Amir Ron, piano

Program

  • Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) - Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109 (1820) (19’)
  • Vivace ma non troppo, sempre legato - Adagio espressivo
  • Prestissimo
  • Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo
  • Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983) - Two Pieces (5’)
  • Impromptu (1909)
  • Valse Lente (1948)
  • Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) - Mazurka, Op. 59 No. 1 (1845) (4’)
  • Frédéric Chopin - Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52 (1842) (11’)

Amir Ron, born 2001, regularly performs as a soloist and chamber musician in venues across Israel, Europe, and America, and is currently finishing his Bachelor’s degree studies at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music under the tutelage of Asaf Zohar and Arie Vardi. In June 2019 Amir completed his studies at the Givatayim Conservatory of Music where he studied piano for 10 years with Mrs. Sara Tal.

As soloist, Amir has performed with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Israel Symphony Orchestra, Haifa Symphony Orchestra, the Israeli Chamber orchestra, and the TLV soloists Ensemble playing concertos by Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, and Schumann, as well as playing recitals at the Jerusalem Music Centre, The Eden-Tamir Music Centre, The Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, Elma Hall, Sala dei Notari and more.

An active chamber musician and a Ravinia Steans Music Institute fellow for the summers of 2022 & 2023, Amir has performed numerous chamber works in venues such as The Ravinia Festival, The Jerusalem Music Center, The Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, The Eden-Tamir Music Centre, Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies, Largo Mahler Milano and more.

Amir was a top prize winner at the Pnina Salzman, Young Artist, Piano Forever and Sternberg competitions, as well as at the Tel-Hai International Master Classes Concerto Competition. Amir is a recipient of the AICF scholarships with distinguished excellence (2014 – 2023), the Ronen foundation’s scholarship (2018-2019), and the BMSM excellence scholarships (2020-2022). Amir is a graduate of the Goldman program for excellent musicians held by the JMC, and of the distinguished piano program led and conducted by maestro Murray Perahia.

Amir participated in the masterclasses of Murray Perahia, Richard Goode, Miriam Fried, Jonathan Biss, Menachem Pressler, Paul Badura-Skoda, Gilbert Kalish, Alessio Bax, Jeremy Denk, Craig Shepperd, Victor Rosenbaum, Oxana Yablonskaya and more. Amir finished his studies at the Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts with distinguished excellency and has served as an “”outstanding musician”” in the IDF in 2019-2022. Next Fall, Amir is set to begin his Master’s degree studies at The Juilliard School, under the tutelage of Robert McDonald.

About the Dame Myra Hess Concerts

The concerts are generously sponsored by the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Illinois Arts Council and by individual donors.

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