Ben Haim Trio

Ben Haim Trio – Enlighten (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:10:47 minutes | 2,60 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Meridian Records

Guy Figer is a passionate chamber musician, soloist, concertmaster and pedagogue. Hailed for his “exciting, assertive playing” (Fanfare Magazine) and for his “excellent playing” (American Record Guide), he is the first prize winner at the Paul Ben Haim competition, twice in a row, in violin and in chamber music. Among his other awards are the Thomastik Infeld Prize of the Prague / Vienna / Budapest summer academy and annual scholarships from the America Israel Cultural Foundation. He was also a finalist at the “Vittorio Gui” chamber music competition in Florence, Italy. Figer has appeared as a soloist with numerous orchestras in Israel and abroad and has been broadcast on Israeli radio, Vienna Radio, on WFMT Chicago and on WQXR New York. He often performs in Europe, North America and his native Israel. Since 2005 Guy is a member of the Figer-Khanina Duo, together with pianist Anna Khanina. The Duo’s debut CD was released under the label New Focus Recordings and is distributed by Naxos of America. Currently Figer is based in Israel. An avid pedagogue, he serves as a faculty member at the Israeli Conservatory Tel Aviv and teaches regularly at the “Keshet Eilon” national violin seminars.

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