Daniel Gortler
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| Born |  Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Genre(s) | Classical |
| Occupation(s) | Pianist, Composer |
Daniel Gortler is an acclaimed Israeli pianist and a faculty member of the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at Tel-Aviv University.
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[edit] Education and early life
Born and raised in Israel, he began studying classical music and piano with Ms. Naomi Hachohen. He graduated the Rubin Music Academy in Tel-Aviv. He continued his musical studies graduating the Musikhochschule in Hanover, Germany, where he studied with Professor Arie Vardi. Mr. Gortler is an active faculty member of the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at Tel-Aviv University.
[edit] Classical Career
As Soloist: Performances with the following:
- Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
- NDR Symphony
- Bavarian Radio Symphony
- North-West German Philharmonic
- Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
- San Jose Youth Symphony
- Houston Symphony
- Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
- San Francisco Symphony (replacing Murray Perahia on very short notice, performing the Schumann piano Concerto under conductor Valery Gergiev).
- Atlanta Symphony
- New World Symphony
And Other major orchestras in Israel and around the world.
His collaborations with esteemed conductors include working with (among others): • Zubin Mehta • Christoph Eschenbach • Valery Gergiev • Michael Tilson Thomas • Yoel Levi • Franz Welzer-Most • Steven Sloane • Manfred Honeck • Yuri Ahronovich • Leonid Grin • Mendi Rodan • Justus Frantz
Other Classical ventures Daniel took part in are the Houston Summer Festival, the Montpellier - Luzern, festival in Schleswig-Holstein- Germany, the Israel Festival and the Verbier Music Festivals. A collaboration with Pinchas Zukerman led to an original video recording of Marc Neikrug's "Through Roses".
[edit] Chamber music focus
Daniel also performs Chamber Music frequently with artists including David Garrett, Nikolaj Znaider, Bo Skovhus and Steven Isserlis.
He has performed the complete cycle of Mendelssohn's "Songs without Words" in New York at the 92nd Street Y and at the Teatre Mogador, Paris. Later this performance has been recorded for JMC (Jerusalem Music Center).
BMG Classics recorded Gortler with violinist Nikolaj Znaider in 2003.
[edit] Recent performances
His most recent performances include recitals at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, recitals at the Lincoln Center and a debut with London's Philharmonic Orchestra. November 2007 was his debut at the Wigmore Hall in London. Future plans for performances are Orchestre de Paris and tours in South Korea and Japan.
[edit] Prizes
Landmarkes in Gortler's international career include winning numerous prizes in competitions including:
- First place - Bremen International Piano Competition (1991).
- First place – Chile's Vina del Mar International Competition (1987)
- Second place – Munich International Piano Competition.
- Gina Bachauer Award in Jerusalem.
- Salon De Virtuoso annual award, New York.
- At the age of 19 he placed third at the Geneva International Piano Competition.
