Atar Arad: Difference between revisions

| name = Atar Arad

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| instrument genre = [[violaclassical music]]

| genre occupation = [[classical musicviolist]]

| occupation label = [[violistRCA]] Red Seal

Arad and his brother, architect [[Ron Arad (industrial designer)|Ron Arad]], were born in [[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]]. Arad began his training on the [[violin]] in Tel Aviv and received an Artist Diploma in 1966 from the Samuel Rubin Israeli Academy of Music. In 1968 he was selected for study at '''Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth''' in [[Waterloo, Belgium]], earning a Laureate there in 1971 and a Diplome Superieure from [[Brussels Conservatory]] in 1973.

Having decided to devote himself to the viola in 1971, he entered the [[Carl Flesch International Competition]] in 1972 as a violist, winning the City of London prize (second prize)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Carl Flesch prizewinners |journal=[[The Musical Times]] |year=1972 |volume=113 |pages=887 |doi=10.2307/957399 |jstor=957399 }}</ref> in his first public appearance with the instrument. Two months later he repeated, winning first prize in the International Viola Competition in [[Geneva]], Switzerland.

Arad has performed in around the world as a featured soloist with orchestras and as a member of the [[Cleveland Quartet]] from 1980 to 1987, taking the seat previously established by founding member [[Martha Strongin Katz]]. He was succeeded by James Dunham.

Arad teaches at [[Indiana University (Bloomington)|Indiana University]]'s [[Jacobs School of Music]] in [[Bloomington, Indiana|Bloomington]], and the Steans Institute for Young Artists at the [[Ravinia Festival]] in [[Highland Park, Illinois]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Ravinia Festival |url=http://www.ravinia.org/|accessdate=2008-04-01| archiveurl= httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20080317134010/http://www.ravinia.org/| archivedate= 17 March 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurlurl-status= nolive}}</ref> as well as the [[Domaine Forget]] Music and Dance Academy in [[Quebec]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Domaine Forget |url=http://www.domaineforget.com/en/index.asp |accessdate=2008-04-01 |archiveurl = httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20080220013519/http://www.domaineforget.com/en/index.asp <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-02-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Previously he was Professorprofessor of Violaviola at the [[Eastman School of Music]] in [[Rochester, New York]]. He has also taught at the [[Shepherd School of Music]] at [[Rice University]] in [[Houston, TXTexas]], and has been an artist/lecturer at [[Carnegie Mellon University]] in [[Pittsburgh, PAPennsylvania]]. Prior to 1980 he served on faculties at Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth and the [[Royal Northern College of Music]], [[Manchester, England]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Publicity |url=http://info.music.indiana.edu/sb/page/normal/929.html|accessdate=2008-04-01| archiveurl= httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20080405022214/http://info.music.indiana.edu/sb/page/normal/929.html| archivedate= 5 April 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurlurl-status= nolive}}</ref>

== Performance Venuesvenues ==

* [[Israel Festival]], [[Caesarea, Israel|Caesarea]], [[Israel]]

== Compositions and Recordingsrecordings ==

He has recorded, as featured soloist or with the Cleveland Quartet, on the [[RCA]] Red Seal, [[CBS]] Masterworks, [[Teldec]] Telefunken, [[Telarc]] and RIAX Records Classical labels.<ref>{{cite web|title=Atar Arad Violist|url=http://www.riax.com/host/atararad/biography.html|accessdate=2008-04-01| archiveurl= httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20080513150752/http://www.riax.com/host/atararad/biography.html| archivedate= 13 May 2008 <!|url--DASHBot-->| deadurlstatus= nodead}}</ref>

[[Category:PeopleMusicians from Tel Aviv]]