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{{Infobox musical artist
'''Atar Arad''' is an [[Israel]]i-born [[viola|violist]], professor of music, essayist and composer residing in the United States. ▼
| name = Atar Arad
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|3|8|mf=y}}
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| origin =
| instrument = [[viola]]
| genre = [[classical music]]
| occupation = [[violist]]
| label = [[RCA]] Red Seal
| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071117083918/http://www.riax.com/host/atararad/ Atar Arad's homepage]
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▲'''Atar Arad''' ([[Hebrew]]: עתר ארד; born 8 March 1945) is an [[
He has performed in top venues around the world both as a featured soloist with orchestras in and as a member of the distinguished [[Cleveland Quartet]] from 1980 to 1987, taking the seat previously established by founding member [[Martha Strongin Katz]]. He was succeeded by James Dunham. ▼
==Biography==
Arad
Having decided to devote himself to the viola in 1971, he entered the [[Carl Flesch International Competition]] in 1972 as a
Arad currently teaches at [[Indiana University (Bloomington)|Indiana University]]'s [[Jacobs School of Music]] in [[Bloomington, Indiana|Bloomington]], and at the Steans Institute for Young Artists at the [[Ravinia Festival]] in [[Highland Park, Illinois|near Chicago]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Ravinia Festival |url=http://www.ravinia.org/|accessdate=2008-04-01}}</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}}</ref>. Previously he was Professor of Viola 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, TX]] and has been an artist/lecturer at [[Carnegie Mellon University]] in [[Pittsburgh, PA]]. 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}}</ref>.▼
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▲Arad
▲Arad began his training on the [[violin]] in his home city of [[Tel Aviv, Israel]] and received a 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 voilist, winning the City of London prize in his first public appearance with the instrument. Two months later he repeated, winning first prize in the International Viola Competition in [[Geneva]].
▲== Performance Venues ==
* Berlin Music Festival, [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]
* [[Israel Festival]], [[Caesarea, Israel|Caesarea]], [[Israel]]
* Flanders Music Festival, [[Antwerp]], [[Belgium]]
* [[Edinburgh Festival]], [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]]
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* [[Chautauqua Festival]], [[Chautauqua, New York]], [[United States]]
* [[Ravinia Festival]] near [[Chicago, Illinois]], [[United States]]
* [[Domaine Forget]] International Festival, Saint-Irenee, [[Quebec]], [[Canada
* North Shore Chamber Music Festival, Northbrook, Illinois, [[United States]]
== Compositions and Recordings ==▼
His compositions include:
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* ''Walton as Scapino'' (<u>The Strad</u>, February 1989)
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