Zvi Carmeli
Zvi Carmeli - Violist
A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and the former Solo Violist of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Zvi Carmeli performs through out the world as a violist simultaneously engaging in an intensive career as a conductor.
Violist
Carmeli has performed as soloist with the orchestras such as the European Community Chamber Orchestra, the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, the Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia, The New York String Orchesrtra, The Harmonices Mundi Orchetra Linz, the Salzburg Chamber Soloists and the Salzburg Kammerpilharmonie.
He was the founder of the SoLaRe String Trio - 1st prize winner of the Netherlands Impresaariat Chamber Music competition, performing extensively through out Europe and the U.S.A. in venues such as the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Herkules Hall Munich, the 92nd St. Y New York and the Herbst Theater in San Francisco.
Carmeli has Participated in chamber music festivals such as Festivo-Finland, Rosklide "Schubertiade"-Denmark, Prussia Cove-Engalnd, Amadeo- Holland, Ars Musica- Belgium, Moab-U.S.A, Emilia Romagna-Italy and Kfar Blum-Israel. He has collaborated in performance with Violinists Vadim Repin, Benjamin Schmid, Hagai Shaham, Nora Chastain and Rainer Honek, Cellists Robert Cohen, Paul Watkins and Yehuda Hannani, Violists Rivka Golani and Vladimir Mendelssohn, Pianists Homero Francesch , Enrico Pace and Gianluca Cascioli, and ensembles such as the Amsterdam chamber music society, the Fine Arts Quartet, the Budapest Accademica Quartet, and the Mendelssohn Piano Trio Berlin.
Carmeli has recorded a variety of chamber music for Divox, Edel Classics, Ottavo, Ars Nova, Kontrapunkt and the KAM Amsterdam Concertgebouw series, along with recordings for Dutch, Spanish, German, American and Israeli Radio and Television productions.
Carmeli is a senior lecturer of Viola and Chamber Music teacher at the Jerusalem Academy for Music and Dance, and also holds a position as chamber music teacher and conductor at the Universität der Künste (UDK) - Julius Stern Institute, Berlin. He regularly gives master classes at courses such as the Lenk Sommer Academie - Switzerland, "Stage" -Spain, "Musica Mundi" - Belgium, "Peter de Groot" - Holland, Chieti Classica - Italy, "Viersener musiksommer" and "Holzhausen musiktagen"- Germany and the Jerusalem Music Center Summer Courses and "Itchak Perlman Project" - Israel