Hyperion Records

Born in 1965, Arnon Erez is one of Israel’s leading pianists, primarily known as an outstanding chamber musician. He collaborates with a wide number of musicians and performs with top artists worldwide. His international career began in 1990, after winning—together with his duo partner Hagai Shaham—the ARD International Music Competition in Munich, a prize which had not been awarded in the violin–piano duo category since 1971.

Arnon Erez studied the piano with Mrs Hana Shalgi, Professor Michael Boguslavski and Professor Arie Vardi. He graduated at the Rubin Academy of Music, Tel Aviv University, and took on advanced studies of chamber music in America with the Guarneri quartet. He received scholarships from the America–Israel Cultural Foundation and won several competitions, including first prize in the François Shapira competition, Israel’s most prestigious national competition, the Tel Aviv Rubin Academy competition and the Clairmont awards.

Arnon Erez has performed in numerous major concert halls, including Carnegie Hall, New York; Beethovenhalle, Bonn; Alte Oper, Frankfurt; Musikverein, Vienna; the New Auditorium of the Louvre in Paris; and London’s Wigmore Hall. He has also recorded for radio and television stations in Germany, Austria, Holland, Israel, Turkey, Mexico and France. Arnon Erez currently teaches at The Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at the Tel Aviv University.