Orit Wolf

Orit Wolf (Ph.D) (Hebrew: אורית וולף‎, born 1974 in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli pianist[1] and composer. Currently holds a lecturer position at the Royal Academy of Music, London. She is also a guest lecturer and a mentor on the area of Innovation, Creativity and Leadership.

Orit Wolf
Background information
Born (1974-10-08) October 8, 1974
Tel Aviv
GenresClassical
Occupation(s)[[Pianist and Innovation Mentor]
Websitewww.oritwolf.com

Education

Started at the age of six, Orit Wolf was studying with Hanna Shalgi. At the age of 16 she graduated from Thelma Yelin High School for the Arts and studied with Prof. Alexander Volkov, she began her academic studies at the Tel Aviv University under the direction of Arie Vardi. She also studied music composition and improvisation with Andre Hajdu while attending masterclasses given by Leon Fleisher, Claude Frank, Menachem Pressler, Gyorge Shebok, Gilbert Kalish and Peter Serkin.

In 1991, Wolf attended the Boston University Tanglewood Institute and then received a full Dean's scholarship to Boston University. She graduated from Boston University Summa Cum Laude in piano performance under Prof. Benjamin Pasternack and Composer Lukas Foss.

Wolf received a post-graduate degree (DipRAM) and her Masters (M.Mus) from the Royal Academy of Music in 1998 under the direction of Christopher Elton. She was also studying with Maria Curcio.

In 2007, Wolf earned a Ph.D under the President Scholarships from Bar-Ilan University in Musicology.[2] Her thesis title was "Beethoven as Heard by the Romantics: A Study of Romantic Style Cadenzas Composed to Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto".[3]

Performances and distinctions

At the age of 11, she was invited to perform in Germany and Belgium on behalf of the Israel Broadcasting Authority. At the age of 14, she recorded for "Kol Ha-Musica", the Israeli Classical Radio Music Station (IBO), on various performances which includes her own compositions.

Wolf has performed as a soloist and with various orchestras including the Israel Chamber Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Rishon LeZion Symphony, Braslaw Philharmonic, Royal Academy Symphony Orchestra and the English Chamber Orchestra. She has played at the Tanglewood Music Festival and Israel Festival (Israel), East West Festival (Holland) and the Upper Galilee Music Festival. She has played in prestigious concert halls such as the Wigmore Hall, St. Matrin Hall (London), Symphony Hall (Boston), The Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) and the Alte Oper (Frankfurt).

Wolf has collaborated with numerous international artists and ensembles such as St. Lawerence Quartet, Aviv Quartet, Joanna McGreggor, Nobuko Imai, Simca Heled, David D'or, Erez Ofer, Sergei Krylov, Hagai Shaham, Hillel Zori and Christine Brewer. She records regularly for many radio stations including the BBC, CBS, CBC, IBO, WGBH, NRK and GLR.

In 2007 Wolf released a CD of recordings titled Impulse.[4]

Since 2007 Wolf conducts her own Concert Lecture Series. She has founded over 8 series with thousands of subscribers. Her home base is the Tel Aviv Museum of Art where she holds two main concert series named: On a Personal Note. She hosts and performs live with acclaimed international guest artists as well as conversing with them freely on stage. She performs over 90 concerts a year.[5] She is also an artistic director of concert series in Israel Museum, Jerusalem Theatre, Haifa Museum, Ashdod, Nahariya, Kfar Yona, Raanana and Kfar Shmaryu. She fulfils her vision to bring Classical Music into wide variety of audiences and creates interdiscplinary performances where different international artists meet, perform and converse. She is also well known by her Mesh Ups collaborations, transcriptions and creations with classical music versus popular music. In 2019 She received the Rozenblum Prize for her distinctive contribution to the music world by the Tel Aviv Municipality. This prize is in addition to her Kahn Award for the arts ( Boston), ARAM ( London), East & West Artist International ( NY), America Israel Cultural Foundation ( IL) and many more.

Recently Wolf was invited to give a TED talk on "Play the Keynote of your Life"- bringing Music, Leaderhip and Innovation into action and collaboration.

Wolf is also a business consultant in the area of innovative thinking and creative marketing.[6] in 2010 The Marker Magazine has chosen her as one of the hundred most influential people of the year. She is consider one of the top guest lectures on the area of Music, Leadership and Creativity.[7]

Compositions
  • Associations from Liszt – Piano version 1990 (Download score in PDF)[8]
  • Memories from a temple – (Solo Piano) 1994 (Download score in PDF)[9]
  • Prelude and Fugue – (Solo Piano) 1995
  • Nostalgia from Grandfather – (Solo Piano-Free Improvisation) 1997
  • Kol Nidrei – (Solo Piano-Free Improvisation) 2000
  • Association from Liszt – for Viola, Clarinet and Piano, 2001
  • Ben Haim/Orit Wolf: Lullaby – Transcription for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, 2002
  • Human’s Love – Romanza for Violin and Piano, 2003, Download score in PDF: 1[10] / and 2[11]
  • Kadenza for Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 K. 488, 2005 (Download score in PDF[12]
  • White, Light and Argaman – for Symphony Orchestra, 2006 (Premiered by the Rishon Lezziyon Symphony Orchestra, November 2006) (Download score in PDF[13]
  • Introspection – for Violin and Piano, 2007 Longings (Solo Piano), 2007
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References
  1. Eppstein, Ury; Michael Ajzenstadt (July 4, 1995). "Pianist Orit Wolf displays sensitivity, refinement in debut". Jerusalem Post. p. 7. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  2. "Israel News - Jpost.com Israel". www.jpost.com.
  3. http://www.oritwolf.com/music/?page_id=439
  4. Wolf, Orit. "Audio : Orit Wolf – Concert Pianist -- אורית וולף – פסנתרנית". www.oritwolf.com.
  5. Wolf, Orit. "Concert Dates : Orit Wolf – Concert Pianist -- אורית וולף – פסנתרנית". www.oritwolf.com.
  6. "Orit Wolf".
  7. http://oritwolf.com/business/en/?page_id=23
  8. http://www.oritwolf.com/music/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Associations-from-Liszt-Pno.pdf
  9. http://www.oritwolf.com/music/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Memories-from-a-Temple.pdf
  10. http://www.oritwolf.com/music/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Romanza-for-Violin-and-Piano.pdf
  11. http://www.oritwolf.com/music/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Romanza-Vln.pdf
  12. http://www.oritwolf.com/music/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Cadenza-from-Mozart-Concerto.pdf
  13. http://www.oritwolf.com/music/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Light-White-and-Argaman.pdf
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