AMMIEL
BUSHAKEVITZ
PIANIST
CONCERTS
HOHENEMS 02.10.2024
AUSTRIA
ULM 05.10.2024
GERMANY
"Bushakevitz's playing gleams with understated wit and sensuality –
a catalogue of emotions"
GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE
PROJECTS
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In anticipation of Franz Schubert's bi-centenary in 2028, Ammiel Bushakevitz has embarked on a longterm project to record Schubert's complete piano works for the renowned label, Hänssler Classics. This project is generously supported by the Athenaeum Foundation.
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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.
KUNSTLIED ALS KURZFILM: HEINE'S EUROPE
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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 as 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
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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
BIOGRAPHY
Born in Jerusalem, Ammiel Bushakevitz began playing the piano at the age of four. As a song accompanist, soloist, and chamber musician, he has performed on six continents, including at the
Carnegie Hall in New York, Wigmore Hall in London, the Philharmonie de Paris, the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and the Shanghai Concert Hall. His festival appearances include the Salzburg Festival, Lucerne Festival, Bayreuth Festival, Aix-en-Provence Festival, Heidelberg Spring Festival, as well as festivals in Milan, Montreal, Beijing, Brasilia, Melbourne, and the Schubertiades in Schwarzenberg, Hohenems, Vilabertran, and Tel-Aviv.
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Ammiel Bushakevitz grew up in South Africa and studied in Leipzig and Paris. His teachers included Phillip Moll and Alfred Brendel. Ammiel Bushakevitz has a particular love for the art song and was one of the last private students of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. He accompanies leading song recitalists such as Ilker Arcayürek, Christian Gerhaher, Laetitia Grimaldi, Thomas Hampson, Samuel Hasselhorn, Julia Kleiter, Katharina Konradi, Konstantin Krimmel, Dame Felicity Lott, Catriona Morison, Anna Prohaska, Anna Lucia Richter, and Nadine Sierra.
His engagements in the 2024/25 season include concerts in the USA, Canada, Iceland, Brazil, South Africa, Israel, and Japan in venues such as Wigmore Hall in London, Salle Bourgie in Montreal, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Palau de la Música in Barcelona, Prinzregententheater in Munich, and the concert halls of Cologne and Vienna. Ammiel Bushakevitz and baritone Konstantin Krimmel released the album Mythos (Songs and Ballads by Schubert & Loewe) in July 2024 on the Alpha label. Together with baritone Samuel Hasselhorn, he will release the second album of the "Schubert 200" project in February 2025 on the Harmonia Mundi label. The first album, Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin, was awarded the Diapason d’or de l’année in 2024.
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In 2013, Ammiel Bushakevitz released his debut solo CD, an album of piano works by Schubert. The recording became the soundtrack for the Austrian film Gwendolyn. Since then, several award-winning recordings have been released on labels such as Harmonia Mundi, Alpha, BIS, Pentatone, Hänssler, and Berlin Classics. In partnership with Hänssler Classics, Ammiel Bushakevitz is currently engaged in a project to record the complete solo piano works of Franz Schubert between 2024 and 2028.
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Ammiel Bushakevitz regularly offers masterclasses for young pianists at institutions such as the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, the University of Queensland in Australia, the Beijing Conservatory, the University of Barcelona, and the University of Colorado. He gives benefit concerts and masterclasses for humanitarian organizations in Ethiopia, Brazil, China, Morocco, Mexico, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.
Ammiel Bushakevitz lives in Paris and is an alumnus of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), a member of the Société des Arts Sciences et Lettres de Paris, an Edison Fellow of the British Library, London, and the Artistic Director of the international arts organization Les Voix d'Orphée.
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
"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
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MASTERCLASSES
- recent & upcoming masterclasses -
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.
Goiânia, Brazil 8 June 2023
Masterclass (solo piano), University of Goiânia
Cologne, Germany 23 June 2023
Honolulu, Hawaii 30 Oct 2023
New York City, USA 24 Feb 2025
Masterclass with Konstantin Krimmel
Park Avenue Armory
Padova, Italy 10 Mar 2025
Masterclass with Samuel Hasselhorn
University of Padova
CONTACT
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KÜNSTLERSEKRETARIAT AM GASTEIG OHG
MONTGELASSTRAßE 2
81679 MUNICH
GERMANY
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ELISABETH EHLERS (DIRECTOR)
ELISABETH.EHLERS@KS-GASTEIG.DE
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ASSISTANT ARTIST MANAGER
SOPHIE KURZBAUER
SOPHIE.KURSBAUER@KS-GASTEIG.DE
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+49 (0)89 4448879-0
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PUBLICIST
ANJA RAUSCHARDT
ANJA.RAUSCHARDT@KS-GASTEIG.DE
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