Arie Vardi

(Israel)

Beginning his artistic career at the age of fifteen, Israeli born Arie Vardi has received international acclaim as one of the country's foremost pianists. After winning the Chopin's Competition in Israel, he appeared with Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, and upon winning the George Enescu International Competition in Budapest, he played many concerts throughout Europe. He has performed widely as soloist with major orchestra under the baton of Masur, Mehta, Paray, and others. His concert tours have taken him to Eastern and Western Europe, the United States, Latin America, the Far East, Australia, and Japan.

Vardi performs regularly as soloist-conductor and appears also as conductor. His RCA records have won international acclaim and prizes. In addition, to his concert career, he is a Professor of Piano at the Rubin Academy of Music, Tel-Aviv University, having served in the past as its director, and at the Hochschule fur Musik in Hannover. More than 30 of his students have won major prizes in international competitions. Arie Vardi is best known to television viewers for his series "Master Classes" as well as the family series of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, which he conducts and moderates.

>He was a jury member in some of the leading international competitions such as Cleveland, Hamamatsu, Leeds, Milan, Moscow, Munich, Salt Lake City, Santander, Sydney, Tokyo, Vienna, Warsaw, and others. He is the Artistic Advisor and chairman of the Jury of the Arthur Rubinstein International Master Competition.