2004 - 2005 Concert Season Opening Celebration
Concert in Memory of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin

Octoberber 14, 2004

Musicians

Clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein won First Prize in the 2001 Young Concert Artists International Auditions. He has already performed as soloist with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra of St. Luke's at Alice Tully Hall, the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Israel Chamber Orchestra, the Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Denmark's Odense Symphony, the Brooklyn Philharmonic, the Albany (GA) Symphony, the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony, the Mansfield (OH) Symphony and North Carolina's Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle.

Alexander Fiterstein was born in Minsk in the former Soviet Union and emigrated with his family to Israel when he was two years old. He has studied at the Israel Arts and Science Academy and received his high school diploma from the Interlochen Arts Academy. Mr. Fiterstein received a Bachelor's degree and a Graduate Diploma from The Juilliard School, where he worked with Charles Neidich.

Inbal Segev is quickly establishing herself as one of the most sought after young cellists today. She can be heard around the world as a soloist, with chamber ensembles, in recitals and on recordings.

Following debuts with the Israel Philharmonic and the Berlin Philharmonic, both under the direction of Zubin Mehta, Ms. Segev has enjoyed an international career. In Europe, Ms. Segev has played with the Helsinki Philharmonic, Radio Symphony of Helsinki, Reutlingen Symphony, Dortmund Philharmonic, and the Orchestre National de Lyon. In the Far East, she has played with the Bangkok Symphony, and in Tokyo, Osaka and elsewhere in Japan in multiple engagements with the New York Symphonic Ensemble. In addition, Ms. Segev has performed with all the major orchestras in Israel, her native country.

Ms. Segev began her studies in Israel and, with the recommendation of Isaac Stern, came to the United States to continue her studies at the age of 16. She holds a Bachelor's degree from The Juilliard School and a Master's degree from Yale University, where her teachers included Joel Krosnick, Harvey Shapiro and Aldo Parisot. She also studied with Bernard Greenhouse, who in turn studied with Maestro Pablo Casals, and who is known as one of the great living interpreters of the cello.

Shai Wosner has been described by The New York Times as "a superb pianist" and by The Financial Times as "an artist to follow keenly." Active as a soloist and chamber musician, he has recently performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Peter Oundjian, the Israel Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta, and the Chicago Symphony under Daniel Barenboim. Mr. Wosner made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2000 with Maestro Barenboim and the Chicago Civic Orchestra. Abroad, he has appeared with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and the Jerusalem Symphony, among others, and has given recitals in Belgium, Italy and The Netherlands. He is also a regular participant at the annual Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival.

Shai Wosner has been a recipient of America-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarships since 1991. Born in Israel in 1976, he studied for 12 years with Emanuel Krasovsky of the Rubin Academy of Music in Tel Aviv. In addition, he studied composition, theory and improvisation with Andr? Hajdu, with whom he has participated in various improvisation concerts and activities. His studies continued at the Juilliard School with Emanuel Ax.