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“Ms. Beit-Halachmi has exquisite control over tone production, breath control and line.” |
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Israeli born clarinetist Michal Beit-Halachmi graduated from Givatayim Conservatory, where she studied with Eva Wasermann-Margolis. She continued her musical studies in the United States on full scholarships at Indiana University, with Howard Klug and Duquesne University, with Mark Nuccio, receiving her Bachelor of Music Degree in 1999. In 2002, she received her Master of Music degree from State University of New York at Stony Brook, under the tutelage of Charles Neidich. She has been a scholarship recipient of the America- Israel Cultural Foundation since 1997. Winner of the Solo Recital Awards of Artists International, Ms. Beit-Halachmi performed her New York Debut in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall on March 8, 2003. Highlights of the past season include a tour of Russia and Armenia with the American- Russian Young Artist Orchestra, performances at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival (Germany) and a concert in the Salzburg Music Festival with members of the Vienna Philharmonic. Other festival appearances include the Sarasota Chamber Music Festival, and Domaine Forget in Quebec, Canada. She has concretized extensively as a soloist and chamber musician throughout Israel and in Russia, Belgium, Hungary, Germany and the United States.She performed the Mozart clarinet concerto with the Pittsburgh Youth Orchestra in 1997. In 1999 she won the Pittsburgh Concert Society Award, which entitled her to a solo recital that took place in October 2000. Currently she plays with Raanana Symphony, Israel, where she also plays with contemporary music groups. Featured on WQED-Pittsburgh in November 2001, she performed works presented on her solo CD, “Air Craft”- homages to famous composers, including Bach, Paganini, Debussy, Bartok and others by Hungarian composer Bela Kovacs. The CD also features the “ Overture on Hebrew themes” by Sergei Prokofiev with members of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
Harris Goldsmith, New York Concert Review - Debut Recital, March 8, 2003 Allan Kozinn, The New York Times - Berio Sequenza, Dec. 3, 2003 Harris Goldsmith, 2004 Musical America Directory
Béla Kovàcs Hommages Béla Bartok Contrasts Ligetti Six Bagatelles Mozart Grand Partita Poulenc Sonata for Clarinet and Piano Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes
Michal Beit-Halachmi can be reached by email at
Clarinet Gang - German Israeli Classic & Klezmer All Stars Clarinet Gang (4 clarinets, mandolin and double bass) will perform in these locations during their tour in Germany... don't miss!!! January 12, 2005 - Tubingen, Jakobuskirche 20:30 Composers Concordance - New Music Now! A Tribute to the music of James Cohn March 6, 2003, 7:30 p.m. Broadway Presbyterian Church, 601 west 114th St Premiere performance of Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo Tickets are $15/$5 for students. New York Debut Performance March 8, 2003, 5:30 p.m. Weil Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, 154 West 57th Street, NYC Artists International Leo B. Ruiz, Founder-Director New York Debut Series Winner Tickets $20 The New York Wind Trio March 23, 2003, 2:30 p.m. Freeport Memorial Library, 144 West Merrick Road, Freeport, NYC Slava Znatchneii, oboe Gili Sharett, bassoon Michal Beit-halachmi, clarinet. Works by Ibert, Mozart, Bach, Hovaness, Vivaldi and more. Chamber Music Performance April 4, 2003, 6:00 p.m. Baruch college Engelman Hall, 55 Lexington Ave., NYC Performing with Jonathan Benichou, piano Yulia Ziskel, violin Programme: Johannes Brahms Sonata for Violin and Piano Béla Bartok Contrasts Francis Poulenc Sonata. Free Admission Concert of Works by Noam Sivan Sunday, May 4, 2003 at 1:30 p.m. Mannes College of Music, 85th St. between Amsterdam and Columbus Free Admission The Italian Academy Concert Series Contemporary Classic Italian: Music of the Last 50 Years Wednesday, December 3, 2003 at 8:00 p.m. Luciano Berio Sequenzas with Joan La Barbara, William Schimmel, Vesselin Gellev, Michal Beit Halachmi, Miriam Kapner Luciano Berio: Sequenza III for woman's voice (1965) Sequenza VII for oboe (1969) Sequenza VIII for violin (1976) Sequenza IX for clarinet (1980) Sequenza XIII for accordion "Chanson" (1995) Students: $7 General Public: $12 For more information contact Rick Whitaker at (212) 854-1623 or or by e-mail at rw2115@columbia.edu |
