Gil Shaham

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Gil Shaham (born February 19, 1971 in Urbana (Illinois) , USA) is an internationally known violinist . He first studied with Samuel Bernstein at the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem and received lessons from various well-known violinists. He plays almost the entire range of violin literature, with an emphasis on romanticism.

Shaham plays a Stradivarius from 1699.

Shaham made his debut in 1981 with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Alexander Schneider and in the same year he also played with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under the conductor Zubin Mehta . In 1982 he was accepted at the Juilliard School in New York, where he was tutored by Dorothy DeLay and Hyo Kang . From 1989 he studied at Columbia University . In 1986 it had its European premiere at a concert during the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival . In the 1988/1989 concert season he gave concerts with the London Symphony Orchestra , playing music by Bruch and Sibelius .

In 1990 he was awarded the Avery Fisher Career Grant.
In 1992 he received the Premio Internazionale Accademia Musicale Chigiana .

In 1999 he was the first guest at the Salzburg Festival ; he performed Mendelssohn's violin concerto under the direction of Zubin Mehta .

Shaham has worked with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra , the Cleveland Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic , among others .

In 1999 he and André Previn received a Grammy Award in the chamber music category for American Scenes (works by Copland , Previn , Barber , Gershwin ) .

Shaham is married to the Australian violinist Adele Anthony. The couple have three children and live in New York.

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SURNAME Shaham, Gil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American violinist
DATE OF BIRTH 19th February 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Urbana, Illinois , USA