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NACHUM ERLICH The Jury’s Executive Secretary Violinist, conductor and teacher. Nachum Erlich was born in Jerusalem, Israel, in 1959. At the age of 8 he began his violin studies first with his father Moshe Erlich, member of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, and then he continued his studies at the Rubin Conservatory in Jerusalem with Yair Kless as principal teacher. Between 1975 and 1981 he was a master student of Max Rostal at the Bern Conservatory in Switzerland where he finished his studies with the concert diploma. In addition, he took part in master classes of Nathan Milstein and Henryk Szeryng. He continued further studies with Steven Staryk. From 1981 to 1991 Nachum Erlich was a teacher at the Sibelius Academy of Music in Helsinki, Finland. Since 1991 he has been Professor of Violin at the State Academy of Music in Karlsruhe, Germany. He was in charge of multitudinous master classes in Germany (Leipzig, Osnabruck), Finland, Italy (Cervo), Spain (Solsona), Austria (Musikuniversitat Wien), Israel (University of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem), Poland, South Korea (Seoul University), Brazil (Rio de Janeiro University), Japan and the USA. In South Korea and Japan he teaches and plays on a regular basis. As a soloist he has worked with acclaimed conductors Moshe Atzmon, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Rudolf Baumgartner, Okko Kamu, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Walter Weller and Sergiu Comissiona. Furthermore, he has taken particular pleasure in performing chamber music with colleagues such as Alfons Kontarsky, Siegfried Mauser, Kalle Randalu, Rudolf Meister, Julius Berger, Fany Solter, Martin Ostertag, Edward Vanderspar, Wolfgang Meyer, and Eduard Brunner. Nachum Erlich is a frequent and highly welcomed guest at many international festivals. His performances have been broadcast and telecast. His special interest lies in the discovery and interpretation of rare works through all epochs and especially the oeuvre of Max Reger. A CD with Nachum Erlich and the pianist Siegfried Mauser playing Reger’s Sonatas op.122 and op.139 was released January 2004 by the Hanssler Verlag. Moreover, Nachum Erlich premiered «La Folia» by Reger in Karlsruhe.
Mr. Erlich performs on the «ex-Szigeti» Strad of 1724, on loan from the |
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