MA in Musicology, Tel Aviv University. Guide: Dr. Dorit Tanai.
Thesis
subject: "Soloist-orchestra relationships in Mozart's piano concerti
as reflecting social ideals of the Enlightenment".
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1997-2001
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Open University
courses: "Art in the Technological Era"; "Introduction to the
Philosophy of Ethics"; "Introduction to Aesthetics".
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"Artist
Diploma" at the Rubin Academy of Music in Tel Aviv University with the pianist Prof. Arie Vardi.
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1977-1979
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B.
Mus. at the Rubin Academy of Music in Tel Aviv University with the pianist
Prof. Mindru Katz; chamber music with Mr. Haim Taub (former leader of the
IPO); + section of Philosophy courses.
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1971-1975
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Master
classes at the Jerusalem Music Center Mishkenot Sha'ananim
with renowned artist, including Claude Frank, Heinrick Schering, Aldo
Pariso, Victor Rosenbaum, Arie Vardi and others.
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Piano
studies with Mrs. Ruth Efrat and Mr. Gershon Zilbert; Chamber music with
Prof. Rami Shevelov.
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1960-1972
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Military service
1977-1975
Lieutenant at the Central Army Personnel Management.
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Research
scholarship from the Open University of Israel to present a joint project (Schubert
Lieder CD-ROM) at a conference (ICDE, Hong Kong, Feb. 2004).
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2004
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Research
scholarship from the Open University of Israel for a sabbatical in Paris.
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2002
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Research
scholarship from the Open University of Israel for the MA thesis.
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2000-2001
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Chamber
music award at the Rubin Academy of Music competition.
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1975
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Studies
scholarship from a private donor.
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1973
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America-Israel
Cultural Foundation scholarships (yearly).
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1965-1975
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April
2004 Chamber concert of Israeli music at Salle d'Honneur des Invalides,
Paris, in celebration of Israel
Independence Day, supported by the Israel Foreign Office and the Israeli
embassy in Paris.
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July-December
2003 Sabbatical at the Cité Internationale des Arts
in Paris, granted by the Culture Ministry,
the Committee for Culture and Art. Performance of 8 chamber concerts,
including one dedicated to the Israel Prize winner and Honored Citizen of
Tel Aviv, Yehezkel Braun, supported by the Israeli embassy in Paris.
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1997-1999
Guided chamber music concert series in Ramat-Hasharon.
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Chamber
music concerts and radio recordings in Israel.
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Performance
and recordings of Israeli music, including several premieres.
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Piano
accompaniment and coaching for instrumentalists and singers.
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Playing
on all keyboard instruments (piano, continuo-organ, celesta, cembalo) in all
the main orchestras: The Israel Philharmonic under the baton of Zubin
Mehta, Daniel Barenboim, Valeri Gergiev, Joel Levi, Mendi Rodan; The Israel
Chamber Orchestra, including on their tour to the U.SA. in 1988 under the
baton of Yoav Talmi as principal pianist; The Jerusalem Symphony; The
Beer-Sheba Sinfonietta; The Kibbuzim Camber Orchestra; "Musica
Nova" group.
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Piano
accompanist at the summer workshops, master classes and concerts of the
Israel Vocal Arts Institution (IVAI) directed by Ms. Joan Dornman from the
Metropolitan Opera of New York, in classes of renowned artists as Luigi
Quillico, Sheril Milns, Federico Davia, Mignon Dunn, Nico Castel, Carol
Castel, Robert Cowart, Charles Riecker and others.
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1988-1997
Piano accompanist of the Rinat National Choir directed by Stanley
Sperber and Avner Itai, in concerts around the country, tours to Europe and
the U.S.A. and radio recordings.
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1978-1988
Piano accompanist of the Cameran Singers under the baton of
Avner Itai and guest conductors from abroad, in concert series, radio
recordings and tours to Europe.
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Piano
accompaniment for choirs in Israel: the Ichud choir, the Kibbutz
Artzi choir, the New Vocal Ensemble and others.
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Since
1972 Piano teaching.
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1999, 2001 "Sounds in the
Desert" in Sdeh-Bokker for chamber and Israeli music.
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1984,
1985, 1999 Israel Festival in Jerusalem.
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Vocal
festivals: Acre; Abbu-Gosh; the "Zimriya".
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Presentation and guidance of concert series of the Jerusalem Camerata orchestra.
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Technologies
coordinator of the Department for Literature, Language and the Arts, the
Open University of Israel; creator and manager of the department's web
site: http://telem.openu.ac.il/literature.
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Member
of the plenum of Chais Research Center for Teaching Technologies.
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Since
1985 Organizing and teaching academic courses in music at the Open
University of Israel, The Department for Literature, Language and the Arts:
"Chapters in Interpretation and Teaching Methods" (advanced
course); "The Music of Haydn"; "The Music of J.S.
Bach"; "The keyboard Music of Bach from Anna Magdalena to the
Inventions"; "Music at First Sight"; "Introduction to
Music"; "Opera".
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Writing
educational material for music courses and supervising the final
publication of courses in development process.
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Development
of a web site for the Opera course, which includes an extensive musical
glossary and web pages with hyperlinks to musical recordings, and to the
glossary (http://telem.openu.ac.il/courses/2004b/c10411). Development of a web site for the course "PC Applications for Humanities Students".
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Presentation
of the educational CD-ROM "Schubert Lieder" in international
conferences (online and direct).
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Musical
advisor to the Broadcasting Department of the Open University.
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Music
appreciation lectures: for teachers' studies organized by the ministry of
education, teachers' organizations, colleges and universities; for groups
of music lovers; for high school students.
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2001
Guest lecturer at the Musicology department at the Tel Aviv University (in collaboration with Prof. Moshe
Zuckerman).
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1997-98
Creating and presenting a series of guided concerts at the Israel Chamber
Orchestra.
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1986-87
Teaching "piano teaching methods" at the Rubin Academy of Music
in Tel Aviv (assistant to Prof. Arie Vardi).
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CD-ROM
"Schubert Lieder" a study unit for the course "Music at
first sight".
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"PC
Applications for Humanities Students" learning guide and web site.
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"Mozart
Piano Concerti" a study unit for the course "The Classical
Style" (in production process).
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"1791
Mozart's Last Year" a study unit for the course "The
Classical Style" (in production process).
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"The
Art of Performance" an advanced course (in writing).
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Booklets
for the CDs of Mordechai Rechtman (former first bassoonist of the IPO).
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