Tamar Lalo is an

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recorder player. She performed with a number of orchestras including the

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under the baton of the Maestro

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. Later, Tamar Lalo moved to

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to broaden her career as an

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player. Her repertoire ranges from music of the

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Musical education

Tamar Lalo has been playing the

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since the age of 7. She graduated with honours at the Thellma-Yellin High School of Arts, has won scholarships from the American-Israel Cultural Foundation (supporting talented young artists studying in Israel) from 2000 and the Outstanding Musician title by the Ministry of Education. In 2006 she completed her Bachelor studies at the

Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance ( he, האקדמיה למוסיקה ולמחול בירושלים), is a school for the music and the performing arts in Jerusalem. It is located on the Givat Ram campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusa ...

with excellent grades, where she studied with

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and Michael Meltzer. In her years of studies she has been supporting the students and teachers struggle for opening the first

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department in Israel. Regardless of her focus on

she has stood out as one of the best wind players in school winning the academy's wind competition of 2002-4. In her last year of studying in Israel she was also a teacher for young students in the

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Conservatory-Shtriker. In the last few years Tamar has been living in

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and studying in the

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with Peter van Heyghen and Daniel Bruggen. She has also received lessons from Patrick Ayrthon,

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, Jacques Ogg, Frank de Bruine and has worked in a school project with Christina Pluhar (

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). She has participated in international courses such as Codex Faenza seminar with Pedro Memelsdorff in

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and

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where she was invited to perform in the music festival both chamber and solo music. Tamar completed her studies in 2012 at the Escola Superior de Musica de Catalunya in Barcelona where she studied with Pedro Memelsdorff.

Career

In the past few years Tamar has played solo and chamber music concerts in Netherlands, Spain and Israel. She has been chosen twice to play in the Fringe of the

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Early Music Festival and has won the Huyghens Scholarship Program. She was invited to play as soloist with La Ritirata touring Spain and the

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. In her Israeli years, she performed with a number of orchestras including the

under the baton of the Maestro

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

Academy Orchestra conducted by Martien van Woerkum (

) among others. She has performed in Israeli Festivals such as Kol Hamusica Festival, Abu Gosh Vocal Festival and Yechiam Renaissance Festival. She has also toured with different chamber and orchestral projects in Denmark, Netherlands, France, Belgium, Spain and United States.

Honours and mentions

* American-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarships * Outstanding Musician title by the Israeli Ministry of Education * Winner of the

wind competition * Winner of the Huyghens Scholarship Program * Honorary mention in the

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Chamber Music Competition

References

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