Yaron Hasson is an Israeli
guitar
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player.
Life and works
Yaron Hasson is a graduate of the Performance Department (Guitar) at the
Royal College of Music
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in
London
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(1988) with an ARCM qualification. In the same year he won first prize in Israel's national guitar contest.
Yaron has performed in festivals including the Israeli-Spanish Cultural Week, to which he was invited along with the
Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (abbreviation IPO; Hebrew: התזמורת הפילהרמונית הישראלית, ''ha-Tizmoret ha-Filharmonit ha-Yisra'elit'') is an Israeli symphony orchestra based in Tel Aviv. Its principal concert venue ...
and
Bat-Dor Dance Company Bat-Dor was an Israeli dance company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, co-founded by Baroness Bethsabée de Rothschild (Batsheva) and dancer Jeannette Ordman.
Company
Bat Dor made its debut in 1968 with Ordman as its leading dancer.
The company had a la ...
, as a representative of Israeli musical life. He has also performed in festivals in
Belgium
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,
Spain
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, i ...
,
France
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,
Italy
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,
Russia
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, the
Czech Republic
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,
Romania
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and Israel.
Yaron has given numerous concerts in
Europe
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, including performances with a variety of musical groups. He has performed as a soloist with Israeli orchestras including the
Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the Rishon LeZion Symphonic Orchestra, the Israel Sinfonietta Beer Sheva, the Haifa Symphony Orchestra, the Israeli Chamber Orchestra and the Kibbutz Chamber Orchestra. In 2007, he also performed as a soloist with the
George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by
Shlomo Mintz.
In October 2010, Yaron performed his first concerto for guitar and orchestra: "On Thy Walls Jerusalem" with two symphonic orchestras (Marosvasarhely/Tirgu-Mures, Szatmar /Satu-Mare) conducted by maestro Shinya Ozaki. Yaron has been giving several master classes in Europe and Israel.
His recordings include recitals for the Italian, Russian, Spanish, Czech, Belgium, Romanian and the Israeli Broadcasting Service (radio and television) Hasson has recorded six CDs, which were praised by the critics of the British Classical Guitar magazine.
Yaron has been invited several times to judge in international guitar competitions.
He has also won the
America Israel Cultural Foundation
The America-Israel Cultural Foundation (AICF) is a non-profit American foundation that supports cultural projects in Israel.
History
The America-Israel Cultural Foundation was established in 1939 to support the growth and development of a Jewish ...
’s scholarship for 10 consecutive years.
Yaron Hasson plays a guitar made by Dr. Ezra Levy.
Discography
*"Yaron Hasson", Jerusalem Music Centre in 2000
References
External links
artist website
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Living people
Israeli guitarists
Year of birth missing (living people)