Uzi Wiesel
Uzi Wiesel (born January 8, 1927 in Tel Aviv ; † before or on January 17, 2019 near Canberra ) was an Israeli cellist and music teacher .
Life
Wiesel attended the Music Academy in Tel Aviv and then studied at the Juilliard School in New York with Felix Salmond and Bernard Greenhouse . He won the Piatigorsky Prize in 1953 and completed his training with Pablo Casals in France the following year . In 1957 he was a prizewinner at the International Competition in Moscow and in 1961 at the International Pablo Casals Competition. He has performed as a soloist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra , worked with musicians such as Yehudi Menuhin , Daniel Barenboim , Lukas Foss , Pinchas Zukerman and Itzhak Perlman and was a co-founder and member of the Tel Aviv String Quartet .
In addition to the standard repertoire for cello, Wiesel specialized in works by composers from the Baroque and 20th century such as Luciano Berio , György Ligeti and Witold Lutosławski . He also advocated the works of Israeli composers and premiered compositions by Paul Ben-Haim , Josef Tal , Ödön Pártos , Yan Radzinsky , Noam Sheriff , Joachim Stutschewsky and Tzvi Avni , among others .
From 1965 to 1997 Wiesel was a professor at the Tel Aviv University Music Academy . He has also held visiting professorships in the USA, Germany and Australia and has given master classes worldwide. The Indiana University honored him in 1996 with the title Chevalier du Violoncelle . His students included Ryan Guan Jie Sim , Caleb Wong , Ofer Canetti , Kyril Zlotnikov , Hillel Zori , Gilad Kaplanski , Michal Schmidt , David Sella , Tamas Varga, Gavriel Lipkind , Uri Vardi , Thomas Rann and Shmuel Magen .
Web links
- Musica Mundi - Uzi Wiesel
- Internet Cello Society - Uzi Wiesel
- cellist.nl - Uzi Wiesel
- YASSArts - Wiesel, Uzi
- Grand Prix Emanuel Feuermann - Jury members - Uzi Wiesel
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cellist Uzi Wiesel has died aged 92 , accessed January 25, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wiesel, Uzi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli cellist and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 8, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tel Aviv |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th January 2019 |
| Place of death | near Canberra |