MA Curatorial Practice presents a piano recital by acclaimed Israeli pianist Daniel Gortler. RSVP here.

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. He has performed as a soloist with orchestras around the world, including the Berlin Radio Symphony, the Bavarian Radio Symphony, NDR Symphony, North-West German Philharmonic, Bochum Symphony and Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, as well as the Houston, San Francisco, New World, Atlanta and San Jose Symphony Orchestras. In addition, he has performed with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as other orchestras in Israel. Other highlights include his debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, recital at Wigmore Hall in London, and tours in South Africa, Brazil, South Korea and Turkey.

In the United States, Daniel Gortler recently performed recitals at the Museum of Art in Cleveland, in New York at Symphony Space, the Jewish Museum, Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the 92nd Street Y, the Morgan Library, New York University and Rockefeller Universities. Gortler has collaborated with esteemed conductors, including Zubin Mehta, Christoph Eschenbach, Michael Tilson Thomas, Valery Gergiev, Yeol Levi, Franz Welzer-Most, Justus Frantz, Manfred Honeck, Steven Sloane, Mendi Rodan, Yoav Talmi, Noam Sheriff, Yuri Ahronovich, Leonid Grin, Dan Ettinger and Ilan Volkov. He has appeared at the Houston Summer Festival, Israel Festival, the Montpellier, Luzern, Schleswig-Holstein and the Verbier Music Festivals. He has also participated in a video recording of Mark Neikrug's Through Roses, collaborating with Pinchas Zukerman.

In addition to his frequent orchestral and recital performances, Gortler is an avid chamber music performer. He regularly performs with artists Bo Skovhus, Nikolaj Znaider, David Garrett, Giora Schmidt, Itamar Zorman, Steven Isserlis, Sharon Rostorf-Zamir, Sylvia Schwartz, Sivan Rotem, Lauren Flanigan, Daniel Johannsen and David Adam Moore. Gortler made his New York recital debut at the 92nd Street Y and performed at the Mogador Theatre in Paris, performing the complete cycle of Mendelssohn's "Songs without Words," which he recorded for JMC (released on Romeo Records in the USA and Europe.) He recorded an album for BMG Classics with violinist Nikolaj Znaider and more recently for Romeo Records a CD of Schubert's Lieder with soprano Sharon Rostorf-Zamir. His latest recording of Schumann piano solo works was released as a double CD album earlier this year on Romeo Records and has received enthusiastic critical acclaim.

Daniel Gortler won first prize in Chile’s Vina del Mar International Competition in 1987 and also in the Bremen International Piano Competition in 1991. He placed second at the Munich International Piano Competition, and at the age of 19 reached second place at the Geneva International Piano Competition. He also won the Gina Bachauer Award in Jerusalem and the Salon de Virtuoso Annual Award in New York, as well as the AICF awards. He studied the piano with Neomi Hacohen. He graduated from the Rubin Music Academy at Tel-Aviv University and the Musikhochschule in Hanover, Germany, studying in both with Professor Arie Vardi. Gortler was a faculty member of the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at Tel-Aviv University until 2011. His students are prizewinners of international competitions and are gaining world recognition. From 2011 to 2013, he was a guest artist in piano studies on the faculty of New York University’s Steinhardt School, Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions.

Performance

Internationally Renowned Pianist Daniel Gortler