Ilana Vered
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From age 13 to 15 she attended the Paris Conservatoire, which awarded her first prize in piano upon her graduation; among her teachers there were Vlado PerlemuterVlado Perlemuter
Vlado Perlemuter was a Lithuanian-born French pianist.-Biography:Vlado Perlemuter was born to a Polish Jewish family, the third of four sons, in Kovno, Russia . At the age of three, he lost the use of his left eye in an accident.His family settled in France in 1907...
and Jeanne-Marie Darré
Jeanne-Marie Darré
Jeanne-Marie Darré was a French classical pianist. She was known for her lyrical and elegant interpretations of the solo works of Chopin and Liszt, and of the Saint-Saens Concertos. She was awarded the Légion d'honneur and made a Chevalier des Arts et Lettres.-Biography:Darré was born in Givet,...
. Vered then continued her music studies at the Juilliard School
Juilliard School
The Juilliard School, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States, is a performing arts conservatory which was established in 1905...
under Rosina Lhévinne
Rosina Lhévinne
Rosina Bessie Lhévinne was a Russian American pianist and famed pedagogue....
. In 1961 she won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions.
Vered has performed across the world with major orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the London Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, and Philharmonia, the Concertgebouw of Amsterdam, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Japan NHK Symphony Orchestra, the Munich Philharmonic, and the Israel Philharmonic. She has performed as soloist under the batons of most of the world's finest conductors, including Stokowski, Solti, Mehta, Kempe, Kondrashin, Tilson Thomas, de Waart, Slatkin, Comissiona, Conlon, Davis, Sanderling, Casadesus, Bertini, Weller, Sawallisch, Atzmon, Leppard, Rodan, Judd, Foster, Bamert, Janson and Vanska. She has performed as a chamber musician, and as a soloist, and her recordings of Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....
and Moritz Moszkowski
Moritz Moszkowski
Moritz Moszkowski was a German Jewish composer, pianist, and teacher of Polish descent. Ignacy Paderewski said, "After Chopin, Moszkowski best understands how to write for the piano"...
études have received particular critical notice. Vered has also taught master classes and has founded at least two festivals, the Summerfest Series of Rutgers University
Rutgers University
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and Music Fest Perugia in Perugia
Perugia
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, Italy
Italy
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.
She recorded for Decca in the 1970s. She made the world premiere complete recording of Moszkowski's 15 Études de Virtuosité, Op. 72, in 1970. She also recorded the five Beethoven concertos as well as the Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 2, Rachmaninoff Paganini Rhapsody, Mozart Concerto No. 21 and 23 and Brahms Concerto No. 2.
Ms. Vered has been a frequent guest on television and radio, including appearances on The Today Show, Good Morning America, and the Merv Griffin Show, as well as guest performances on Public Broadcasting Service
Public Broadcasting Service
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(PBS) Public television stations in the United states
United States
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and the BBC
BBC
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in the United Kingdom. In collaboration with the noted Swiss movie producer Adrian Marthaler, Ms. Vered has made a series of unusual feature-length films entitled "Looking at Music," which was telecast by the BBC, and the Arts and Entertainment and Bravo cable networks. These films are being distributed as home videos in the U.S. By BMG.
Sources
- Kehler, George. The Piano in Concert, Scarecrow Press, 1982.
- Myers, Kurtz. Index to Record Reviews, vol. 5, G.K. Hall, 1980.
- Wilson, Lyle G. A Dictionary of Pianists, Robert Hale, 1985.