Aviv String Quartet

The Aviv String Quartet is a musical quartet that was founded in Israel in 1997.[1] Among the quartet's various awards are the DaimlerChrysler Grand Prize at the 3rd Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition and top prizes at the Bordeaux and Schubert Competitions.[2] The Aviv Quartet has recorded 3 discs of Shostakovich on Dalia Classics and 2 Naxos discs of Hoffmeister and Schulhoff.[2] It completed the Shostakovich cycle at the 2007 Verbier Festival, debuts at the Zurich Tonhalle and Brussels Palais des Beaux–Arts and returns visits to Wigmore Hall.[3]

Members

Current members

  • Violin I: Anna Göckel[1]
  • Violin II: Philippe Villafranca
  • Viola: Noemie Bialobroda
  • Cello: Daniel Mitnitsky

Former members

  • Violin I: Sergey Ostrovsky (1997–2023)
  • Violin II: Evgenia Epshtein (1997–2005)
  • Viola: Timur Yakubov (2011–2015)
  • Viola: Shuli Waterman (1997–2009)
  • Viola: Nathan Braude (2009–2011)
  • Cello: Iris Jortner (1997–2002)
  • Cello: Rachel Mercer (2002–2010)

References

  1. ^ a b "Aviv Quartet appoints new first violinist". The Strad. September 21, 2023. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Biography". Aviv String Quartet. Archived from the original on January 19, 2016.
  3. ^ "Aviv String Quartet". Presse. Archived from the original on September 29, 2023.
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