Ofra Yitzhaki

• Biography

  The musicality of young Israeli pianist Ofra Yitzhaki can be best described with the following words: simply beautiful, breath-taking, sensual, poetic and deeply emotional. Born in Israel, Ofra Yitzhaki began her studies in Tel Aviv under Dr. Noa Blass. She then studied at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and received a Vladimir Horowitz Scholarship to study at the Juilliard School in New York ...Weiter

• Programs

  The programme juxtaposes works by German-Jewish composers who fled to Israel to escape the Holocaust, with works by young Israeli composers who – two generations after the Holocaust – are looking for their cultural roots in German tradition.Weiter

• Videos

  J.S. Bach - Prelude and Fugue - Concert at the Chicago Cultural Center: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfJU7grQBWg C. Debussy - Etude Pour les arpèges composés - Concert at Lincoln Center, New York: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILssv_ftG5Y F. Schubert - Piano Sonata in A minor, 1st movement - Concert at the Chicago Cultural Center: http://www ...Weiter

• Reviews

  “Her playing… is physical, sensual, ecstatic.” ...Weiter