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Israeli-born pianist Avner Arad has performed throughout North America and Europe as soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. Highlights of recent seasons have included engagements at Amsterdam?s Concertgebouw, Vienna?s Konzerthaus, Cologne?s Kolner Philharmonie, Brussels? Palais des Beaux Arts, the Kennedy Center, the 92nd Street Y, Merkin Hall, Carnegie Hall?s Weill Recital Hall, as well as appearances at Ravinia Festival. Mr. Arad was a recipient of Carnegie Hall?s 1998 Distinctive Debuts award. He performed his New York recital debut as winner of the Koussevitsky Memorial Competition, made his Lincoln Center debut with the Juilliard Orchestra, and embarked on his first European tour as winner of the Young Keyboard Artists International Piano Competition. He won the Juilliard School?s Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition twice. After receiving the Sharett Scholarship from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Mr. Arad worked with Barry Snyder at the Eastman School of Music. He graduated from the Curtis Institute as a pupil of Seymour Lipkin, and received his master?s degree from the Juilliard School, where he studied with the late Rudolf Firkusny and Emanuel Ax. His critically acclaimed recordings include an all-Schumann album on MSR Classics [MS1001], the piano works of Janacek on Helicon Records, and Bloch?s complete works for violin and piano for Oehms Classics.