Yaron Kohlberg

Who is Yaron Kohlberg?

Yaron Kohlberg, born in Jerusalem in 1983, is an Israeli pianist. He is the winner of prestigious international prizes and performs frequently in Israel and abroad.

He is the son of orientalist professor Etan Kohlberg and the violinist Bat-Sheva Savaldi-Kohlberg, and has an older brother, Ophir.

Kohlberg is winner of the second prize in the 2007 Cleveland International Piano Competition, where he performed in the final round with the Cleveland Orchestra. Kohlberg has also won first prizes in the Parnassos International Competition in Monterrey and the Shostakovich International Competition in Hanover, and was a top prizewinner in other international competitions such as Andorra, Tivoli and Grieg. In Israel he won the first prizes in the Clairmont competition, the Young Artist competition and the piano competition of the Jerusalem Music Academy. He has received many additional awards, including the Colton Scholarship of Tel Aviv University and a citation as the outstanding participant at the Tel-Hai Academic College Masterclasses. From 1992 he has been a regular recipient of the America Israel Cultural Foundation scholarships.

Centers at which he appeared in recitals and concerts include famous halls such as the Kremlin in Moscow, Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., the Beethovenhalle in Bonn, Severance Hall in Cleveland, Salle Cortot and Les Invalides in Paris, the United Nations hall in Geneva, Bellas Artes in Mexico City and the New Opera House in Oslo. In 2010 he is scheduled to play numerous concerts in the US, Europe and Asia.