

Yaniv continued to perform as a singer and actor when he toured the USA and Japan as Colin in The Secret Garden, which he performed alongside Tony award winner Audra McDonald. As an eight year old boy soprano, Yaniv joined the Metropolitan Opera Children’s Chorus and sang both in the choir and as a soloist with great conductors such as James Levine, Valery Gergiev and Georg Solti, sharing the stage with leading singers Samuel Ramey, Luciano Pavarotti, and Dawn Upshaw, among others. He later was a soloist several times with the Yonkers Philharmonic, and performed chamber music with members of the New York Philharmonic on both violin and viola. In the spotlight from a young age, Yaniv’s first public performance was as an eight year old violinist. Yaniv also recorded David Chesky’s score to the animated film The Mice War, an opera geared towards teaching children the folly of war. Recorded using the latest binaural technology, the album was called “a winner” by Fanfare Magazine. A versatile musician, the New York Times praised his performance of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony with the Chelsea Symphony as an “earnest, vibrant account,” and Esquire Magazine profiled him as a rising star that is “redefining classical music.”ĭuring the 2015-2016 season, Yaniv released a CD entitled Joy and Sorrow that features all-new music by David Chesky performed by the Chelsea Symphony with soloists Artur Kaganovskiy, Ethan Herschenfeld, Moran Katz and Kristina Reiki Cooper. Yaniv recently made his debuts with the Toledo Symphony and Orlando Philharmonic, and served as a cover conductor for Leonard Slatkin and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. In December of 2016, he shared the stage with legendary violinist Itzhak Perlman in a concert that the Naples Daily News called “off the charts.”

Yaniv leads the Naples Philharmonic in nearly twenty different programs per season, encompassing a wide variety of styles including classical, educational, and pops programming. The soloists for this performance are made possible through generous support from James and Sanda Findley and the firm of Findley Davies, in memory of John Stockwell.įrom 2014-2017, conductor, composer, and violinist Yaniv Segal was the assistant conductor to Andrey Boreyko at the Naples Philharmonic, and music director of the Naples Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. Each of the four concerts features one of his most popular concerti, paired with a TSO premiere! In our Festival of 88, we highlight the 88 keys of Mozart’s instrument in a new afternoon concert format.

Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor She won the second prize at the Mozart Prize Competition (Salzburg), and attained the semi-final in the Richard Vines International Piano Competition (Lleida).Buy In-Person Tickets Yaniv Segal, conductorīeethoven orch.

Li Xie has demonstrated her excellence as both a concert pianist and in playing chamber music. And in 2021, Li Xie joined the Musica Mundi School as an accompanist.
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In 2016, Li Xie began her professional career in piano teaching and accompaniment at the Conservatory of Paris (17ème Arrondissement). She received in 2016 the highest degree in piano accompaniment: Concertiste – Accompagnement au Piano. In 2014, she moved to Paris to begin her studies in Piano Accompaniment at the Conservatory of Paris (CRR de Paris) under Professor Arian Jacob and Professor Jean-Marie Cottet. During her postgraduate studies, she began participating as a piano accompanist and playing chamber music. Given her cum laude achievements, she was selected for the highest degree program of Postgraduate in Solo Pianist, completing this degree and her studies at Mozarteum in 2013. She then continued under Professor Jacques Rouvier, receiving a Master of Arts once again with Highest Distinction. She graduated with Highest Distinction (cum laude) receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Solo Pianist under Professor Peter Lang. In 2005, she pursued her studies abroad being accepted to Mozarteum University in Salzburg, Austria. Born in Shanghai in 1987, Li Xie began studying piano at the age of four.
