Michael Shaham
Chamber Music Connects the World, junior
Michael Shaham, born in Israel in 2003, received scholarships from the America Israel Cultural Foundation and the Jerusalem Music Centre from the age of ten. In 2022, he won the first prize at the ISA Challenge competition in Austria, followed by a second prize at the Kreisler competition in Vienna. In 2023, he was a finalist at the Concours musical international de Montréal.
As a soloist, Michael Shaham has collaborated with numerous orchestras, including the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. Performances have taken him to prestigious venues such as the Vienna Musikverein, the Montreal Arts Center, the Henry Crown Hall in Jerusalem, and the Bronfman Auditorium in Tel Aviv. As an active chamber musician, Michael Shaham has played with renowned musicians such as Vadim Gluzman, Grigory Kalinowsky, Ron Ephrat, Raphael Wallfisch, Hillel Zori, Christoph Richter, Avedis Kouyoumdjian, and Arnon Erez.
Michael Shaham's formal education took a significant step when he joined the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia at the age of 16, where he further refined his skills under the guidance of Shmuel Ashkenazi and Ida Kavafian.
He plays on a violin by Santino Lavazza (Milan, ca. 1714), on loan from the Ryuji Ueno Foundation and Rare Violins In Consortium, Artists and Benefactors Collaborative.
LIEBESERKLÄRUNG
Participants
- Gidon Kremer violin
- Miklós Perényi cello
- Leonhard Baumgartner violin
- Sarah Jégou-Sageman violin
- Yeyeong Jin violin
- Seohyun Kim violin
- Leanne McGowan violin
- Jason Moon violin
- Oliver Neubauer violin
- Guido Sant’Anna violin
- Michael Shaham violin
- Marija Strapcāne violin
- Eike Coetzee viola
- Toby Cook viola
- Edgar Francis viola
- Laura Liu viola
- Joseph Skerik viola
- Otoha Tabata viola
- Maxim Calver cello
- Sebastian Fritsch cello
- Chase Park cello
- Macintyre Taback cello
- Alexander Warenberg cello
- Arne Zeller cello
- Dominik Wagner double bass
- Itai Navon piano
Programme
Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
Intermezzo in d minor for string quintet WAB 113
Gidon Kremer, Seohyun Kim (violin)
Laura Liu, Joseph Skerik (viola)
Chase Park (cello)
Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)
Adagio from Symphony No. 10 (Arr. Stadlmayr for 16–21 string players)
Gidon Kremer, Leanne McGowan, Oliver Neubauer, Guido Sant’Anna, Sarah Jégou-Sageman, Yeyeong Jin, Marija Strapcāne, Jason Moon, Leonhard Baumgartner, Michael Shaham (violin)
Edgar Francis, Otoha Tabata, Joseph Skerik, Toby Cook, Eike Coetzee (viola)
Macintyre Taback, Sebastian Fritsch, Maxim Calver, Alexander Warenberg, Arne Zeller (cello)
Dominik Wagner, Iurii Gavryliuk (double bass)
Intermission
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Piano quartet No. 1 in g minor op. 25
Leanne McGowan (violin)
Eike Coetzee (viola)
Miklós Perényi (cello)
Itai Navon (piano)
Subject to change.
ROMANTISCHE GIPFEL
Participants
- Gary Hoffman cello
- Sir András Schiff piano
- Leonhard Baumgartner violin
- Sarah Jégou-Sageman violin
- Michael Shaham violin
- Toby Cook viola
- Laura Liu viola
- Bryan Cheng cello
- Macintyre Taback cello
Programme
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Piano trio No. 3 in g minor op. 110
Sarah Jégou-Sageman (violin)
Bryan Cheng (cello)
Sir András Schiff (piano)
Intermission
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
String sextet No. 2 in G major op. 36
Michael Shaham, Leonhard Baumgartner (violin)
Laura Liu, Toby Cook (viola)
Gary Hoffman, Macintyre Taback (cello)
Subject to change.
WUNDERKINDER
Participants
- Antje Weithaas violin
- Lawrence Power viola
- Evan Johanson violin
- Leanne McGowan violin
- Michael Shaham violin
- Toby Cook viola
- Laura Liu viola
- Ivan Skanavi cello
- Alexander Warenberg cello
- Julius Asal piano
Programme
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847)
String quintet No. 1 in A major op. 18
Antje Weithaas, Leanne McGowan (violin)
Toby Cook, Laura Liu (viola)
Ivan Skanavi (cello)
Intermission
Josef Suk (1874–1935)
Piano quintet in g minor op. 8
Evan Johanson, Michael Shaham (violin)
Lawrence Power (viola)
Alexander Warenberg (cello)
Julius Asal (piano)
Introduction
Exclusively for Friends of the Kronberg Academy
6.30 pm
Casals Forum, Großer Saal
Dr. Norbert Müllemann (Henle Publishers) introduces the string quintet by Mendelssohn.
Subject to change.