Orit Wolf is an Israeli pianist

Pianist

A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...

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Education

Orit began her academic studies at the Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University is a public university located in Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel. With nearly 30,000 students, TAU is Israel's largest university.-History:...

 under the direction of Arie Vardi

Arie Vardi

Arie Vardi is an Israeli classical pianist and piano pedagogue.He is currently teaching at the Buhmann-Mehta Academy of Music in Tel Aviv, the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hanover and at the Bowdoin International Music Festival in Brunswick, Maine...

. She studied music composition and improvisation with Andre Hajdu. She also attended masterclasses given by Leon Fleisher

Leon Fleisher

Leon Fleisher is an American pianist and conductor.-Early life and studies:Fleisher was born in San Francisco, where he started studying the piano at age four...

, Claude Frank

Claude Frank

Claude Frank is a German-born, American Jewish pianist whose career has included appearances with highly reputed orchestras, at major festivals, and in major recital halls around the world...

 and Peter Serkin

Peter Serkin

-Biography:He was born in New York City and is the son of pianist Rudolf Serkin, and grandson of the influential violinist Adolf Busch, whose daughter Irene had married Rudolf Serkin...

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In 1991, Wolf attended the Boston University Tanglewood Institute

Boston University Tanglewood Institute

The Boston University Tanglewood Institute is recognized internationally as the premiere summer training program for aspiring high school-age musicians and is the only program of its kind associated with one of the world’s great symphony orchestras...

 and then received a full scholarship to Boston University

Boston University

Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...

. She graduated from Boston University Summa Cum Laude in piano performance.

Wolf received a post-graduate degree (DipRAM) from the Royal Academy of Music

Royal Academy of Music

The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...

 in 1998 under the direction of Christopher Elton

Christopher Elton

Christopher Elton is an English pianist, Head of the Keyboard department of the Royal Academy of Music in London and a professor emeritus of the University of London.-Biography:...

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In 2007 Wolf earned a Ph.D from Bar-Ilan University

Bar-Ilan University

Bar-Ilan University is a university in Ramat Gan of the Tel Aviv District, Israel.Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is now Israel's second-largest academic institution. It has nearly 26,800 students and 1,350 faculty members...

 in Musicology

Musicology

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. Her thesis title was "Beethoven as Heard by the Romantics: A Study of Romantic Style Cadenzas Composed to Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto".

Performances

At the age of 11 she was invited to perform in Germany

Germany

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 and Belgium

Belgium

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 on behalf of the Israel Broadcasting Authority

Israel Broadcasting Authority

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. At the age of 14, she recorded for "Kol Ha-Musica", the Israeli Classical Radio Music Station, on various performances which includes her own compositions.

Wolf has performed as a soloist and with various orchestras including the Israel Chamber Orchestra

Israel Chamber Orchestra

The Israel Chamber Orchestra is an Israeli orchestra based in Tel Aviv-Jaffa. Primary funding comes from the Israel Ministry of Education and the Tel Aviv Jaffa Municipality....

, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra

Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra

The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra of the Israel Broadcasting Authority is a major orchestra of Israel...

, Rishon LeZion Symphony, Braslaw Philharmonic, and English Chamber Orchestra

English Chamber Orchestra

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. She has played at the Tanglewood Music Festival

Tanglewood Music Festival

The Tanglewood Music Festival is a music festival held every summer on the Tanglewood estate in Lenox, Massachusetts in the Berkshire Hills in western Massachusetts....

 and Israel Festival

Israel Festival

The Israel Festival is a multidisciplinary arts festival held every spring in Israel. Its center is Jerusalem.The Israel Festival started in 1961 as a summer festival for classical music in the ancient Roman theater in Caesarea...

 (Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

). She has played in presigious concert halls such as the Wigmore Hall

Wigmore Hall

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, St. Matrin Hall, The Concertgebouw

Concertgebouw

The Concertgebouw is a concert hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Dutch term "concertgebouw" literally translates into English as "concert building"...

 and the Alte Oper

Alte Oper

The Alte Oper is a major concert hall and former opera house in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The building was inaugurated in 1880. Many important works have been premiered at the Alte Oper, including Carl Orff's Carmina Burana in 1937....

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Wolf has collaborated with Nobuko Imai

Nobuko Imai

, is a Japanese classical violist with an extensive career as soloist and chamber musician. Since 1988 she plays an Andrea Guarneri of 1690.-Biography:...

, Sergei Krylov

Sergei Krylov (violinist)

Sergei Krylov is a Russian violinist .He was born in December 1970 into a musical family and took up the violin at the age of five. He first played with a symphony orchestra at the age of 10. He appeared at music festivals in Poland, China, Italy, Bulgaria and Finland and recorded several albums,...

, and Christine Brewer

Christine Brewer

Christine Brewer is an American soprano. She grew up in the Mississippi River town of Grand Tower, Illinois. She attended McKendree University in Lebanon, Illinois and concentrated on music education. She was a music teacher for several years before embarking on a professional music performing...

. She records regularly for many radio stations including the BBC

BBC

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, CBS

CBS

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, CBC

CBC Radio

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, IBO, WGBH

WGBH (FM)

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, NRK and GLR

BBC London 94.9

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In 2007 Wolf released a CD of recordings titled Impulse.

Wolf is also a business consultant in the area of innovative thinking and creative marketing.

Compositions

• Associations from Liszt - Piano version (1990)
• Prelude and Fugue - Solo Piano (1995)
• Nostalgia from Grandfather - Solo Piano, Free Improvisation (1997)
• Kol Nidrei - Solo Piano, Free Improvisation (2000)
• Association from Liszt - for Viola, Clarinet and Piano (2001)
• Ben Haim/Orit Wolf: Lullaby - Transcription for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, (2002)
• Human's Love - Romanza for Violin and Piano (2003)
• White, Light and Argaman - for Symphony Orchestra (2006)
• Introspection - for Violin and Piano (2007)