Miri Yampolsky

Israeli pianist Miri Yampolsky made her orchestral debut as a soloist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and maestro Zubin Mehta at the age of 16, playing Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.1. Since then, she appeared with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Chamber Orchestra, as well as the Mainz Symphony, Orquesta Sinfonica de Valencia, Chicago Chamber Orchestra, National Orchestra of Johannesburg, Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, the Peninsula Music Festival orchestra and Cornell Symphony and chamber orchestras.

A first prize winner of the José Iturbi International Piano Competition in Valencia, and the ARD International Music Competition in Munich, Ms. Yampolsky is an avid and active chamber musician, with appearances in festivals such as Tanglewood; Ravinia; Davos; Berlin Festwoche; Tucson Winter International Chamber Music Festival; Olympic Music Festival; Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival; Peninsula Music Festival; Hitzacker "Music Days"; Schwetzingen Festival; Sessa "Musica d'Insieme" ; Citta di Castelo; Klassikfest Kaisrstuhl; Lucena International Piano Festival and Salzburg's "Mozarteum".

Miri's teachers include Hannah Shalgi, Michael Boguslavsky and Chaim Taub in Israel; Prof. Dmitri Bashkirov and Marta Gulyas at the Escuela Superior De Musica "Reina Sofia" in Madrid, and Leon Fleisher at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. Miri was a recipient of AICF scholarships between 1985-1996. Ms. Yampolsky is on the faculty of the music department at Cornell University and is a co-artistic director of "Mayfest -- Cornell International Chamber Music Festival" (www.mayfest-cornell.org).

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Ithaca Times

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Name	Yampolsky, Miri
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Short description	Long brown hair, brown eyes,
Date of birth	December 2nd,1971
Place of birth	Moscow,Russia
Date of death	N\A
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