Biography
"His perfect command of details approaches the level of genius; no fine point escapes his notice, even as note by note, he builds the total magnificent structure."
Fort Worth Star - telegram
Israeli pianist Aviram Reichert won the Bronze Medal at the 10th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 1997, only months after he had been awarded the top prize in the First Dong-A International Piano Competition in Seoul, Korea. His earlier accomplishments include top prizes at the 1995 International Music Competition of Japan and the 1995 Epinal Competition in France.
A frequent soloist with all the leading orchestras in his native country, he has performed with the Jerusalem Broadcast Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Haifa Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Chamber Orchestra, the Israel Sinfonietta and the Rishon Lezion Symphony Orchestra.
He has played and recorded with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and the Dessau Symphony Orchestra. Recitals in Europe have included the Ruhr and Epinal Music Festivals, as well as at the Herkules-Saal in Munich where he elicited rave reviews including an enthusiastic ovation from Joachim Kaiser in the Suddeutsche Zeitung newspaper.
His prize-winning participation in competitions in Japan and Korea brought him engagements for recital and concert tours in the Far East where he has been earning immense applause for the past two years.
As a result of his success at the Van Cliburn Competition, Reichert’s I997-98 U.S. concert season included festival performances in Bear Valley, CA and Steamboat Springs, CO. Orchestra engagements included the Spokane and Yakima Orchestras, the Chicago Sinfonietta, the National Symphony of the Dominican Republic and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, as well as recital engagements in Atlanta, Boise, Burlington, San Antonio, Fort Worth, Washington DC, and San Jose among others.
During the 1998-99 season, Reichert will return to the U.S. with recitals in Washington DC, San Francisco, at Miami University in Oxford, OH, the Flint Museum as well as performances with the Pacific, Lake Forest and Southeast Michigan Orchestras, as well as at the Ravinia and Gilmore Music Festivals.
June/July 1998 included performances with the Tokyo City Symphony Orchestra and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as recitals in various locations including the Tokyo Summer Festival and at Osaka’s Phoenix Hall.
Aviram Reichert lives in Tel Aviv where he completed his studies at the Tel Aviv Rubin Academy of Music with Prof. Arie Vardi.
He can be heard on the recently issued Harmonia Mundi CD featuring highlights of his prize-winning solo performance at the Van Cliburn Competition.
Status as of December 1998