Michael
Shaham

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 2^nd 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.