Yoram Ish-Hurwitz

Yoram Ish-Hurwitz

Yoram Ish-Hurwitz (Amsterdam, 1968) is a Dutch pianist of Israeli origin.

He began his studies with Danièle Dechenne and Jan Wijn at the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam. In 1993 he was the first Dutch pianist to graduate from the Juilliard School in New York with the Hungarian pianist György Sándor. Finally he was admitted to the soloist class of the renowned piano teacher Karl-Heinz Kämmerling with whom he studied for another two years.

In 1988 he won the second prize at the Eduard Flipse Piano Competition in Rotterdam. Three years later he was awarded the Jacques Vonk Prize by a unanimous international jury. Since then he has frequently performed in The Netherlands, including many times in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. He is also a regular guest as soloist with many orchestras and has given recitals in Norway, Germany, Slovakia, Italy and the United Kingdom amongst other countries and has taken part in a large number of international festivals such as Bergen, Trondheim and Brighton.

His discography includes works by Franz Schubert, Frédéric Chopin, Modest Mussorgsky, Sergei Prokofiev and the complete Années de Pèlerinage by Franz Liszt. Since 2003 Yoram Ish-Hurwitz has been a Steinway Artist. [ [http://steinway.com/steinway/artist_roster/roster.php?artistSection=main&artistListing=i Steinway & Sons - Steinway Pianos - Steinway Artist Roster ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.ish-hurwitz.com/ Personal website]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Années de Pèlerinage — ( Years of Pilgrimage ) (S.160, S.161, S.163) is a set of three suites by Franz Liszt for solo piano. Liszt s complete musical style is evident in this masterwork, which ranges from virtuosic fireworks to sincerely moving emotional statements.… …   Wikipedia

  • Années de Pèlerinage — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Au Bord d une Source …   Wikipedia Español

  • Années de pèlerinage — (Years of Pilgrimage) (S.160, S.161, S.163) is a set of three suites by Franz Liszt for solo piano. Liszt s complete musical style is evident in this masterwork, which ranges from virtuosic fireworks to sincerely moving emotional statements. His… …   Wikipedia

  • Steinway D-274 — For other uses, see Steinway (disambiguation). Stephen Beus performs on a Steinway concert grand piano model D 274 in the 2006 Gina Bachauer International Artists Piano Competition D 274 (or D) is the model name of a concert grand piano, the… …   Wikipedia

  • List of classical pianists — This is an alphabetized list of notable pianists who play or played classical music. For a list of recorded classical pianists see List of classical pianists (recorded). If you add a name to the list below and know that the pianist recorded,… …   Wikipedia

  • List of classical pianists (recorded) — This is a list of pianists of whom recordings survive who play or played classical music. Since the number of people who have played the piano is probably in the millions, most of whom are not notable, the list is confined to those who have left… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Israelis — This is a list of prominent Israelis (including Arab citizens of Israel).Historical figuresPoliticians* Chaim Weizmann first President of Israel (1949 52) * David Ben Gurion first Prime Minister of Israel (1948 54, 1955 63) * Moshe Sharett prime… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”