- Yoram Ish-Hurwitz
Yoram Ish-Hurwitz (
Amsterdam , 1968) is a Dutchpianist 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 pianistGyörgy Sándor . Finally he was admitted to the soloist class of the renowned piano teacherKarl-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 theJacques 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 completeAnnées de Pèlerinage byFranz 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]
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