Biography
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"Aviram Reichert is
not only a virtuoso. He is "Jack the Giant Killer" and Arnold Schwarzeneger all
rolled into one!"
Lyn Bronson - Internet Review
AVIRAM REICHERT, piano
Aviram Reichert - acclaimed for his deeply intelligent interpretations,
phenomenal technique and ravishing tone – won the Bronze Medal at the 10th Van
Cliburn International Piano Competition in 1997, after having won several major
competitions in the Far East, France and Germany. Today, Reichert is a frequent
soloist with the leading orchestras in his native country, Israel, including the
Israel Philharmonic, Haifa Symphony, Israel Chamber Orchestra and the Jerusalem
Symphony. His prize-winning participation in competitions in Japan and Korea
brought him numerous concert engagements in the Far East where he has been
earning immense applause for 15 years, performing with the Tokyo Symphony, the
Tokyo Philharmonic, the NHK Symphony, the Korean Symphony orchestra, and the
Daegu Symphony Orchestra. He has also performed with the National Symphony of
the Dominican Republic, the major orchestras in South Africa, and numerous
orchestras in the United States. Conductors he has worked with include the late
Sergiu Commissiona, James Conlon, Peter Bay, James De Priest, Leslie Dunner,
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, David Lockington, Ken-ichiro Kobayashi, Emmanuel Krivine,
Meir Minsky, Leon Botstein, Kevin Rhodes, Barry Wordsworth, Guillermo Figueroa,
Michele Carulli, and Kim Daejim.
Aviram’s past season includes performances of Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto with
the Traverse Symphony Orchestra, Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.2 with the
Tacoma Symphony, and Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on Theme of Paganini with the
Springfield (MA) Symphony Orchestra. After a performance of Manuel de Falla’s
evocative Nights in the Gardens of Spain with the Grand Rapids Symphony under
the baton of David Lockington, Reichert was described as “a big player with all
the tension of a coiled spring suddenly unsprung….he has heft and he has
poetry.” He also performed recently as guest pianist with New York’s renowned
Sejong Soloists, toured with the celebrated Korean cellist,Young Hoon Song,
playing the two Brahms Cello Sonatas, and was the soloist in Beethoven’s
Concerto No.3 and the Gershwin Concerto in F at the prestigious Seoul Arts
Center. In July 2011, Aviram once again took part in the chamber music program
at Durango’s Music in the Mountains festival, where he was resident pianist for
eight years, and played Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.2 with the Music in the
Mountains Festival Orchestra. In October 2011, Aviram was a guest artist of the
Mizel Arts and Culture Center’s JAAMM Festival (Jewish Arts, Authors, Movies and
Music) in a recital at Denver’s Newman Center performing Beethoven Sonatas and
the Brahms Piano Quintet with the Colorado Chamber Players.
In recital, Reichert has performed throughout the United States, Israel, South
Africa, the Far East and in Europe, where an appearance at the Herkules-Saal in
Munich elicited an enthusiastic ovation and high critical praise. Festival
performances include the Ruhr and Epinal Music Festivals, Tokyo Summer Festival,
Bear Valley, CA, Durango and Steamboat Springs, CO, Ravinia Festival, the
Fontana and the Gilmore Keyboard Festivals. A fine chamber musician, he has
collaborated with artists such as Anne Akiko Meyers, Maya Beiser, Guy Braunstein,
Yuri Gandelsman, Vadim Gluzman, Dylana Jenson, Bill Purcell and Philippe Quint.
Reichert can be heard on a Harmonia Mundi CD featuring highlights of his
prize-winning solo performance at the Van Cliburn Competition, a Jerusalem Music
Center label (JMC) featuring two Schubert Sonatas, and Mozart concerti with the
Music in the Mountains Festival Orchestra under the baton of Mischa Semanitzky.
He has recorded Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue for Piano and Brass quintet with the
Spectrum Brass Quintet, released on CD in 2009.
In addition to his busy performing career, Reichert is a sought-after teacher
who is frequently invited to conduct master-classes in Japan, Korea, South
Africa, Israel and the United States. From 2001-2008 he held the positions of
Associate Professor of Piano and Artist-in-Residence at Grand Valley State
University in Grand Rapids, MI. He is currently Associate Professor of Piano at
Seoul National University, College of Music.
Aviram Reichert, a Steinway artist, studied at the Rubin Academy of Music, Tel
Aviv with Professor Arie Vardi.