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The German-born Israeli cellist, Zvi Harell [Harel], was three years old when his family settled in Israel. He received his musical education in Israel. His father, an amateur cellist, gave him first music lessons. He continued his studies in Israel with J. Stutschewsky and the late D. Hofmekler.
In 1952, Zvi Harell joined the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. He has been soloist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra many times; the first such occasion was during the Sinai Campaign when the guest soloist failed to come to Israel and Harell stepped in to perform as soloist in his place. In 1962 he was invited to be
Principal Cellist in the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra (or Tokyo Symphony Orchestra) and a teacher of cello and chamber music at the University of Tokyo. From 1965 to 1976 he was Principal Cellist in the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. He played as a soloist with conductors such as Sergiu Celibidache, Zubin Mehta, Claudio Abbado, Antal Doráti and Paul Paray. In 1972, he was a founding member with Alexander Volkov (piano) and Menahem Breuer (violin) of the Israeli Piano Trio, played with them for many years, and toured around the world. He was later replaced with Marcel Bergman. From 1992, he has been a member with Victor Derbiano (piano) and Yair Klesss (violin) of the Modus Trio.
Zvi Harell recorded with the pianist Marina Bondarenko from the works of Schubert, Johannes Brahms, L.v. Beethoven and others, as well as the six solo suites by J.S. Bach (BWV 1007-1012). |
