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Hillel Zori (cello)
Arnon Erez (piano)

The Israeli-born Hillel Zori, renowned as the cellist of the Israel Piano Trio, and a past winner of several international competitions, has devised a programme featuring works written and inspired by the great cellist-composers of the past, from Fitzenhagen and Popper, to Tortelier and Rostropovich. Zori himself contributes a dazzling “Carmeniana’ based on Bizet’s Carmen, which here receives a World Premiere recording.

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Recorded in Clairmont Auditorium, Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, Tel Aviv University, Israel on 16th to 19th February 2010 (Tracks 1-8, 10-11 & 15-19)
Recorded in Tel Aviv Einav Cultral Centre, Israel on 19th September 2010 (Tracks 9 & 12-14)

Hillel Zori (cello)Hillel Zori has distinguished himself as the gold medal winner of the 1986 Maria Canals International cello competition in Barcelona, and by winning top prizes at the Whitaker competition in St. Louis, the Premio–Stradivari in Italy, the Geneva CIEM, the Dutilleux prize at the Rostropovich competition in Paris and the Tanglewood Music Center Jackson award. Since his debut in 1984 with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Zubin Mehta, Zori has been featured as soloist both in Israel and abroad, performing with the BBC Scottish Symphony, the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra IBA and the Israel Chamber Orchestra among many others, performing with eminent conductors including Rodan, Mandeal, Volkov, Fisch, Brabins, Brotons and Biron. A member of the Israel Piano Trio, he has toured extensively, and has been a frequent guest at many festivals including Marlboro, Tanglewood, Dartington, Berlin, Israel, and Athens. Of special importance was Zori’s participation as a soloist at the UN assembly in New York, as part of the international Holocaust Memorial Day, performing Bruch’s Kol Nidrei under the baton of Zubin Mehta.

A winner of the AICF annual awards for cello, piano and chamber music, Zori completed his studies with Prof. Uzi Wiesel at the Israel Rubin Music Academy and continued at the New England Conservatory with Bernard Greenhouse.

Zori’s passion to pursue other musical interests has resulted in him composing his own work Carmeniana – Suite Brillante, for cello and orchestra, as well as a string trio and a song cycle for voice and chamber ensemble.

Since 2012 Hillel Zori plays on a Vincenzo Postiglione cello, loaned to him courtesy of the America Israel Cultural Foundation; he is currently cello professor at the Tel Aviv University`s Buchmann–Mehta School of Music where he serves as head of the string faculty.

Arnon Erez (piano)Highly acclaimed for his sensitivity, virtuosity and profound musical interpretation, Arnon Erez has gained a worldwide reputation as an outstanding pianist.

His partnership with violinist Hagai Shaham, winning the first prize at the Munich ARD International Duo Competition in 1990, has led to numerous concerts and recordings, highly praised by the critics: “A superb partnership ... the sheer verve of the playing is irresistible.” - The Gramophone.

He is a member of the Trio Shaham-Erez-Wallfisch, with Hagai Shaham and cellist Raphael Wallfisch; founded in 2009, the trio has already achieved critical acclaim with their first recording of the Mendelssohn piano trios.

Erez has also successfully collaborated with top musicians worldwide, including Shlomo Mintz, Gil Shaham, Maxim Vengerov, David Garret, Arnold Steinhardt, Frans Helmerson and Bobby McFerrin. He has performed in numerous major concert halls, including Carnegie Hall, Beethovenhalle in Bonn, Alte Oper in Frankfurt, Herkulessaal in Munich, Musikverein in Vienna, the New Auditorium du Louvre in Paris and London’s Wigmore Hall. Erez has appeared in major festivals around the world, and as a soloist he has performed with various orchestras including Israel Philharmonic. In addition, he has given many recitals and recorded for radio and television stations in Germany, Austria, France, Holland, Israel, Turkey, Mexico and Brazil.

His discography has won much praise and a BBC Music Magazine Choice, and includes: piano trios by Mendelsohn, Ravel and Fauré, violin and piano sonatas and other works by Grieg, Bloch, Debussy, Janacek, Dohnanyi, Hubay, Weiner, Achron, the Brahms-Joachim Hungarian dances, and the complete cello and piano sonatas by Beethoven and Mendelssohn.

Arnon Erez studied with Mrs. Hana Shalgi, Michael Boguslavski and Arie Vardi, graduating from Tel Aviv University, and later took an advanced course in chamber music with the Guarneri Quartet in the U.SA. Currently, he heads the Chamber Music Department at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, Tel Aviv University.

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