHRING
1st prize winner of the 2017 Arthur Rubinstein International
Piano Master Competition
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30
I. Allegro ma non tanto
II. Intermezzo: Adagio
III. Finale: Alla breve
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Omer Meir Wellber
Recorded at the Final Stage of the 2017 Rubinstein Competition
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.
SZYMON NEHRING
1st prize winner of the 2017 Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition
WATCH >>>
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30
I. Allegro ma non tanto
II. Intermezzo: Adagio
III. Finale: Alla breve
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Omer Meir Wellber
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.
DANIEL CIOBANU
2nd prize winner of the 2017 Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition
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Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26
I. Andante. Allegro
II. Tema con variazioni
III. Allegro, ma non troppo
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Omer Meir Wellber
Recorded at the Final Stage of the 2017 Rubinstein Competition
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.
SARA DANESHPOUR,
3rd prize winner of the 2017 Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition
W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K.503
I. Allegro maestoso
II. Andante
III. Allegretto
The Israel Camerata, Jerusalem
Conductor: Avner Biron
Recorded at the Final Stage of the 2017 Rubinstein Competition
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.
ALEXANDER GAVRYLYUK
laureate of the 11th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition (2005)
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Sonata in B Minor, Hob.XVI:32
I. Allegro moderato
II. Minuet – Trio
III. Finale. Presto
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Sonata No. 7 in B-flat Major, Op. 83
I. Allegro inquieto
II. Andante caloroso
III. Precipitato
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.
BORIS GILTBURG
Laureate of the 13th Arthur Rubinstein international Piano Master Competition (2011)
Live from The Netherlands
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111
I.Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato
II. Arietta. Adagio molto semplice cantabile
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
3 Preludes
No. 12 in G-sharp Minor, Op. 32
No. 5 in G Major, Op. 32
No. 7 in C Minor Op. 23
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23
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.
An interview with ALEXANDER KORSANTIA, winner of the Arthur Rubinstein Competition, 1995.
Alexander Korsantia was born in Tbilisi, Georgia and began his music studies at the age of 5 with his mother, professor of piano at the Tbilisi State Conservatory. He continued his studies with Tengiz Amiredjibi, considered the best piano teacher in Georgia. As a child, Korsantia won many awards. In 1988 he won first prize at the International Young Pianists Competition in Sydney Australia. In 1993, he played as a soloist with “Classica” Orchestra and the St. Petersburg “Kirov” Orchestra, under the baton of maestro Valery Gergiev. Then, in 1992, Korsantia moved with his family to the United States to continue his studies under Alexander Toradze at Indiana University. He won the gold medal at the 1995 Rubinstein Competition in Tel Aviv, which launched his international career.
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.
MICHAL TAL in a selection of commissioned piano works written for the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition throughout the years.
WATCH >>>
Noam Sheriff (1935-2018)
For Ella (1991)
Oded Zehavi (b. 1961)
Memories (2001)
MICHAL TAL in a historic masterclass with Arthur Rubinstein at the Jerusalem Music Centre (1978)
Josef Bardanashvili (b. 1948)
Fantasia (2005)
Moshe Zorman (b. 1952)
Fascinating Rhythm (1989)
Tel Aviv University
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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.
WATCH >>>
With Pianists:
Dr. Ofra Itzhaki
Dr. Michal Tal
And Composers:
Mr. Josef Bardanashvili
Prof. Oded Zehavi
Prof. Moshe Zorman
Moderator: Mr. Ariel Cohen, Chair of the Rubinstein Society Board of Directors
Guest Artist- Pianist Alon Kariv
Tel Aviv University
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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.
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Op. 82
I. Allegro moderato
II. Allegretto
III.Tempo di Valzer lentissimo
IV.Vivace
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Polonaise – Fantaisie, Op. 61
Alexander Scriabin (1871- 1915)
Sonata No. 5, Op. 53
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S.514
Tel Aviv University
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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.
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
2 Preludes Op. 32
No. 9 in A Major
No. 10 in B Minor
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109
I. Vivace ma non troppo, sempre legato – Adagio espressivo
II. Prestissimo
III. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo
J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude & Fugue in E-flat Minor, BWV 853 – WTC, Book I
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
4 Klavierstücke Op. 119
No. 1 – Intermezzo. Adagio
No. 2 – Intermezzo. Andantino un poco agitato
No. 3 – Intermezzo. Grazioso e giocoso
No. 4 – Rhapsody. Allegro risoluto
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.
J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude & Fugue in D Major, BWV 874 – WTC, Book II
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Sonata in E-flat Major, Hob.XVI:25
I. Moderato
II. Tempo di Minuet
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Intermezzo Op. 117, No. 2 in B-flat Minor
Andante non troppo e con molto espressione
NABEEL HAYEK
Alban Berg (1885-1935)
Sonata Op.1
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Two Intermezzi Op.116
No. 4 in E Major
No. 6 in E Major
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 31
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Étude Tableau in C Minor, Op. 39
Allegro agitato
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Arthur Rubinstein Virtual Piano-Fest
5 – 21 May 2020
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Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
Sonata in D Major K. 119
Sonata in D Minor, K.141
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 – “Waldstein”
I. Allegro con brio
II. Introduzione. Adagio molto
III. Rondo. Allegretto moderato – Prestissimo
RONI LEVY
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
4 Mazurkas Op. 24
No. 1 in G Minor
No. 2 in C Major
No. 3 in A-flat Major
No. 4 in B-flat Minor
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Reflets dans l’eau from Images, 1ere série
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op. 53 – “Heroic”
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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)
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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
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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
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
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
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.
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Presented by theAmerican Friends of the Arthur Rubinstein
International Music Society (AFARIMS)
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)
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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.
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
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
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.
The event is Sponsored by
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
Promoted by
Lisa Peacock Concert Management Ltd
Tel Aviv
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
New York
STEVEN LIN, Piano Recital
Silver Medalist at the 14th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, 2014
Program
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, 1st 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.
Presented by the American Friends of the Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society (AFARIMS)</div
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.
Program
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 ArthurRubinstein International Music Society (AFARIMS)
BORIS GILTBURG, Piano Recital
Israeli pianist Boris Giltburg is a rising star in the international world of pianism, 2nd 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.
Program
Presented by the American Friends of the ArthurRubinstein International Music Society (AFARIMS)
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 
BORIS GILTBURG, Piano
2nd Prize Winner at the 13 Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition
In cooperation with Savyon Municipality
Program
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
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
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.
Sponsored by
PIANO FESTIVITIES
In memory of Jan Jacob Bistrizky
With winners of International Competitions:
BORIS GILTBURG (Israel), Piano
ALEXANDER MOUTOUZKINE (Russia), Piano
SEONG-JIN CHO (S.Korea), Piano
PETTERI IIVONEN (Finland), Violin
MICHAL KORMAN (Israel), Cello
ISRAEL CAMERATA JERUSALEM, Conductor: AVNER BIRON
Guest musicians, members of the Israel Camerata:
MARINA KATZ, Cello
ALON REUVEN, Horn
Thursday, October 3, 20:30
Friday, October 4, 12:00
Op. 40
Saturday October 5, 21:00
and String orchestra
Sponsored by
DANIIL TRIFONOV, Piano
1st prize winner at the 13th Arthur Rubinstein International Master Piano Competition
Program
(the Sea of Galilee)
DANIIL TRIFONOV, Piano
1st prize winner at the 13th Arthur Rubinstein International Master Piano Competition
Program
PIANO FESTIVITIES – FROM BACH TO CHOPIN
In memory of Jan Jacob Bistrizky
with Prize Winners of
The 13th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition:
BORIS GILTBURG (Israel) 2nd prize, 2011
ILYA RASHKOVSKIY (Russia) 3rd prize, 2011
ERIC ZUBER (USA) 4th prize, 2011
THE ISRAEL CAMERATA JERUSALEM, Conductor: AVNER BIRON
Thursday Sept. 15, 20:30
Friday Sept. 16, 13:30
Saturday Sept. 17, 21:00
At the end of each concert, Artistic Director- Idith Zvi, will chat with one of the pianists
who will also play a solo piece.
Sponsored by
THE 13TH ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN INTERNATIONAL PIANO MASTER COMPETITION
PIANO FESTIVITIES – MOZART MARATHON
In memory of Jan Jacob Bistrizky
with Prize Winners of
The Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition:
DAVID FUNG (Australia) 4th prize, 2008
YEOL-EUM SON (Korea) 3rd prize, 2005
BENJAMIN FRITH (England) 1st prize, 1989
THE ISRAEL CAMERATA JERUSALEM, Conductor: AVNER BIRON
MOZART Program
Thursday Sept. 2, 20:30
Concerto No. 7 in F Major for three pianos, K 242
Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K 466
Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K 467
Friday Sept. 3, 13:30
Concerto No. 22 in E flat Major, K 482
Concerto No. 24 in C Minor, K 491
Saturday Sept. 4, 21:00
Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K 488
Concerto No. 27 in B flat Major, K 595
At the end of each concert, Artistic Director, Idith Zvi, will chat with one of the pianists who will also play a solo piece.
Sponsored by
CONCERT & BRUNCH AT THE HILTON HOTEL, TEL AVIV
Sponsored by American Express
TATIANA KOLESSOVA (Russia), Piano
Winner at the Arthur Rubinstein Competition, 2005
SHLOMI SHABAN (Israel), Piano
Composer and Pianist
Program
TATIANA KOLESSOVA
KOLESSOVA & SHABAN
SHLOMI SHABAN
Composer and pianist Shlomi Shaban plays his own songs and a selection from his latest album “Migdal Hapizmon” (Tower of Song), with a new angle on classics by Sasha Argov, Leonard Cohen, George Brassens and others.
The event is sponsored by 
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.
Sponsored by
CONCERT & BRUNCH AT THE HILTON HOTEL, TEL AVIV
Sponsored by American Express
YEOL-EUM SON (South Korea), Piano
Winner at the Arthur Rubinstein Competition, 2005
Prize winner at the 11th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, 2005.
Pianist Yeol Eum Son’s graceful interpretationsand crystalline touch have caught the attention of audiences worldwide. A favorite among international orchestras, Ms. Son has performed with the New York Philharmonic with Lorin Maazeland the Israel Philharmonic, as well as repeated visits to Israel.
In 2009, she claimed both the silver medaland the Best Performance of Chamber Music awrad in the 13th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Two years later, she won second prize at the XIV Tchaikovsky International Music Competition, also receiving awards for her performances of a chamber concertoand the commissioned work.
Guest artists:
GON HALEVI, Vocal
NOYA SCHLEIN, Percussion
ROY AMOTZ, Flute
NIR COMFORTY, Double Bass
Program
The event is sponsored by
Tel Aviv
PIANO FESTIVITIES
In memory of Jan Jacob Bistrizky
with Prize Winners of
The 14th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition:
ANTONII BARYSHEVSKYI (Ukraine), 1st Prize
STEVEN LIN(USA), 2nd Prize
SEONG-JIN CHO(S. Korea), 3rd 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
Rossini
Sponsored by
Tel Aviv
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
Program
CONCERT & BRUNCH AT THE HILTON HOTEL, TEL AVIV
Sponsored by American Express
LEONARDO COLAFELICE (Italy), Piano
Winner at the Arthur Rubinstein Competition, 2014
Program
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
Tel Aviv
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
CHING-YUN HU, Piano
2nd Prize winner at the 12th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition
Program
40 YEARS FOR THE RUBINSTEIN COMPETITION
The ISRAEL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA celebrates 40 years for the Rubinstein Competition,
with past winners of the competition.
Tel Aviv
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
IAN FOUNTAIN, Piano
1st prize winner at the 7th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition
Program
Tel Aviv
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
ALEXANDER KORSANTIA, Piano
1st prize winner at the 8th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition
Program
PIANO FESTIVITIES
In memory of Jan Jacob Bistrizky
Daniil Trifonov, Piano
1st prize winner at the 13th Arthur Rubinstein International Master Piano Competition
With Guest artists:
Sergei Babayan (USA), Piano
Sergey Ostrovsky, Violin
Felix Nemirovsky, Cello
The Israel Camerata Jerusalem, Conductor: Avner Biron
Thursday, October 11, 20:30
Idith Zvi, Artistic director of the Rubinstein Society will converse with Daniil Trifonov
Friday, October 12, 13:00
for two pianos
Idith Zvi, Artistic director of the Rubinstein Society will converse with Sergei Babayan
ALEXANDRE MOUTOUZKINE, Piano
Laureate of the 13 Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition
Program
CONCERT & BRUNCH AT THE HILTON HOTEL, TEL AVIV
Sponsored by American Express
ALEXANDRE MOUTOUZKINE, Piano
Laureate of the 13 Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition
Guest artists:
CHEN ZIMBALISTA, Marimba & Percussion
DANNY ERDMAN, Clarinet
MAURIZIO PAEZ, Bassoon
YUVAL SHAPIRO, Trumpet
HILA KARNI, Cello
NATALIA SHER, Violin
Program
DANIIL TRIFONOV, Piano
1st prize winner at the 13th Arthur Rubinstein International Master Piano Competition
Two of the great giants of 19th-century keyboard music frame this recital, with Liszt’s transcriptions of Schubert’s songs “Frühlingsglaube” and “Die Stadt” at the start and Chopin’s kaleidoscopic Op. 10 Studies, as a finale. In between, Daniil Trifonov plays Schubert’s sublime, deeply felt B flat major Sonata, the last of the sonatas that Schubert wrote only months before his death in 1828. It was just before his own death in 1893 that Tchaikovsky composed his 18 Pieces Op. 72, charming miniatures that he dedicated affectionately to friends past and present.
Program
BORIS GILTBURG, Piano
2nd prize winner at the 13th Arthur Rubinstein International Master Piano Competition
Program
The concert was broadcast live on BBC Radio 3
BORIS GILTBURG, Piano
2nd Prize Winner at the 13 Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition
Program
KOTARO FUKUMA, Piano
Laureate of the 13 Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition
Program
CONCERT & BRUNCH AT THE HILTON HOTEL, TEL AVIV
Sponsored by American Express
CELEBRATING ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN’S 125 BIRTHDAY
KOTARO FUKUMA, Piano
Laureate of the 13 Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition
THE ISRAEL NETANYA KIBBUTZ ORCHESTRA, Conductor:YARON GOTTFRIED
SHARON ROSTORF-ZAMIR, Soprano
Program
The event is sponsored by
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.
Program:
Rachmaninoff
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
SZYMON NEHRING, Piano Recital
Gold Medal, Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition
Program
Szymon Nehring is the Gold Medalist at the latest Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, 2017, and claimed the prize for Best Performance of a Chopin Piece.
At the 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, he was Audience Favorite and received Honorable Mention. In 2016 he released two albums: Chopin’s Piano Concertos and Krzysztof Penderecki’s Piano Concerto “Resurrection”, conducted by the composer. He recently recorded Chopin’s works on a period instrument.
Nehring has appeared in Europe, Israel, North and South America. He recently toured Japan and China as part of a Rubinstein Winners Tour and made his debut recital at Carnegie Hall, New York. Future plans include performances at Chopin Festivals and at the Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival in Warsaw, concerts with the Israel Philharmonic and at the Elbphilharmonie Hall (Hamburg). In autumn 2017 Szymon has begun his studies with Prof. Boris Berman at Yale School of Music. Former teachers include Stefan Wojtas (Academy of Music, Bydgoszcz) and Olga Łazarska (F. Chopin’s School of Music in Kraków). Szymon Nehring is represented by the Ludwig van Beethoven Association.
Presented by the American Friends of the ArthurRubinstein International Music Society (AFARIMS)
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.
Sponsored by
SZYMON NEHRING, Piano
Gold Medal, Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition
Program
Szymon Nehring is the Gold Medalist at the latest Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, 2017, and claimed the prize for Best Performance of a Chopin Piece.
At the 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, he was Audience Favorite and received Honorable Mention. In 2016 he released two albums: Chopin’s Piano Concertos and Krzysztof Penderecki’s Piano Concerto “Resurrection”, conducted by the composer. He recently recorded Chopin’s works on a period instrument.
Nehring has appeared in Europe, Israel, North and South America. He recently toured Japan and China as part of a Rubinstein Winners Tour and made his debut recital at Carnegie Hall, New York. Future plans include performances at Chopin Festivals and at the Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival in Warsaw, concerts with the Israel Philharmonic and at the Elbphilharmonie Hall (Hamburg). In autumn 2017 Szymon has begun his studies with Prof. Boris Berman at Yale School of Music. Former teachers include Stefan Wojtas (Academy of Music, Bydgoszcz) and Olga Łazarska (F. Chopin’s School of Music in Kraków). Szymon Nehring is represented by the Ludwig van Beethoven Association.
CONCERT & BRUNCH AT THE HILTON HOTEL, TEL AVIV
Sponsored by American Express
NAREH ARGHAMANYAN (Armenia), Piano
DAVID GRIFFITHS (Australia), Clarinet
YAEL BAROLSKY, Violin
LIA RAIKHLIN, Violin
AMIT LANDAU, Viola
ZVI PLESSER, Cello
NIR COMFORTY, Double-Bass
Program
The event is sponsored by
New York
CHING-YUN HU
Silver Medalist at the 2008 Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition.
Program
Presented by the American Friends of the Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society (AFARIMS)
