148 Itamar Adam, 17, studies at the Rubin Conservatory of Music in Haifa under Ms. Olga Zolotoyabko. He participates in the Jerusalem Music Center’s Piano Program and the David Goldman Program, and has been recognized as an Outstanding Musician by the Ministry of Education. A laureate of numerous competitions in Israel and the USA, including the Piano Forever Competition and the “Kan Kol HaMusica” Young Artists Competition, Itamar holds scholarships from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation and the Haifa Cultural Foundation. He regularly takes part in PianoFest Arad, performing with the Israel Sinfonietta Be’er Sheva under the baton of Talia Ilan and Rani Calderon. He has also performed at the Haifa Auditorium and Tikotin Museum with the Haifa Chamber Music Society. Itamar often attends masterclasses and has worked with Asaf Zohar, Michal Tal, Claudius Tanski, Gilbert Kalish, Murray Perahia, and others. Ariel Diener, 17 years old, was born in Israel. He studies at Thelma Yellin High School for the Arts and is a student of Sara Tal at the Israeli Conservatory of Music in Tel Aviv. Ariel is part of the David Goldman program for talented young musicians at the Jerusalem Music Center and was recognized as an Outstanding Musician by the Israeli Ministry of Education. He has participated in concerts for the Ronen Foundation as part of a multi-piano ensemble. Last spring, Ariel performed Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals with Adam Wasserman and members of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2023, he took part in the Music Fest Perugia Festival, performing solo with an orchestra under the baton of Marius Stravinsky and received masterclasses from Ilana Vered, Alexandre Moutouzkine, and David Fung. Ariel is also part of the Jerusalem Music Shahar Baltsan (born 2005) is a third-year undergraduate at the Buchmann– Mehta School of Music at Tel Aviv University, where he studies piano with Asaf Zohar and Arie Vardi. He serves as an outstanding musician in the IDF. Baltsan started studying piano at age six with Ron Trachtman at the Israel Conservatory of Music in Tel Aviv and has received scholarships from the America–Israel Cultural Foundation since 2020. He won major Israeli competitions, including Piano Forever (Ashdod), the Paul Ben‑Haim Competition, the Arianne Katcz Piano Competition, and the “Kan Kol HaMusica” Young Artist Competition—where he performed with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. He has participated in programs at the Jerusalem Music Center, including Murray Perahia’s masterclass series. He attended masterclasses with renowned artists such as Boris Berman, Robert Levin, and Katarzyna Popowa‑Zydroń. Junior Jury
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