Yaron Kohlberg
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Israel
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pianist. He is the winner of prestigious international prizes and performs frequently in Israel and abroad.
He is the son of orientalist professor Etan Kohlberg and the violinist Bat-Sheva Savaldi-Kohlberg, and has an older brother, Ophir.
Kohlberg is winner of the second prize in the 2007 Cleveland International Piano Competition
Cleveland International Piano Competition
The Cleveland International Piano Competition takes place biennially in Cleveland, Ohio. The initial Competition in 1975 and the nine others that followed were sponsored jointly by the Robert Casadesus Society and the Cleveland Institute of Music to honor the memory of French pianist Robert...
, where he performed in the final round with the Cleveland Orchestra
Cleveland Orchestra
The Cleveland Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Cleveland, Ohio. It is one of the five American orchestras informally referred to as the "Big Five". Founded in 1918, the orchestra plays most of its concerts at Severance Hall...
. Kohlberg has also won first prizes in the Parnassos International Competition in Monterrey
Monterrey
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(Mexico) and the Shostakovich International Competition in Hanover
Hanover
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, and was a top prizewinner in other international competitions such as Andorra
Andorra
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, Tivoli (Copenhagen
Copenhagen
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) and Grieg (Oslo
Oslo
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). In Israel he won the first prizes in the Clairmont competition, the Young Artist competition and the piano competition of the Jerusalem Music Academy. He has received many additional awards, including the Colton Scholarship of 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:...
and a citation as the outstanding participant at the Tel-Hai Academic College
Tel-Hai Academic College
Tel-Hai Academic College is a college located in Tel Hai in northern Israel, near Kibbutz Kfar Giladi and north of Kiryat Shmona.The college offers academic and continuing education programs for approximately 4,500 students, 70 percent of whom come from outside the Galilee. Minorities comprise...
Masterclasses. From 1992 he has been a regular recipient of the America Israel Cultural Foundation
America Israel Cultural Foundation
The America Israel Cultural Foundation was established in 1939 to support the growth and development of Israel. Originally established as the American Fund for Palestinian Institutions, after the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 the name was changed to the American Fund for Israeli...
scholarships (with distinction).
Centers at which he appeared in recitals and concerts include famous halls such as the Kremlin
Kremlin
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in Moscow
Moscow
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, Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., the Beethovenhalle in Bonn, Severance Hall
Severance Hall
Severance Hall is a concert hall located in the University Circle neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. The hall has been the home of the Cleveland Orchestra since its opening on February 5, 1931...
in Cleveland, Salle Cortot and Les Invalides
Les Invalides
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in Paris
Paris
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, the United Nations
United Nations
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hall in Geneva
Geneva
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, Bellas Artes in Mexico City
Mexico City
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and the New Opera House in Oslo. In 2010 he is scheduled to play numerous concerts in the US, Europe and Asia.
Kohlberg appeared as soloist with the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra
Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra
The Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra , also known as the Tivoli Symphony Orchestra, is a symphony orchestra which both serves as Danish Regional Orchestra for the island of Zealand and, for the summer season while the Tivoli Gardens are open, as resident orchestra in the Tivoli Concert...
, the Strings Festival Orchestra (Colorado), Amadeus Orchestra (Mexico) and with most leading Israeli 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...
, the Jerusalem and Haifa Symphony Orchestras and the Tel Aviv Soloists Ensemble. He played under the baton of Andres Cardenes
Andrés Cárdenes
Andrés Cárdenes is a Cuban-born violinist, violist, teacher, conductor, and concertmaster. He has performed and taught in a number of prominent positions, including his current distinguished professorship in violin at Carnegie Mellon University School of Music where he holds the Dorothy Richard...
, Aldo Ceccatto, Dmitri Jablonsky, Roman Kofman, Jahja Ling
Jahja Ling
Jahja Ling is an orchestra conductor. He is of Chinese descent and is now an American citizen. He began to play the piano at age 4 and studied at the Yayasan Pendidikan Musik School of Music. At age 17, he won the Jakarta Piano Competition and, one year later, was awarded a Rockefeller grant to...
, Mendi Rodan
Mendi Rodan
Mendi Rodan was a Romanian-born Israeli conductor, composer and violinist.-Biography:Mendi Rodan was born in Iaşi, Romania, one of three children of Solomon and Miriam Rosenblum. Mendi began playing the violin at the age of five...
, Ilan Volkov
Ilan Volkov
Ilan Volkov is an orchestral conductor. His father, Alexander Volkov, was a concert pianist of Ukrainian ancestry. His mother, Professor Shulamit Volkov of The School of Historical Studies in Tel Aviv University, is of German ancestry...
and others. Kohlberg performs regularly with Bishara Harouny in an Israeli-Arab piano duo, with the American Duo Parnas and with Danish cellist Toke Moldrup. He has collaborated with leading Israeli chamber music groups such as the Ariel Quartet, Percadu, the Quartet for Contemporary Music and the Carmel Quartet
Carmel Quartet
The Carmel Quartet is a string quartet from Israel. The quartet performs frequently in Israel and abroad. It has debuted a number of new Israeli compositions, including the string quartet by Yehezkel Braun.The quartet was founded in 1999...
. Kohlberg is a frequent performer in major Israeli concert series, and has played in the Israeli Parliament ("Knesset
Knesset
The Knesset is the unicameral legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem.-Role in Israeli Government :The legislative branch of the Israeli government, the Knesset passes all laws, elects the President and Prime Minister , approves the cabinet, and supervises the work of the government...
") and the official residence of the President.
Kohlberg's teachers are Luisa Yoffe (1990-1999), Eitan Globerson (until 2003) and at present 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...
. He completed his military service in the status of Outstanding Musician, and is now studying for a master's degree at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music. Masterclasses in which he took part were given by top musicians. Kohlberg also participated in various television programs and recorded for the Voice of Music radio station. He has served on the jury of national piano competitions in Israel and Mexico.