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SHARON ROSTORF-ZAMIR is one of Israel’s most successful and
respected opera singers. At 24, she was already a principal soloist with the Frankfurt
Opera House, where she remained for five seasons. She has starred regularly at
the Israel Opera, where her roles have included Norina, Olympia, Pamina, Cleopatra
and many more. In 2002 and 2006, Israeli critics voted her “Opera Singer of the
Year.” She has appeared in Europe, Japan and the U.S. in operas, song recitals
and as a soloist with orchestras. In 2004, Mrs. Rostorf-Zamir made her New York
City Opera debut as Susanna in Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” to high critical
acclaim. She has also sung in the opera houses of Paris, Prague, Bilbao, Madrid,
Rome, London and many more. She appears often with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
under Zubin Mehta, and has also worked with conductors such as Kurt Masur, Rafael
Frühbeck de Burgos, Julius Rudel, Dan Ettinger, and many others. Acclaimed Israeli
pianist Daniel Gortler has delighted both audiences and critics alike with his
memorable performances around the world, receiving great praise for both his technical
mastery and his musical ingenuity. Daniel Gortler has performed as soloist with
orchestras such as the London Philharmonic Berlin Radio, the Bavarian Radio, NDR,
Bochum Symphony, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, as well as Houston, San Francisco,
New World, Atlanta and San Jose Symphony Orchestras. In addition he has also performed
with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra as well as all orchestras in his home country
of Israel. DANIEL GORTLER has performed as soloist with orchestras such as
the Israel and London Philharmonic, Berlin and Bavarian Radio Symphonies, Suisse
Romande, as well as Houston, San Francisco, New World, and Atlanta Symphony Orchestras.
He has played under the baton of maestro Gergiev, Mehta, Eschenbach, Tilson Thomas,
Levi, Talmi, Sloane, Welzer-Most, Honeck, Rodan, Ahronovich, Grin and others.
In addition to his frequent orchestral and recital performances, Daniel Gortler
is an avid chamber music performer. He regularly performs with artists such as
Bo Skovhus, Nikolaj Znaider, David Garrett, and Steven Isserlis. Daniel Gortler
won First prizes in Chile's Vina del Mar International Competition in 1987, and
in the Bremen International Competition in 1991,Second in the Munich International
Piano Competition, and, at the age of 19, Second at the Geneva International Competition.
He has also won the Gina Bachauer Award in Jerusalem and the Salon de Virtuoso
annual award in New York. Gortler studied the piano with Ms. Neomi Hacohen and
graduated at the Rubin Music Academy in Tel-Aviv University and the Musikhochschule
in Hanover Germany where he studied both places with Prof. Arie Vardi. Gortler
is currently a faculty member of the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at Tel-Aviv
University. |