Arie Vardi

Arie Vardi was born in 1937 in Tel Aviv

Arie Vardi was born in 1937. The English facts give Tel Aviv as his birthplace, while the Hebrew account names Mikveh Israel. His parents were Dov (Boris) and Bilha Vardi.

He studied piano with Ilona Vincze-Kraus and graduated from the Tel Aviv music academy. He earned a law degree from Tel Aviv University in 1961. At the Basel music academy he studied piano with Paul Baumgartner and composition with Pierre Boulez and Karlheinz Stockhausen, finishing in 1963.

He won the Chopin Prize in Tel Aviv in 1960 and the George Enescu Prize in Bucharest in 1961. In June 1961 he performed with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under Zubin Mehta. He has appeared as a soloist on 5 continents and has played all the Mozart concertos as soloist and conductor.

Vardi headed the Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University and teaches in Tel Aviv and at the Hannover music school in Germany. He founded family and morning concert series with the Israel Philharmonic and presented television series such as Master Class. He has judged many international piano competitions and chairs the jury of the Rubinstein Competition.

His students include Yefim Bronfman, Boris Giltburg and Lahav Shani. He is married to Tzipora, has a son, Dr. Amir Vardi, and lives in Tel Aviv.