Tamar Lalo
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Tamar Lalo is an Israeli recorder player. After reaching the top in Israel
, performing with a number of orchestras including the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
under the baton of the Maestro Zubin Mehta
, Tamar Lalo moved to Europe
to broaden her career as early music
player. Her repertory ranges from Renaissance
to Baroque music
.
since the age of 7. She has graduated with honour in the Thellma-Yellin High School of Arts, she has been winning the American-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarships (supporting talented young artists studying in Israel
) from 2000 and the Outstanding Musician title by the Ministry of Education.
In 2006 she completed her Bachelor studies in the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
with excellent grades, where she has been studying with Drora Bruck
and Michael Meltzer. In her years of studies she has been supporting the students and teachers struggle for opening the first Early Music
department in Israel
. Regardless to her focus on early music
she has stood out as one of the best wind player in school winning the academy's wind competition of 2002-4. In her last year of studying in Israel
she has also been a teacher for young students in the Tel Aviv
Conservatory-Shtriker.
In the last few years Tamar has been living in The Netherlands and studying in the Royal Conservatory of The Hague
with Peter van Heyghen and Daniel Bruggen. She has also received lessons from Patrick Ayrthon, Michael Chance
, Jacques Ogg, Frank de Bruine and has worked in a school project with Christina Pluhar (L'Arpeggiata
).
She has participated in international courses such as Codex Faenza seminar with Pedro Memelsdorff in Barcelona
and Mateus Palace
in Portugal
where she was invited to perform in the music festival both chamber and solo music.
and Israel
. She has been chosen twice already to play in the Fringe of the Utrecht
Early Music Festival and has won the Huyghens Scholarship Program. She was recently invited to play as soloist with La Ritirata touring Spain
and the Balearic Islands
.
In her Israeli years she performed with a number of orchestras including the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
under the baton of the Maestro Zubin Mehta
, Jerusalem Academy Orchestra conducted by Martien van Woerkum (The Netherlands) among others.
She has performed in important Israeli Festivals such as Kol Hamusica Festival, Abu Gosh Vocal Festival and Yechiam Renaissance Festival. She has also toured with different chamber and orchestral projects in Denmark
, The Netherlands, France
, Belgium
, Spain
and USA.
Outstanding Musician title by the Israeli Ministry of Education
Winner of the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
wind competition
Winner of the Huyghens Scholarship Program
Honorary mention in the Sitges
Chamber Music Competition
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
, performing with a number of orchestras including the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is the leading symphony orchestra in Israel. It was originally known as the Palestine Orchestra, and in Hebrew as התזמורת הסימפונית הארץ ישראלית The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (abbreviation IPO; Hebrew: התזמורת הפילהרמונית הישראלית, ha-Tizmoret ha-Filharmonit...
under the baton of the Maestro Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta is an Indian conductor of western classical music. He is the Music Director for Life of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.-Biography:...
, Tamar Lalo moved to Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
to broaden her career as early music
Early music
Early music is generally understood as comprising all music from the earliest times up to the Renaissance. However, today this term has come to include "any music for which a historically appropriate style of performance must be reconstructed on the basis of surviving scores, treatises,...
player. Her repertory ranges from Renaissance
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
to Baroque music
Baroque music
Baroque music describes a style of Western Classical music approximately extending from 1600 to 1760. This era follows the Renaissance and was followed in turn by the Classical era...
.
Musical education
Tamar Lalo has been playing the recorderRecorder
The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument of the family known as fipple flutes or internal duct flutes—whistle-like instruments which include the tin whistle. The recorder is end-blown and the mouth of the instrument is constricted by a wooden plug, known as a block or fipple...
since the age of 7. She has graduated with honour in the Thellma-Yellin High School of Arts, she has been winning the American-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarships (supporting talented young artists studying in Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
) from 2000 and the Outstanding Musician title by the Ministry of Education.
In 2006 she completed her Bachelor studies in the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance , founded in 1958 as the Rubin Academy of Music, is located on the Givat Ram campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.-History:...
with excellent grades, where she has been studying with Drora Bruck
Drora Bruck
Drora Bruck is an Israeli recorder player.-Musical education:Drora is a graduate of the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, where she has been studying with Michael Meltzer, for her BMus which was obtained in 1990....
and Michael Meltzer. In her years of studies she has been supporting the students and teachers struggle for opening the first Early Music
Early music
Early music is generally understood as comprising all music from the earliest times up to the Renaissance. However, today this term has come to include "any music for which a historically appropriate style of performance must be reconstructed on the basis of surviving scores, treatises,...
department in Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. Regardless to her focus on early music
Early music
Early music is generally understood as comprising all music from the earliest times up to the Renaissance. However, today this term has come to include "any music for which a historically appropriate style of performance must be reconstructed on the basis of surviving scores, treatises,...
she has stood out as one of the best wind player in school winning the academy's wind competition of 2002-4. In her last year of studying in 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 also been a teacher for young students in the Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
Conservatory-Shtriker.
In the last few years Tamar has been living in The Netherlands and studying in the Royal Conservatory of The Hague
Royal Conservatory of The Hague
The Royal Conservatory of The Hague is a conservatorium of music, providing higher education in music and dance, it is located in The Hague, Netherlands.-The Conservatory:...
with Peter van Heyghen and Daniel Bruggen. She has also received lessons from Patrick Ayrthon, Michael Chance
Michael Chance
Michael Chance CBE is an English countertenor.Chance was born in Penn, Buckinghamshire, into a musical family. After growing up as a chorister he attended Eton College, Berkshire, and later King's College, Cambridge...
, Jacques Ogg, Frank de Bruine and has worked in a school project with Christina Pluhar (L'Arpeggiata
L'Arpeggiata
L'Arpeggiata is a European early music group led by Christina Pluhar, and founded by her in 2000.-Discography:* La Vilanella * Homo Fugit Velut Umbra * La Tarantella * All'Improvviso * Rappresentazione di Anima et di Corpo...
).
She has participated in international courses such as Codex Faenza seminar with Pedro Memelsdorff in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
and Mateus Palace
Mateus Palace
The Mateus Palace is a palace located in the civil parish of Mateus, municipality of Vila Real, Portugal. Architect Nicolau Nasoni was involved in the project for the construction of the palace, which took place in the 18th century.- External links :*...
in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
where she was invited to perform in the music festival both chamber and solo music.
Career
In the past few years Tamar has played solo and chamber music concerts in The Netherlands, SpainSpain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
and 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 been chosen twice already to play in the Fringe of the Utrecht
Utrecht (city)
Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...
Early Music Festival and has won the Huyghens Scholarship Program. She was recently invited to play as soloist with La Ritirata touring Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
and the Balearic Islands
Balearic Islands
The Balearic Islands are an archipelago of Spain in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula.The four largest islands are: Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza and Formentera. The archipelago forms an autonomous community and a province of Spain with Palma as the capital...
.
In her Israeli years she performed with a number of orchestras including the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is the leading symphony orchestra in Israel. It was originally known as the Palestine Orchestra, and in Hebrew as התזמורת הסימפונית הארץ ישראלית The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (abbreviation IPO; Hebrew: התזמורת הפילהרמונית הישראלית, ha-Tizmoret ha-Filharmonit...
under the baton of the Maestro Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta is an Indian conductor of western classical music. He is the Music Director for Life of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.-Biography:...
, Jerusalem Academy Orchestra conducted by Martien van Woerkum (The Netherlands) among others.
She has performed in important Israeli Festivals such as Kol Hamusica Festival, Abu Gosh Vocal Festival and Yechiam Renaissance Festival. She has also toured with different chamber and orchestral projects in Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
, The Netherlands, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
and USA.
Honours and mentions
American-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarshipsOutstanding Musician title by the Israeli Ministry of Education
Winner of the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance , founded in 1958 as the Rubin Academy of Music, is located on the Givat Ram campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.-History:...
wind competition
Winner of the Huyghens Scholarship Program
Honorary mention in the Sitges
Sitges
*Church of Sant Bartolomeu i Santa Tecla . It houses two Gothic sepulchres , belonging to the an older church located on the same site...
Chamber Music Competition