Percussionist, teacher, lecturer, and composer.
Between 1996 and 2012, most of his performance activity took place as part of the percussion duo “PercaDu.”
In 2012, Tomer founded Tremolo Percussion Center — the Israeli Percussion Center in Netanya.
He has been invited to perform as a soloist with the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Munich Opera Orchestra, the Belgrade Philharmonic, the Ukraine Philharmonic, the Reno Philharmonic, the Fresno Philharmonic, the Taiwan National Orchestra, the Thailand Philharmonic, and major orchestras throughout Israel. He has also appeared at the Verbier Festival, Salzburg Festival, Reykjavik Festival, Israel Festival (invited to four different festival productions), PASIC, percussion festivals around the world, concerts at Carnegie Hall and the Hollywood Bowl, among many other international engagements.
He has served as a judge on numerous professional panels, including the Prime Minister’s Award for Composition and the Eden Partosh Award for the Performance of Israeli Music.
In addition, he serves as an official advisor to the Israeli Ministry of Education in the field of percussion. He regularly gives masterclasses at leading music academies worldwide, including Juilliard School, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Munich, Delaware, Minnesota, Miami, Beijing, Taiwan, Costa Rica, and many other institutions.
Tomer teaches percussion at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance and at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music.
His percussion compositions are performed regularly around the world.
Awards and Competitions
- First Prize — International Percussion Duo Competition (Percussive Arts Society)
- Judges’ Prize and Audience Prize — International IPCL Competition, Luxembourg
- Landau Prize for the Performing Arts for his contribution to music in Israel
- Israeli Minister of Culture Award for Excellence in Music
- First Prize — “Spring Competitions”
- First Prize — Soloists Competition and Chamber Music Competition at the Tel Aviv Academy of Music
- Selected Artist of the Foundation for Cultural Excellence
- Recipient of the America-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarships since 1993, both as a soloist and as a chamber musician
