Israeli pianist, Ms. Dorel Golan, is coming to perform at the 5th Addis Ababa Classical Music Festival in December.
Dorel Golan studied with acclaimed pianists Daniel Gortler and Vadim Monastirsky. Golan currently completes her Masters studies with Prof. Arie Vardi at the Buhmann-Mehta Academy of Music in Tel Aviv.
Golan has performed with some of the most important orchestras in the world, as well as with all the major orchestras in Israel including the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra.
She appeared successfully in recitals at the Salle Cortot in Paris, at the Tivoli Hall in Copenhagen, at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, where she recorded her first CD. She also played in many other important centers.
Dorel played in various festivals, including the Ruhr Klavier Festival in Germany. In 2006 she performed in the Israel Festival in Jerusalem.
She has won the following awards and prizes:
Israel America Culture Foundation award, since 1992
First Prize – Marsala International Piano Competition in Italy, 1992
First Best Young Pianist Prize Bremen International Piano Competition, 2001
First Prize – Clairmont Competition, 1996
First Prize – Ariana Katz Competition, 1999
First Prize – Ariana Katz Competition, 2006
First Prize – Rubin Academy Competition, 2004
First Prize - Rubin Academy Competition, 2006