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Israeli pianist Aviram Reichert won the Bronze Medal at the 10^th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 1997, only months after he had been awarded the top prize in the First Dong-A International Piano Competition in Seoul, Korea. His earlier accomplishments include top prizes at the 1995 International Music Competition of Japan and the 1995 Epinal Competition in France.

 A frequent soloist with all the leading orchestras in his native country, he has performed with the Jerusalem Broadcast Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Haifa Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Chamber Orchestra, the Israel Sinfonietta and the Rishon Lezion Symphony Orchestra.

He has played and recorded with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and the Dessau Symphony Orchestra. Recitals in Europe have included the Ruhr and Epinal Music Festivals, Paris, Frankfurt, K?ln, Lisbon, Milan and Roma, as well as at the Herkules-Saal in Munich where he elicited rave reviews including an enthusiastic ovation from Joachim Kaiser in the Suddeutsche Zeitung newspaper.

His prize-winning participation in competitions in Japan and Korea brought him engagements for recital and concert tours in the Far East where he has been earning immense applause for the past Six years.

As a result of his success at the Van Cliburn Competition, Reichert’s I997-98 U.S. concert season included festival performances in Bear Valley, CA and Steamboat Springs, CO. Orchestra engagements included the Spokane and Yakima Orchestras, the Chicago Sinfonietta, the National Symphony of the Dominican Republic and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, as well as recital engagements in Atlanta, Boise, Burlington, San Antonio, Fort Worth, Washington DC, and San Jose among others.

June/July 1998 included performances with the Tokyo City Symphony Orchestra, the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra and recitals in various locations including the Tokyo Summer Festival and at Osaka’s Phoenix Hall.

During the 1998-99 and 1999-2000 seasons, Reichert made several visits to the U.S. with recitals in Washington DC, San Francisco, at Miami University in Oxford, OH, Ft. Worth and Austin, TX, Kansas City, Scottsdale, AZ as well as performances with the Pacific, Lake Forest, L.A. "Mozart" and Southeast Michigan Orchestras, as well as at the Ravinia and Gilmore Music Festivals. 

The 2000-2002 seasons includes engagements with the Eugene Symphony orchestra, Traverse Symphony Orchestra ,South Carolina Philharmonic, Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra, 5th appearance at the Music in the Mountains Festival, CO and the Gilmore Festival, an extensive tour in Japan and South Africa and engagements with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Sergio Commissiona and the Israel Sinfonietta.

Near future engagements includes the Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra, the Israeli Sinfonietta, 2nd concert tour in S. Africa, extensive tours in Japan and Korea and appearances at the music in the mountains festival.

Aviram Reichert studied at the Tel-Aviv Rubin Academy of Music with Prof. Arie Vardi. He can be heard on a Harmonia Mundi CD featuring highlights of his prize-winning solo performance at the Van Cliburn Competition, on a Jerusalem Music Center label (JMC), featuring two Schubert Sonatas and on a new recording including live performances of 3 Concertos by Mozart.

Reichert is currently a resident of Grand Rapids, MI, where he a faculty-artist member of the music department at Grand Valley State University.