VIOLIN 2023
Finalist
CMIM Grants for Unranked Finalists
Michael has been playing the violin since the age of six as a member of a family of musicians. He has won scholarships from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation since 2013 and recently won the 2nd prize in the International Fritz Kreisler Competition in Vienna. In 2019, violinist Vadim Gluzman granted Michael a scholarship from the Arkady Fomin Foundation.
Michael has performed as a soloist with the Israel Philharmonic, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, and other major orchestras in Israel. Since 2019, Michael has been studying at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia with Shmuel Ashkenasi and Ida Kavafian. In Israel, he studied at the Israeli Conservatory of Music in Tel Aviv with his father Hagai Shaham and Guy Figer and is an alumnus of the Jerusalem Music Centre. Michael performs on a violin by Santino Lavazza, Milan c1714, on loan from The Ryuji Ueno Foundation and Rare Violins In Consortium, Artists and Benefactors Collaborative.
Principal teachers
- Ida Kavafian, 2019-2022
- Shmuel Ashkensai, 2019-2022
- Guy Figer, 2012-2019
- Hagai Shaham, 2009-2012
Major Competitions
- Joint 2nd prize, Fritz Kreisler Competition, 2022
Programme
FIRST ROUND
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003
I. Grave
II. Fugue
EUGÈNE YSAŸE Violin Sonata No. 4 in E minor, Op. 27
I. Allemande
II. Sarabande
III. Finale
ERNEST BLOCH Baal Shem, B. 47: Nigun
SEMIFINAL
FRANZ SCHUBERT Violin Sonata in A major, ‘Grand Duo’, D. 574
I. Allegro moderato
II. Scherzo: presto
III. Andantino
IV. Allegro vivace
LUNA PEARL WOOLF L’Inconnu.e bouleversant.e
GABRIEL FAURÉ Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13
I. Allegro molto
II. Andante
III. Scherzo: Allegro vivo
IV. Finale: Allegro quasi presto
FRANZ WAXMAN Carmen Fantasie
FINAL
JEAN SIBELIUS Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
I. Allegro moderato
II. Adagio di molto
III. Allegro, ma non tanto
Pianist: Jinhee Park
Michael Shaham has is generously sponsored by Nancy Rowat and Ernest McNee
