AMMIEL
BUSHAKEVITZ
PIANIST
- performances -
Paris, France 20 December 2023
Zürich, Switzerland 07 January 2024
Munich, Germany 16 January 2024
Santiago de Compostela 18 January 2024
Spain
Berlin, Germany 28 January 2024
Franschhoek 17 February 2024 South Africa
Piano Quartets by Schubert, Mahler and Bruch
Franschhoek Chamber Music Festival (Artist in Residence)
Franschhoek 18 February 2024 South Africa
Mendelssohn Double-Concerto with Avigail Bushakevitz
Franschhoek Chamber Music Festival (Artist in Residence)
Franschhoek 18 February 2024 South Africa
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
Franschhoek Chamber Music Festival (Artist in Residence)
Barcelona, Spain 22 February 2024
London, U.K. 26 February 2024
Berlin, Germany 1-5 March 2024
Heidelberg, Germany 22 March 2024
Goiânia, Brazil 30 March 2024
New York City, U.S.A 03 April 2024
Récital de mélodies with Laetitia Grimaldi
The Peggy Rockefeller Concerts, Rockerfeller University
"Bushakevitz's playing gleams with understated wit and sensuality –
a catalogue of emotions"
GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE
- projects -
Together with Harmonia Mundi, baritone SAMUEL HASSELHORN
and pianist Ammiel Bushakevitz will record five albums of Lieder composed by Franz Schubert between 1823-1828, building up to the 200th anniversary of Schubert's death in 2028. The project also encompasses concerts, workshops, podcasts and multimedia collaboration.
LICHT! 800 YEARS OF GERMAN LIEDER
INTERNATIONAL RELEASE DATE: 6 OCTOBER 2023
Listen to this exciting new album on all streaming platforms and on CD.
Anna Lucia Richter - Mezzosoprano
Ammiel Bushakevitz - Hurdy Gurdy, Harpsichord, Clavichord, Fortepiano, Piano. A coproduction of Challenge Records & SWR.
KUNSTLIED ALS KURZFILM: HEINE'S EUROPE
In collaboration with the baritone KONSTANTIN KRIMMEL, this is a project together with the Deutscher Musikrat and NEUSTART KULTUR. Together with leading broadcasters, the producer Michael Schetelich and the narrator Maren Ulrich, the project aims to document the musical influence of Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), his search for identity a Jewish convert to Christianity, and his self-exile as a German in Paris, his adopted homeland.
Honorary President: DAME FELICITY LOTT
LES VOIX D'ORPHÉE: INTERNATIONAL NON-PROFIT ASSOCIATION
Les Voix d'Orphée is a registered international non-profit association based in Paris, France. It was conceived by soprano LAETITIA GRIMALDI, Ammiel Bushakevitz and Cécile Andries with the aim of extending the influence of music and arts internationally at different levels: Education and intercultural projects, gender equality for forgotten composers, and the sponsorship of music in developing countries, such as South Africa and Zimbabwe.
A very special pianist – Bushakevitz is a master of expression. His playing is filled with a sense of longing and nostalgia.
THE JERUSALEM POST
Bouquets first to Ammiel Bushakevitz, who, undaunted, reeled off 33 of the Mörike Lieder with brilliant composure and unshowy insight. THE TIMES OF LONDON
In the songs of Rachmaninoff the piano writing is often virtuosic and the brilliant Mr. Bushakevitz flew through the difficult passages with panache.
NEW YORK CONCERT REVIEW
- about-
Born in Jerusalem, Israel, Ammiel Bushakevitz performs regularly across Europe, North America, Africa, Asia and Australia; in venues including New York’s Carnegie Hall, London’s Wigmore Hall, the Philharmonie de Paris, Shanghai’s Concert Hall, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw and Berlin’s Konzerthaus. He appears at the festivals of Aix-en-Provence, Salzburg, Bayreuth, Lucerne, Cape Town, Heidelberg, Melbourne and Montreal; the Festival Pontino di Latina in Rome, the Casals Festival in Spain and the Schubertiades of Schwarzenberg, Hohenems, Vilabertran and Jerusalem.
One of the last private students of the late Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Ammiel is recognised as a leading song pianist of his generation, performing with such singers as Dame Felicity Lott, Christian Gerhaher and Thomas Hampson. He also received notable mentorship from Brigitte Fassbaender, Barbara Bonney, Thomas Quasthoff and Matthias Goerne.
His discography includes award-winning albums as a soloist and song pianist for BIS (Sweden), Pentatone (Holland), Hänssler Classics (Germany), SOLFA (Spain) and Gramola (Austria). Upcoming releases will appear on labels including Berlin Classics, Hänssler and Harmonia Mundi.
Passionate about education, Ammiel has presented masterclasses at leading universities in Australia, Israel, Spain, China, South Africa, New Zealand and the USA. He also dedicates time to mentoring young musicians in developing countries including Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Mexico and Morocco.
Ammiel is a member of the Société des Arts Sciences et Lettres de Paris, an Edison Fellow of the British Library, London, and artistic director of the International Arts Association, Voices of Orpheus, in Paris, France.
Bushakevitz by no means limits himself to the role of a discreet accompanist in the background. Thanks to well thought-out dosages of expressivity, he sets his own accents, be it beyond the voices or with them. In any case, his playing makes one long for an evening with him as headliner.
WIENER ZEITUNG
With baritone Christian Gerhaher, Salzburg Festival 2022
"As always, Bushakevitz was detailed, nuanced and with great lyrical flair for pieces that require both a display of formal technique and improvisational instinct"
SCHERZO MAGAZINE
- discography -
LICHT! 800 YEARS OF GERMAN LIEDER 2023
CHALLENGE RECORDS, The Netherlands
Recorded in Stuttgart, Germany
Anna Lucia Richter - Mezzosoprano
Ammiel Bushakevitz - Hurdy Gurdy, Harpsichord, Clavichord, Fortepiano, Piano.
SCHUBERT: DIE SCHÖNE MÜLLERIN 2023
Schubert 200, Volume I
HARMONIA MUNDI, Paris, France
Recorded in Berlin, Germany
Samuel Hasselhorn - baritone
Ammiel Bushakevitz - piano
INSOMNIA - SCHUBERT SONGS 2023
BERLIN CLASSICS (EDEL), Hamburg, Germany
Recorded in Munich, Germany
Katharina Konradi - soprano
Ammiel Bushakevitz - piano & classical guitar
JOHANNES BRAHMS - Songs 2022
PENTATONE, Baarn, The Netherlands
Recorded in the Lisztzentrum Raiding, Austria
Anna Lucia Richter, mezzo-soprano
Ammiel Bushakevitz - piano
Ottorino Respighi - Songs 2022
BIS Records, Åkersberga, Sweden
Recorded in Jerusalem, Israel
Timothy Fallon, tenor
Ammiel Bushakevitz - piano
OMBRES 2021
BIS Records, Åkersberga, Sweden
Recorded in Jerusalem, Israel
Laetitia Grimaldi - soprano
Ammiel Bushakevitz - piano
Franz Schubert - Impromptus 2017
Haenssler Classics, Ulm, Germany
Recorded in Lisbon, Portugal
Ammiel Bushakevitz - piano
Franz Liszt - 15 Songs 2017
BIS Records, Åkersberga, Sweden
Recorded in Jerusalem, Israel
Timothy Fallon - tenor
Ammiel Bushakevitz - piano
Lieder aus der Jugendstil 2017
Thuille, Wolf, Pfitzner, Mahler, Marx, Zemlinsky
Brahms Festival Mürzzuschlag
Recorded in Mürzzuschlag, Austria
Hagar Sharvit - mezzo-soprano
Ammiel Bushakevitz - piano
- education -
Ammiel Bushakevitz has presented masterclasses at the University of Queensland (Australia), the University of Barcelona (Spain), the Sichuan Conservatory (China), the Beijing National Opera, the Victoria University National School of Music (New Zealand), the University of Colorado (USA), the Heidelberg International Lied Centre (Germany) and the Jerusalem Music Academy (Israel). He dedicates time to mentoring aspiring young musicians in developing countries, and has offered music workshops and benefit concerts in Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, China, Brazil, Mexico and Morocco.
- recent & upcoming masterclasses -
Goiânia, Brazil 8 June 2023
Goiânia, Brazil 9 June 2023
Cologne, Germany 23 June 2023
Dortmund, Germany 23 September 2023
Honolulu, Hawaii 30 October 2023
Masterclass (solo piano), University of Goiânia
Masterclass with Laetitia Grimaldi, soprano
- contact -
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GERMANY
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ASSISTANT ARTIST MANAGER
KATHARINA KLAPSING
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PUBLICIST
ANJA RAUSCHARDT
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