Aviram Reichert
Piano
“His perfect command of details approaches the level of genius; no fine point escapes his notice, even as note by note, he builds the total magnificent structure.”
Fort Worth Star -Telegram
Israeli pianist Aviram Reichert won the Bronze Medal at the 10th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 1997, only months after he had been awarded the top prize in the First Dong-A International Piano Competition in Seoul, Korea. His earlier accomplishments include top prizes at the 1995 International Music Competition of Japan, the 1996 Bremen and Köln International Piano Competitions and the 1995 Epinal Competition in France.
A frequent soloist with all the leading orchestras in his native country, he has performed with the Jerusalem Broadcast Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Haifa Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Chamber Orchestra, the Israel Sinfonietta and the Rishon Lezion Symphony Orchestra.
He has played and recorded with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra the Jerusalem Broadcast Symphony Orchestra and the Dessau Symphony Orchestra. Recitals in Europe have included the Ruhr and Epinal Music Festivals, Paris, Frankfurt, Köln, Lisbon, Porto, Milan and Roma, as well as at the Herkules-Saal in Munich where he elicited rave reviews including an enthusiastic ovation from Joachim Kaiser in the Suddeutsche Zeitung newspaper.
His prize-winning participation in competitions in Japan and Korea brought him engagements for recital and concert tours in the Far East where he has been earning immense applause for the past eight years.
As a result of his success at the Van Cliburn Competition, Reichert’s I997-98 U.S. concert season included festival performances in Bear Valley, CA, Durango and Steamboat Springs, CO. Orchestra engagements included the Spokane and Yakima Orchestras, the Chicago Sinfonietta, the National Symphony of the Dominican Republic and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, as well as recital engagements in Atlanta, Boise, Burlington, San Antonio, Fort Worth, Washington DC, and San Jose among others.
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During the 1998-99 and 1999-2000 seasons, Reichert made several visits to the U.S. with recitals in Washington DC, San Francisco, at Miami University in Oxford, OH, the Flint Museum, MI, Fort Worth and Austin, TX, Kansas City, Scottsdale, AZ, performances with the Pacific, Lake Forest, L.A. "Mozart" and Southeast Michigan Orchestras, as well as at the Ravinia and Gilmore Music Festivals. Concert tours in Japan and Korea included performances with the Tokyo City Symphony Orchestra and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as recitals in various locations including the Tokyo Summer Festival, Osaka’s Phoenix Hall and at the Seoul Art Center.
The 2000-2003 seasons includes engagements with the Eugene Symphony orchestra, Traverse Symphony Orchestra, South Carolina Philharmonic, Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra, appearances at the Music in the Mountains Festival, CO and the Gilmore Festival, frequent tours in Japan and South Africa and engagements with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Sergio Commissiona and the Israel Sinfonietta, in addition to solo recitals in New York, Chicago, Grand Rapids, Fort Worth, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul and more.
Upcoming major engagements includes the Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra, the Israeli Sinfonietta, concert tours in Israel, Japan and Korea and S. Africa including performances at the Tel Aviv museum and Suntory Hall and appearances with the Tokyo Metropolitan and the NHK Symphony orchestra, recording of a new CD featuring romantic repertoire for Clarinet and Piano and frequent appearances at the Music in the Mountains festival, the Fontana and the Gilmore Keyboard festival.
Aviram Reichert studied at the Tel Aviv Rubin Academy of Music with Prof. Arie Vardi. He can be heard on a Harmonia Mundi CD featuring highlights of his prize-winning solo performance at the Van Cliburn Competition and in a Jerusalem Music Center label (JMC), featuring two Schubert Sonatas as well as a new recording including live performance of 3 Concertos by Mozart. Additional recordings and information can be downloaded from his web site at www.aviramreichert.com
Reichert is an Artist-Faculty member of the music department at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, MI.
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January 2005.