Second Sundays at Two presents Berlin-based, Israeli Pianist EINAV YARDEN
26438 Crenshaw Blvd
Rolling Hills, CA 90274
USA
Rolling Hills United Methodist Church’s
Second Sundays at Two
~ presents ~
Berlin-based, Israeli Pianist
EINAV YARDEN
Sunday, April 8, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. sharp
Rolling Hills United Methodist Church
26438 Crenshaw Blvd.
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
(NE corner of Crenshaw & PV Drive North)
Free. Donations appreciated – 100% for the artists
Rolling Hills United Methodist Church’s Second Sundays At Two concert series presents Berlin-based Israeli pianist Einav Yarden on Sunday, April 8, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. The address is 26438 Crenshaw Blvd, Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274. Admission is free.
The Artist
“…imagination and exceptionally vivid playing … Sense of immense majesty, tempered by gentleness and quiet grace,” ~ Washington Post
“glistening rapture … ingenious humor,” ~ Tagesspiegel,
Award-winning pianist Einav Yarden has appeared as a soloist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin and Rundfunk Chor, Minnesota Symphony, Beethoven Orchester Bonn, Bucharest Philharmonic, Calgary Philharmonic, Philharmonic of Trier, Jerusalem Symphony, Plovdiv Philharmonic, and the Israel Symphony Rishon Le-Zion, under conductors as Sir Neville Marriner, Aldo Ceccato, Leon Botstein, Stefan Blunier, Horia Andreescu, Mark Russell Smith, Simon Halsey, Mendi Rodan, and others.
Noteworthy stages she performs on as a recitalist include the Berlin Philharmonie, the Beethoven-Haus Bonn, Berlin Konzerthaus, Rose Theater at Lincoln Center, The Phillips Collection Concerts in Washington, DC, Schumannsaal in Düsseldorf, and Paris’s Salle Cortot and the Auditorium of the Musée d’Orsay in France.
She was the 3rd Prize Winner at the 2009 International Beethoven Piano Competition in Bonn, a Finalist at the 2003 Honens International Piano Competition in Calgary, and First Prize Winner at the 2001 Aviv Competitions, the most distinguished national competition in Israel.
In 2005, Einav completed four years of study with renowned pianist Leon Fleisher at the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University, earning with high honors a Masters of Music and a Graduate Performance Diploma. Prior to that, she received a Bachelor of Music with high honors from the Rubin Music Academy of the Tel Aviv University under the instruction of Prof. Emanuel Krasovsky. Her early education was with Hadassa Gonen at the Israel Conservatory Tel Aviv. Other piano guidance includes that of Elisso Virsaladze, Richard Goode and Prof. Zvi Meniker (on historical fortepianos). She is currently based in Berlin, Germany.