Daniel Gortler

Daniel Gortler- דניאל גורטלר
Background information
BornTel Aviv, Israel
GenresClassical
OccupationPianist

Daniel Gortler (Hebrew: דניאל גורטלר) is an Israeli pianist.(born April 12 , 1965)

Education and early life

Born and raised in Israel, Gortler began studying classical music and piano with Naomi Hachohen. He graduated from the Rubin Music Academy in Tel-Aviv and continued his musical studies at the Musikhochschule Hannover, studying Arie Vardi.[1]

Gortler was faculty member of the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at Tel-Aviv University until 2011. From 2011 to 2013, he was a guest artist in piano studies in the Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions at New York University's Steinhardt School.[2]

Career

As a soloist, Gortler has performed with orchestras including the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Bochum Orchestra, the New World Symphony Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Huston Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony as well as orchestras in Brazil and South Africa.[3][4] He has worked with conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Christoph Eschenbach, Valery Gergiev and Michael Tilson Thomas.[5]

Gortler has performed in festivals such as the Montpellier Festival, Lucerne Festival and Israel Festival. A collaboration with Pinchas Zukerman resulted in an original video recording of Marc Neikrug's "Through Roses".[1]

Gortler has performed chamber music with artists including Nikolaj Znaider, Bo Skovhus, Steven Isserlis, Sergey Ostrovsky, Daniel Johannsen, David Garrett, the Shanghai Quartet and the Jupiter Quartet.[6][4]

Awards

Recordings

Gortler has recorded several albums with Romeo Records:

  • Songs without Words[7]
  • Schubert Lieder with Sharon-Rostorf Zamir[8]
  • Schumann: Symphonic Etudes & Faschingsschwank aus Wien[9]

In 2023, Gortler released his debut album with Prospero Classical, featuring a selection of Edvard Grieg's Lyric Pieces. The album, titled "Daniel Gortler plays Edvard Grieg - Lyric Pieces," includes 21 of Gortler's personal favorites from Grieg's collection of 66 short character pieces.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "DANIEL GORTLER - Piano". www.meridian-records.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  2. ^ "School of Visual Arts | SVA | New York City | Events & Exhibitions | Internationally Renowned Pianist Daniel Gortler". School of Visual Arts | SVA | New York City. Retrieved 2022-05-30.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Daniel Gortler". AICF. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  4. ^ a b "Gortler Daniel, pianist". www.israel-opera.co.il. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  5. ^ "Concert - An Evening with Daniel Gortler and Daniel Johanssen". The Jewish Museum. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  6. ^ a b "About". Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  7. ^ "Romeo Records - At Romeo Records We Love Music". www.romeorecords.com. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  8. ^ "Romeo Records - At Romeo Records We Love Music". www.romeorecords.com. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  9. ^ Schumann: Symphonic Etudes & Faschingsschwank aus Wien by Daniel Gortler, 2010-12-01, retrieved 2022-05-30
  10. ^ "Daniel Gortler - Grieg: Lyric Pieces (Selection)". PROSPERO (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2024-07-07.