Gilad Kaplansky, Cello
Performances by Gilad Kaplansky
| Composer | Title | Date | Action |
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| Franz Schubert | Adagio, from String Quintet in C Major, D. 956 | 11/17/2011 |
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| Ludwig van Beethoven | Cello Sonata No. 2 in g minor, Op. 5, No. 2 | 11/08/2011 |
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| Ludwig van Beethoven | Sonata in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2 for Piano and Cello | 12/07/2011 |
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| Johannes Brahms | Piano Quartet in A Major, Op. 26 | 11/03/2011 |
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| Franz Schubert | String Quartet in D Minor, "Death and the Maiden," D. 810 | 12/08/2011 |
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Gilad Kaplansky, Cello
Biography
Gilad Kaplansky was born in Israel in 1978. He started playing the cello at the age of 4.
Since 1995, winner of the AICF ( American Israel Cultural Foundation ) competitions for Scholarships.
Gilad was enlisted to th IDF ( Israel Defense Forces ) in Nov. 1996 and graduated from the Officers School in sep. 1998 after being very badly injured in Lebanon. As a result of his service, injury and necessary post injury operations and treatments, Gilad did not play the Cello for 3 years.
Since his return to the Cello he participated in several Festivals such as Ravinia, Chicago and Verbier, Switzerland and in different Master Classes among them with Yo Yo MA, Daniel Barenboim, Bernard Greenhouse and Janush Starker.
In 1999 and 2000 he was the First Prize winner of the Haifa Rothenberg Competition and First Prize winner in the Treizin Project.
Gilad is regularly performing with Orchestras as a soloist in Israel and abroad. In his most recent concert in Israel he performed the modern cello concerto by Fridrich Gulda with the Y.P.O. In 2006/7 Gilad completed his studiesis in the Class of Prof. Frans Helmerson in Cologne Germany. Since then Gilad is acting as principal Cello in the Royal Flanders Philharmonic Orchestra, under Philippe Hereweghe.