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Itamar Golan

Itamar Golan is an Israeli pianist known as a soloist and chamber musician and as a professor of chamber music at the Paris Conservatory.

born 1970Chamber music piano performanceTeaching chamber music in ParisSolo appearances with Zubin Mehta

Born: 3 August 1970, Vilnius
Occupation: pianist, music educator, musician
Education: New England Conservatory

Itamar Golan was born in 1970 in Vilnius

Itamar Golan was born on 3 August 1970 in Vilnius, Lithuania. He moved to Israel with his parents at the age of 1. He studied piano with Lara Vodovoz and Emmanuel Krazovsky and gave his first recital at the age of 7.

From 1985 to 1989, a scholarship from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation let him study in the United States. He trained at the New England Conservatory in Boston with Leonard Shure and Patricia Zander. He later studied chamber music with Chaim Taub.

Golan started his career as a soloist and chamber musician in the United States and Israel. He has played with musicians such as Maxim Vengerov, Shlomo Mintz, Mischa Maisky and Janine Jansen, at festivals including Tanglewood, Salzburg, Edinburgh, Verbier and Lucerne. He has appeared as a soloist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and with the Berlin Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta.

From 1991 to 1994 he taught at the Manhattan School of Music in New York. He is a professor of chamber music at the Paris Conservatory.