Aviram Reichert

Acclaimed for his deeply intelligent interpretations, phenomenal technique and ravishing tone – won the Bronze Medal at the 10th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 1997, after having won several major competitions in the Japan, Korea, France and Germany. His accomplishments brought him numerous concert engagements in the Far East, the United States, South Africa, Europe and Israel where he has been earning immense applause for 30 years.

Following a performance of Brahms first piano concerto and Manuel de Falla’s evocative Nights in the Gardens of Spain with the Grand Rapids Symphony under the baton of David Lockington, Reichert was described as “a big player with all the tension of a coiled spring suddenly unsprung….he has heft and he has poetry.” Having over 30 concerti in his repertoire Reichert performs frequently with leading orchestras in the USA, Israel, Japan Korea and South Africa. He is a regular featured artist at Durango’s Music in the Mountains festival, performing concerti and chamber music for over 25 years.

In recital, Reichert has performed throughout the United States, Israel, South Africa, the Far East and in Europe, where an appearance at the Herkules-Saal in Munich elicited an enthusiastic “ovation” and high critical praise. Festival performances include the Ruhr and Epinal Music Festivals, Tokyo Summer Festival, Seoul spring festival, Bear Valley CA, Durango and Steamboat Springs CO, Ravinia Festival, the Fontana and the Gilmore Keyboard Festivals. A fine chamber musician, he has collaborated with artists such as Anne Akiko Meyers, Maya Beiser, Guy Braunstein, Yuri Gandelsman, Vadim Gluzman, Dylana Jenson, Bill Purcell and Philippe Quint.

Reichert can be heard on a Harmonia Mundi CD featuring highlights of his prize-winning solo performances at the Van Cliburn Competition, a Jerusalem Music Center label (JMC) featuring Schubert Sonatas, a Mozart concerti CD with the Music in the Mountains Festival Orchestra, conducted and performed from the keyboard, he has also recorded Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue for Piano and Brass quintet with the Spectrum Brass, Brahms Cello sonatas with Young Hoon Song and Brahms Clarinet sonatas and songs with Ron Selka.

 In addition to his busy concert career, Reichert is a sought-after teacher, who is frequently invited to conduct master-classes in Japan, China, Korea, South Africa, France, Israel and the United States. He is artistic director at the prestigious Tel Hai Masterclasses in Israel and a Professor of Piano at Seoul National University, College of Music, where his students won numerous local and international awards. A Steinway artist, he studied at the Rubin Academy of Music, Tel Aviv with Professor Arie Vardi.