Nabeel Hayek
Nabeel Hayek first started learning the piano at the age of seven and is currently studying with Professor A. Vardi and Professor A. Zohar at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, Tel Aviv University. In addition, Hayek is coached by the Maestro M. Perahia several times a year. Since 2014 he has also received four excellency scholarships given by the America-Israel Cultural Foundation. In 2021 Hayek served as a junior jury member at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition. He regularly performs recitals on Israeli radio for the classical music station Kan Voice of Music, has performed twice for the Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society, and several times with three of the major orchestras in Israel, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Israel Chamber Orchestra and Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion.
Programme
Round 1
L. van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-flat major, Op. 7 (“Grand Sonata”)
S. Rachmaninov: Études-Tableaux No. 1 in C minor, for piano, Op. 39
S. Rachmaninov: Études-Tableaux No. 4 in B minor, for piano, Op. 39
S. Rachmaninov: Études-Tableaux No. 5 in E-flat minor, for piano, Op. 39
S. Rachmaninov: Études-Tableaux No. 9 in D major, for piano, Op. 39
Round 2
B. Bartók: Dance Suite (Táncszvit), for piano, Sz. 77, BB 86
C. Debussy: Images (3), for piano, Book II
R. Schumann: Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13
Round 3
S. Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16
Awards received
- 1st prize, Arianne Katcz Piano Competition, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2022
- 1st prize, Maurice M. Clairmont Piano Competition, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2020
- 1st prize, PianoForever Competition, Ashdod, Israel, 2020
- 2nd prize, Tel Hai International Piano Masterclasses Concerto Competition, Tel Hai, Israel, 2019
- 1st prize and prize for best performance of an Israeli piece, Kan Voice of Music Young Artists Piano Competition, Jerusalem, Israel, 2017
- 1st prize, PianoForever Competition, Ashdod, Israel, 2017
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