Gilad Harel
As a soloist in Israel, Europe and the United States, he recently appeared with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra under the baton of maestro Frederic Chaslin, had an entire program as a soloist with the Geneva Chamber Orchestra conducted by Mr. David Greilsammer, performed at the Taipei International Festival for the Arts in Taiwan with Israeli mandolin player Avi Avital, and played at the main stage of the Krakow Festival for Jewish Culture with the Sexteto Roberto Rodriguez (a group playing klezmer music with Cuban rhythms).
Gilad Harel toured with singer-song-writer Natalie Merchant and appeared on her previous album. He was a part of a two week long festival of Israeli Jazz in New York City, collaborated with renowned composers such as Elliott Carter, Salvatore Sciarrino, John Zorn, Tristan Murail among many others, and was the principal clarinetist of the Manhattan Sinfonieta, with which he performed as a soloist. Mr. Harel has also been a frequent guest artist with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, artistic director of the Fountain Chamber Music Society, and an artistic advisor for the Suedama Ensemble.
Living in Israel for the past three years, Gilad Harel is a member of the Meitar Ensemble and the Israeli Contemporary Players. In addition to his activities as a performer, Mr. Harel is the artistic director of the Center for Contemporary and Electronic Music at the Israeli Conservatory of Music in Tel Aviv. He teaches clarinet and contemporary music performance at the Jerusalem Academy of music and at the Buchman-Mehta School of music at the Tel Aviv University. In addition, he was invited to open the unique cathedra for klezmer music at the inter-disciplinary department at the Jerusalem Academy of Music.
Gilad Harel is a graduate of the Juilliard School, New York; the Conservatoire National de Musique de Paris; and the Israeli Conservatory of Music, Tel-Aviv.