Rami Bar-Niv
A pianist in a white suit performing on a black grand piano
Background information
Born (1945-12-01) December 1, 1945 (age 78)
Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine
Occupation(s)Pianist, composer
Instrument(s)Piano

Rami Bar-Niv (Hebrew: רמי בר-ניב; born December 1, 1945) is an Israeli pianist, composer and author.

Life and career

Bar-Niv is a graduate of the Rubin Academy of Music in Tel Aviv, where he studied piano with Karol Klein and composition with Paul Ben-Haim, Alexander Boskovitch, and Ödön Pártos. He won a grant from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation in 1966 to continue his studies at Mannes College of Music in the United States, where he studied with Nadia Reisenberg[1] and with the theorist Carl Schachter. During the summer of 1968, Bar-Niv studied with duo pianists Vronsky & Babin. In 1970, William Gunther asked Rami Bar-Niv to replace him in the First Piano Quartet.[2]

Bar-Niv has performed in concerts worldwide.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] In 1974, he performed Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Paul Paray. He presented a series of violin and piano recitals with Shlomo Mintz in Israel, and has performed extensively with various chamber ensembles in Israel and abroad.

He was the first Israeli musician to perform in Egypt after the 1979 peace treaty with Israel,[10] and in 1989, received the annual "Best Performer Award" from the Israeli government.[11]

Bar-Niv's compositions have been published by the Israel Music Institute, Israel Music Publications, AndreA, and Or-Tav Publication.[12][13][14]

In 2012, Bar-Niv published his first book The Art of Piano Fingering – Traditional, Advanced, and Innovative.[14]

Tim Page of the New York Times described Bar-Niv's New York City performance of Shostakovich's first piano concerto as "flamboyant and effective".[15] He has recorded a number of records for CBS and other labels, both as soloist and as a chamber player.[16][17][18] One of them is the only piano recording of the complete "Little Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach".[19][20]

References

  1. ^ Reisenberg, Nadia. "Music Professor".
  2. ^ "Piano Foursome Enthralls Arts Hall Audience". Sarasota Journal. 4 (A). December 1, 1971.
  3. ^ "Washington National Wagner Society: Past Events".
  4. ^ "Rami Bar-Niv Piano Recital".
  5. ^ "Israeli pianist in free concert June 5". RomeSentinel.com. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  6. ^ Antonleta Somoza, Maria (19 February 2001). "Guatemala Recital". Grafico.
  7. ^ Morris, Hobie (5 August 2004). Life&Times of Utica, Brookfield. ((cite news)): Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ^ "El Virtuoso Pianista Israelita Rami Bar-Niv...". El Diario De Hoy. San Salvador. 13 April 1993.
  9. ^ "Tickling the ivories". Cyprus Mail. 6 June 1993.
  10. ^ Boehm, Yohanan (July 23, 1982). The Jerusalem Post Magazine. ((cite news)): Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ^ MUZA (Muse) Magazine for Culture and Arts. 149 (14): 9. June 1989. ((cite journal)): Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ^ List of compositions by Rami Bar-Niv Archived 2012-08-02 at archive.today
  13. ^ Israel Music Publications
  14. ^ a b "The Or-Tav Music Publication". Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  15. ^ Page, Tim (17 December 1982). "Symphony: Queens Group". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  16. ^ "Romantique" (LP record). No. 26816. CBS Records, Israel, LTD. 1986.
  17. ^ "Rhapsody in Blue – Rami Bar-Niv Plays Gershwin, Joplin, and Bar-Niv" (LP record). No. 26816. CBS Records, Israel, LTD. 1987.
  18. ^ "The Van Leer Chamber Music Players" (CD, Live concert). No. 6367–70. Italy, Trtieste, Teatro Miela: RS, Italy. 1993 [October 3, 1990].
  19. ^ "J.S. Bach, The Little Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach" (LP record). No. 54201. CBS Records, Israel, LTD. 1981.
  20. ^ Boehm, Yohanan (September 11, 1981). "Musical globe-trotters". Jerusalem Post. No. Music&Musicians.

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