Itamar Golan (Piano)
For almost two decades, Itamar Golan has been partnering the most outstanding
instrumentalists of our time. His work has brought him great critical acclaim
and he is one of the most sought after pianists of his generation, playing at
the most prestigious venues around the world.
Born in Vilnius (Lithuania), his family emigrated to Israel when he was one
year old. There he started his musical studies and at the age of seven gave his
first concerts in Tel Aviv.
He was repeatedly awarded scholarships from the American-Israel Cultural
Foundation which enabled him to study with Emanuel Krasovsky and his chamber
music mentor Chaim Taub. Subsequently, under a full scholarship from the New
England Conservatory in Boston, he was chosen to study under Leonard Shure. From
his very earliest years, Itamar Golan’s passion has been chamber music, but he
has also appeared as a soloist with some of the world’s major orchestras, among
them the Israel Philharmonic and the Berliner Philharmoniker under the baton of
Zubin Mehta, the Royal Philharmonic under Daniele Gatti, the Orchestra
Filarmonica della Scala and the Wiener Philharmoniker under Riccardo Muti and
the Philharmonia Orchestra under Lorin Maazel.
Over the years he has collaborated with such musicians as Vadim Repin, Maxim
Vengerov, Julian Rachlin, Mischa Maisky, Shlomo Mintz, Ivry Gitlis, Ida Haendel,
Kyung Wha Chung, Sharon Kam, Janine Jansen, Martin Frost and Torleif Thedéen. He
is a frequent participant in many prestigious international music festivals,
such as those in Salzburg, Verbier, Lucerne, Tanglewood and Ravinia, and he has
made numerous recordings for labels such as Deutsche Grammophon, Warner
Classics, Teldec, EMI and Sony Classical.
In 1991 Itamar Golan was nominated to the faculty of the Manhattan School of
Music, making him one of their youngest teachers ever. Since 1994 he has taught
chamber music at the Conservatoire de Paris. He resides in Paris, where he is
involved in many diverse art projects.
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