A Performance in Honor of the Victims and Heroes of the Holocast
May 5, 2005

Clarinetist Gilad Harel , a native of Israel, has performed internationally to critical acclaim. He studied at the Israeli Conservatory of Music in Tel-Aviv until 1993. After three years of military service in the Israel Defense Forces Orchestra, Mr. Harel was admitted to the Paris National Conservatory studying for five years there with Professors Michel Arrignon and Pascal Moragues. In 2001, Mr. Harel was admitted to The Julliard School in the Graduate Diploma Program with a full tuition scholarship, where he studied with Professor Charles Neidich. Mr. Harel has performed in such prestigious venues as New York's Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, Zankel Hall, Weill Recital Hall, 92nd Street Y, The Clark Studio Theatre at Lincoln Center, The American Museum of Natural History, The Jewish Museum, The Duncan Theatre in West Palm Beach Florida and The Sherwood Auditorium in La Jolla San Diego. He is an artistic director of the Fountain Chamber Music Society (New York) and a member of the Proteus ensemble (New York), the PollyRhythm Players (New York) and the Kaprizma Ensemble of Contemporary Music (Jerusalem). Gilad Harel was a recipient of America Israel Cultural Foundation scholarships for 10 years.

Pianist and conductor David Rosenmeyer was born in Argentina and moved to Israel as a young child before beginning his music studies. He returned to study in Buenos Aires with Susana Bonora. Among his awards are 1st Prize in the Argentine Ministry of Culture Conducting Competition, and 1st Prize in the National Congress of Argentina Conducting Competition (Chamber Orchestra). He has conducted the Orquesta Sinf?nica Nacional of Argentina and has appeared as a guest conductor with orchestras in Argentina, Brazil and Chile. At present he is a full scholarship Masters Degree Candidate at Mannes College of Music, studying conducting with David Hayes and theory with Robert Cuckson and Carl Schachter. Mr. Rosenmeyer is Music Director of The Bach Society of Columbia University. This ensemble has devoted a concert to the music of Robert Cuckson, including a song cycle in Yiddish based on poetry by Binem Hiller, a Warsaw-Ghetto survivor. This piece was dedicated to Mr. Rosenmeyer and his wife, Mezzo-soprano Malena Dayen. Mr. Rosenmeyer has also received a grant from the Joyce Dutka Foundation.