Musical magic moments with exceptional talents
Eylam Keshet, piano
Eylam Keshet is an Israeli pianist who lives in Basel, Switzerland. He is currently an assistant to Prof Anton Kernjak at the Basel Music Academy, where he teaches students at Bachelor and Master level. His career has led him to perform on international stages such as the Ravinia Festival and the Pau Casals International Music Festival. In 2019 he released a CD with sonatas by D. Scarlatti. In 2024, he performed at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, the Brandenburg Summer Concerts and other German events.
Keshet has taken part in prestigious competitions, including the Chopin Competition in Warsaw and the Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition in Brussels. He performs regularly with orchestras such as the Basel Chamber Orchestra and the Haifa Symphony Orchestra. Numerous foundations have awarded him scholarships.
Chamber music and collaborations with colleagues are of great importance to him. He has worked with artists such as Alexander Melnikov and Louis Lortie and has performed in concert halls such as Bennett Gordon Hall in Chicago and Sprague Hall in New Haven. Eylam studied at the University of Tel Aviv, the Yale School of Music and the Musik Akademie Basel. He also studied fortepiano. In addition to his performances, he gives masterclasses in Israel, Europe and Great Britain.
Jonathan Leiboviz, clarinet
Jonathan Leibovitz, recipient of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust 2024 Scholarship and winner of the 2022 Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) and Concert Artists Guild (New York) International Auditions at Wigmore Hall, is one of the most promising clarinettists of his generation.
He is the winner of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra's 2022 Arthur Waser Prize, winner of the 2021 Crusell International Clarinet Competition and a former member of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
His solo career began in 2015 with Mozart's Clarinet Concerto and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Since then, he has performed as a soloist with orchestras such as the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, the Israeli Chamber Orchestra and the Kuopio Symphony Orchestra.
As a chamber musician, Jonathan has performed at the Wigmore Hall, the Alte Oper Frankfurt, the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and the Verbier Festival.
He began his musical training with Eva Wasserman, continued his studies with Yevgeny Yehudin at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music and is now completing his master's degree with François Benda and Claudio Martinez Mehner at the Basel Music Academy.
Playing works by Frédéric Chopin, Clara Schumann, Claude Debussy and Johannes Brahms.
Start 4.00 p.m. (duration approx. 70 min. with short intermission)
Doors open at 3.15 p.m. / box office
Eylam Keshet, piano
Eylam Keshet is an Israeli pianist who lives in Basel, Switzerland. He is currently an assistant to Prof Anton Kernjak at the Basel Music Academy, where he teaches students at Bachelor and Master level. His career has led him to perform on international stages such as the Ravinia Festival and the Pau Casals International Music Festival. In 2019 he released a CD with sonatas by D. Scarlatti. In 2024, he performed at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, the Brandenburg Summer Concerts and other German events.
Keshet has taken part in prestigious competitions, including the Chopin Competition in Warsaw and the Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition in Brussels. He performs regularly with orchestras such as the Basel Chamber Orchestra and the Haifa Symphony Orchestra. Numerous foundations have awarded him scholarships.
Chamber music and collaborations with colleagues are of great importance to him. He has worked with artists such as Alexander Melnikov and Louis Lortie and has performed in concert halls such as Bennett Gordon Hall in Chicago and Sprague Hall in New Haven. Eylam studied at the University of Tel Aviv, the Yale School of Music and the Musik Akademie Basel. He also studied fortepiano. In addition to his performances, he gives masterclasses in Israel, Europe and Great Britain.
Jonathan Leiboviz, clarinet
Jonathan Leibovitz, recipient of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust 2024 Scholarship and winner of the 2022 Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) and Concert Artists Guild (New York) International Auditions at Wigmore Hall, is one of the most promising clarinettists of his generation.
He is the winner of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra's 2022 Arthur Waser Prize, winner of the 2021 Crusell International Clarinet Competition and a former member of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
His solo career began in 2015 with Mozart's Clarinet Concerto and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Since then, he has performed as a soloist with orchestras such as the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, the Israeli Chamber Orchestra and the Kuopio Symphony Orchestra.
As a chamber musician, Jonathan has performed at the Wigmore Hall, the Alte Oper Frankfurt, the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and the Verbier Festival.
He began his musical training with Eva Wasserman, continued his studies with Yevgeny Yehudin at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music and is now completing his master's degree with François Benda and Claudio Martinez Mehner at the Basel Music Academy.
Playing works by Frédéric Chopin, Clara Schumann, Claude Debussy and Johannes Brahms.
Start 4.00 p.m. (duration approx. 70 min. with short intermission)
Doors open at 3.15 p.m. / box office
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Admission prices adults / CHF 50.-
Local residents / CHF 40.-
Apprentices and students (16-25 yrs. with ID) / CHF 20.-
Young people under 16: free of charge
Local residents / CHF 40.-
Apprentices and students (16-25 yrs. with ID) / CHF 20.-
Young people under 16: free of charge
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Benediktinerkloster 1 6390 Engelberg
Benediktinerkloster 1
6390 Engelberg
