Dorel Golan () is an
Israeli pianist
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.
She has studied with pianists
Daniel Gortler and
Vadim Monastirsky. Golan completed her Masters studies with Prof.
Arie Vardi
Arie Vardi (; born 1937) is a classical pianist, conductor, and piano pedagogue. He is laureate of the Israel Prize in 2017.
Biography
Vardi was born in Tel Aviv and graduated from the Rubin Academy (renamed the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music in ...
at the
Buchmann-Mehta Academy of Music in
Tel Aviv
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.
Since 1992, she has been a recipient of the
American-Israel Culture Foundation scholarship.
Golan has performed with some of the most important
orchestra
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* String instruments, such as the violin, viola, cello, ...
s in the world, as well as with all the major orchestras in Israel including the
Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra.
She appeared successfully in recitals at the Salle Cortot in
Paris
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, at the Tivoli Hall in
Copenhagen
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, at the Concertgebouw in
Amsterdam
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, where she recorded her first CD. She also played in many other important centers.
Dorel played in various festivals, including the
Klavier-Festival Ruhr
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in
Germany
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. In 2006 she performed in the
Israel Festival
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in
Jerusalem
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.
Awards and prizes
*
Israel America Culture Foundation award, since 1992
* First Prize –
Marsala International Piano Competition in Italy, 1992
* First Best Young Pianist Prize
Bremen International Piano Competition
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, 2001
* First Prize –
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Places Australia
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, 1996
* First Prize - Ariana Katz Competition, 1999
* First Prize - Ariana Katz Competition, 2006
* First Prize - Rubin Academy Competition, 2004
* First Prize - Rubin Academy Competition, 2006
External links
''Le Festin dÉsope Op. 39, n° 12'' by Alkan''Klavierstücke, Op. 118, no. 6'' by Brahms''Etude "Pour les huit doigts"'' by Debussy ''fastforward'' by Alexina Louie''La Leggierezza'' by Liszt ''Andante and variations in F minor, Hob.VII.6'' by Hayden
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Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
Jewish classical pianists
21st-century Israeli classical pianists
Women classical pianists
20th-century Israeli classical pianists
20th-century Israeli women pianists
21st-century Israeli women pianists
21st-century Israeli pianists