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Competition Awards:

Prizewinner, The 12th Arthur Rubinstein Piano Master Competition, Israel, 2008
Prizewinner, Vianna da Motta International Piano Competition, Portugal, 2007
Prizewinner, Spanish Composers International Piano Competition, Spain, 2006
Prizewinner, Casagrande International Piano Competition, Italy, 2006
1st Prize Winner, “Premio Jaen” International Piano Competition, Spain, 2006
2nd Prize Winner, “Cidade de Ferrol” International Piano Competition,  Spain, 2005
Prizewinner, Panama International Piano Competition, Panama, 2004
2nd Prize Winner, “Cidade de Porto” International Piano Competition,  Portugal2004
Prizewinner, Piano-e-competition, USA, 2004
1st prize Winner, Maria Canals International Piano Competition, Spain, 2003
Prizewinner, Ariana Katz Piano Competition, Israel, 2002
Winner, Tel-Aviv University Academy of Music Concerto Competition, 2001
1st Prize Winner, Ben-Haim Israeli Competition, Israel, 2001

Selected Venues:

Minnesota Symphony Hall, USA
The Great Hall of the Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal
The Purcell  Room at the London Royal Festival Hall, London, UK
Hong Kong City Hall, Hong kong, China
The Palau de la Música Catalana,  Barcelona, Spain
Merkin Hall at Lincoln Center, New York, USA
Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv, Israel
Yamaha Piano Salon,  New York, USA
National Philharmonic Hall of Ukraine,  Kiev, Ukraine
Palau de la Musica, Valencia, Spain
Joaquin Rodrigo Auditorium, Madrid, Spain
Josep Carreras Auditorium, Villa Seca, Spain
Alfredo Kraus Auditorium, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Guanghualu Arts Center, Beijing, China

Performances with Orchestras:

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Israel  (2008)
The Gulbenkian Orchestra, Portugal (2007)
Warsaw Symphony Orchestra (2007)
Cordoba Symphony Orchestra, Spain (2006)
The North Orchestra of Portugal (2005)
The Northwest Orchestra of Chicago, USA (2005)
The Porto Symphony, Portugal (2004)
Minnesota Symphony Orchestra, USA (2004)
The Gran Canaria Philharmonic, Spain  (2003)
The Tenerife Symphony Orchestra, Spain  (2003)
Tel-Aviv Music Academy Orchestra, Israel (2002)
Kharkov Youth Orchestra, Ukraine (2000)

Radio and TV Broadcasts:

Mezzo Classic TV Channel , France
Kol Israel Radio Station, Israel
WFMT Radio Station, Chicago, USA
Minnesota Public Radio, Minneapolis, USA
The RDP Radio, Portugal
Tenerife Radio Norte, Spain
Radio Jaen, Spain

Education:

Manhattan School of Music (2006-2010)
Doctor of Musical Arts, 2010
Teacher: Solomon Mikowsky

Manhattan School of Music  (2005-2006)
Professional Studies Diploma
Teacher: Solomon Mikowsky

Chicago College of Performing Arts (2002-2005)
Master of Music, 2005
Teacher: Solomon Mikowsky

Tel-Aviv University Academy of Music, Israel (2000-2002)
Graduate Studies
Teacher: Alexander Volkov

Kharkov Institute of Arts, Ukraine (1995-2000)
Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance and Composition, 2000
Teachers: Victor Makarov, Natalia Melnikova, Vladimir Zolotukhin 

Special Collaborations:

London Chamber Orchestra (2005)
Rehearsal pianist

Chicago Symphony Orchestra (2003)
Rehearsal Accompanist for Daniel Barenboim and Nikolai Znaider

Scholarship Awards:

Full Scholarship, Manhattan School of Music (2005-present)
Merit Scholarship, Winnetka Music Club Foundation (2004)
Full Scholarship, Chicago College of Performing Arts (2002-2005)
Merit Scholarship, American-Israeli Cultural Foundation (2001)

Special invitations:

The President’s  Conference –  Israel 2008
Performance at the Concert: Sixty Years of Friendship, the US and the Israel for presidents George W. Bush and Shimon Peres

Recording:

“The Piano Music of Joseph Dorfman” CD, Israel (2002)
Second Piano Sonata

“Jewish Violin” CD, New York (2011)
With Yuval Waldman, Violin: MBI Recordings Label