HARAN MELTZER
Cellist
ZEFUNOT SCHOLARSHIP
Zefunot Culture awarded Haran Meltzer scholarships continuously between the years 2009 and 2015.
BIOGRAPHY
Haran Has appeared as soloist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Zubin Mehta.
Has appeared a few more times with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Israel Chamber Orchestra, the Israel Camerata Orchestra, the Israel Simfonietta Beer Sheva, the Tel-Aviv Soloists Ensemble and the Ashdod Symphony Orchestral.
Won the 1st Prizes in the Aviv Competition (Israel 2018), Davidov Competition (Latvia 2018) and Gabrielli Competition (Germany 2019).
Is receiving Scholarships from the America-Israel cultural foundation since 2007, and from "Zfunot Tarbut" foundation since 2009.
Collaborated in chamber music with musicians like Itzhak Perlman, Miriam Fried, Guy Braunstein, Hagai Shaham, Amihai Grosz, Zvi Plesser, Ohad Ben-Ari and Alon Goldstein.
Played in master classes with Frans Helmerson, Gary Hoffman, Jens Peter Maintz, Wolfgang Schmidt, Ralph Kirshbaum, Uzi Vizel, Hillel Zori, Paul Katz, Timothy Eddy and Lynn Harrell.
Studied with Luba Rabin in the Kfar Saba Conservatory, and with Zvi Plesser in the Israel Conservatory of Music. Also studied with Emanuele Silvestri and Felix Nemirovsky.
Today continues his studies with Claudio Bohorquez in Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin.
Haran plays on a cello and a bow loaned to him by the America-Israel Cultural Foundation.
As of the 2020/2021 concert season he will join the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra as a Principal Cellist.
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(March 2020)