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ZECHARIA PLAVIN
“One has to play
from the heart and in search for the eternal truth, otherwise the music becomes
trite” Zecharia
Plavin Beginning his early piano education and
performing career under Mrs. Devora Yellin and Prof. Marietta Azizbekova in Lithuania,
where he was born in 1956, Zecharia Plavin emigrated to Israel, in 1977. There he continued his musical studies at the
Rubin Academy in Tel Aviv under Prof. Victor Derevianko concluding in 1998 with his
doctoral research on Ernest Bloch under Prof. Jehoash Hirshberg. A prizewinner of
competitions in Lithuania and Israel, amongst them the Shapira Prize of the America-Israel
Cultural Foundation in 1980 and the Bachauer Memorial Prize in Belgium, Dr. Plavin has
concertized widely throughout Israel, Europe and the United States. Since his first appearance with the Israel
Philharmonic Orchestra in 1980 he has performed with most major Israeli orchestras. His professional credentials are of truly
international scope. In addition to his
teaching at Bar Ilan University and, for the past ten years as faculty member, at the
Rubin Academy of Music and Dance in Jerusalem, Dr. Plavin has given recitals, workshops
and master classes in Lithuania; the Hochschule für Musik in Würzburg, Germany; the
South Bohemian Music Festival and the Prague Master Classes in the Czech Republic; as well
as at the San Diego State University and the Hartt School of Music and in spring of 2001
the University of Illinois. As a faculty member of the HED Centre of Yehud,
his duties included the organization of international seminars of contemporary chamber
music. The Center (now located in Tel Aviv)
was designed to provide a platform for composers in Israel and, in this capacity Prof.
Zecharia Plavin has worked with many distinguished composers including Sir Harrison
Birthwistle and Einojuhanni Rautavaara. His broad knowledge of art, literature and
history as well as his profound familiarity with the life and circumstances of the
composers of the selected repertoire allows him to bring special qualities to his music
making as well as his teaching. A thoughtful and searching musicality
characterizes concerts by this superb musician. In
search for the eternal truth in the music, pianist Zecharia Plavin gives another dimension
to his performances: "This is, quite simply, magnetic playing. Combining rhythmic strength with improvisatory fire, structural intuition with tonal finesse, Plavin projects both the intellect and the passion of the music with a conviction that's utterly compelling." Prof. Peter J. Rabinowitz, Contributing Editor at Fanfare “His immersion in the music is so intense
that its spiritual content is exposed and turned convincingly into sonorific
substance.” Benjamin
Bar-Am Jerusalem Post “When Plavin reached the huge climax,
after which Liszt inserts, abruptly, a moment of complete silence, I found myself holding
my breath” “Ein
überragender Pianist, ein grossartiger Meister seines Fachs, der sich nicht nur mit
Schumann ausenandergesetzt, sondern ihn auch verinnerlicht hat.” Hannoversche
Allgemeine “His playing is characterized by great
taste, intelligence and fantasy. His very
accomplished approach to diversified styles is made possible by a very strong technique
always at the service of his art, never an end by itself.” Prof. Luiz de
Moura Castro, The Hartt School “…the unique quality of Mr.
Plavin’s art is his quite uncanny ability to suggest to the listener the idea or
experience behind the inspiration of the composer.” Concert pianist
Michael Wladkowski, Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris
DISCOGRAPHY: Scriabin – LP - Label: Sound Starton (SST) Germany Twelve Etudes, op. 8 Sonata N7 “White Mass”,
op. 64 Schumann - CD SST
31107 “Abegg” Variations op. 1 Two Romances from op. 28 “Kreisleriana” op. 16 2002 RELEASE! Liszt: Petrarch Sonnets Nr. 47,
104 Franck: Prelude, Chorale and Fugue Bloch: Piano Sonata (1935) Liszt: Ricordanza improvisatory fire, structural intuition with tonal finesse, Plavin projects both the intellect and the passion of the music with a conviction that's utterly compelling." Peter J. Rabinowitz, Contributing Editor at Fanfare Ben Zion Orgad –IMI CD
02 1998 “Maftir” Mendelssohn and Schumann
–CD 84423 (Meridian) Mendelssohn – Fantasie op. 28
Schumann – Novelettes op. 21
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