Aviram Freiberg, Israel
About myself: Multi-faced musician – horn player, singer, composer, teacher, researcher and entrepreneur. I studied horn performance at the New England Conservatory with Richard Mackey and Jonathan Menkis. I obtained M.A in Musicology from Bar-Ilan University (Israel) and currently I am a PhD candidate in Musicology at the University of Haifa (Israel). As a horn player I played professionally for over 23 years until I retired in 2016. I played with the Ra'anana Symphonette as Assistant principle, low horn with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and 4th horn and 3rd/Assistant principle with the Haifa orchestra. In 2017 I played Yehezkel Braun horn Concerto with the Havalsymphoniker, Falkensee, Germany. I teach horn privately and in local music schools. I am a recipient of America-Israel Cultural Foundation's scholarships. As a baritone singer I performed as soloist with choirs, orchestras and in opera and recitals. I composed 5 operas, numerous songs, orchestral and chamber pieces. Established Haifa's Theatre-Opera group dedicated to performance of contemporary chamber operas.
Under the global health pandemic and the restrictions it has brought to our lives it has been extra demanding to maintain performance schedules. Concerts were cancelled, orchestras ceased their rehearsals and concert series. However, despite the challenging circumstances, some horn related musical activities took place in Israel, both at the professional and the amateur scenes.
Horn players of the Israeli Camerata, Principle Alon Reuven and second Ruth (Ruti) Rozman-Varon performed Beethoven sextet op. 81b for 2 horns and string quartet in a chamber music concerts held in Jerusalem at the Birgham Young University branch, with their colleague from the Israeli Camerata.
Live from Jerusalem - January 03, 2021 - YouTube
Alon and Ruti were soloists with their orchestra, the Israeli Camerata earlier that year playing Rosetti/Haydn Concerto for 2 horns.
Haydn -Rozetti double horn concerto - YouTube
Horn players of the Israeli Philharmonic, assistant principle Dalit Segal and second Yoel Abadi played a Hanukah traditional song based oh Handel's Judas Maccabaeus.
Playing activities were continued also among amateur groups. The horn choir organized by Tzippi Cheryl Pellat, former principle of the Kibbutz Chamber Orchestra meets about every six weeks and plays for fun music from duets to large horn ensembles. Among its members are amateur players as well as retired professional players. Its members are Tzippi Cheryl Pellat, Shlomi Eini, Ami Zehavi, Shlomo Almog, Hadas Michaeli, Nechama Mann, Vitali Palei, Vladimir Shumov, Ofer Ben-Israel and Aviram Freiberg.
