114 “Halftones” for singer and orchestra, commissioned and premiered by the Ra’anana Symphonette in 2016 (under Omer Wellber); “Waves” for mezzo-soprano and orchestra commissioned and premiered by the Israel Camerata Jerusalem in 2010 (under Avner Biron); “Night’s End Anthem” for 2 sopranos, children’s choir and orchestra was commissioned and premiered in Tel-Aviv in 2009 by the Israel Philharmonic (under Zubin Mehta). Her works are published by Peters Edition, and the earlier works are published by IMI, Israel. Piotr Paleczny On 5 May 2022, the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw held a solemn ceremony to confer the title of “Doctor Honoris Causa” upon Piotr Paleczny. The promoter of this act of the highest prestige was Maestro Krystian Zimerman. One of the most outstanding Polish pianists and professors, a laureate of five international piano competitions. He completed piano studies at the Frederick Chopin Music University in Warsaw in the class of Prof. Jan Ekier. The opportunity of having artistic contact with Arthur Rubinstein and Witold Lutoslawski also had a huge impact on the final development of his artistic personality. His success, achieved at the 8th Frederick Chopin International Piano Competition, opened to Piotr Paleczny the doors of many prestigious world concert halls. He received, in the company of Garrick Ohlsson and Mitsuko Uchida - the Third Prize, the Special Prize for the best performance of a Polonaise and the Witold Małcużyński Prize. He performed as a soloist with such prominent orchestras as the Chicago Symphony, Concertgebouw, Royal Philharmonic, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gewandhaus, Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, RAI, Santa Cecilia, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de México, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Argentina and Orquesta Nacional de España, and many other orchestras. He gave concerts in prestigious concert halls including Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall and the UN General Assembly Hall in New York, the Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Berliner Philharmonie, Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Musikverein in Vienna, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Royal Festival Hall in London and Festspielhaus in Salzburg. Piotr Paleczny has held master classes in New York, Tokyo, Sydney, Buenos Aires, Fort Worth, Bordeaux, Paris, Seoul, Beijing, Brescia, Madrid, Amsterdam, Hamamatsu, Montevideo, and Mexico City. He has gained a great recognition as a juror at prestigious international piano competitions such as those organized in Warsaw (nine last editions of the Chopin Competition), Leeds, Montreal, Moscow (Tchaikovsky - in 2002 and in June, 2019), Paris, Arthur Rubinstein in Tel Aviv, London, Cleveland, Geneve, Hamamatsu, Rio de Janeiro, Toronto, Tokyo, Takamatsu, Seoul, Salt Lake City, Minneapolis, Santander, Sendai, Taipei, Weimar, Manchester, Shezhen, Los Angeles, and Hilton Head. Jury Members
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