147 Noa Kapelyushnik (18), is a student of Tania Kozlova at the Israel Conservatory of Music in Tel Aviv. She is a prize winner of numerous national and international competitions such as: Grand Piano Competition (Moscow), International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz (Kiev), Scherzo (Tel Aviv) and Piano Forever – Israeli National Piano Competition (Ashdod). Noa has participated in festivals and master classes with renowned pianists in Israel and around the world. She regularly plays recitals on the Israeli radio "Kan Kol HaMusica" and has appeared in recitals in Austria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Russia, England, Ukraine, and the United States. She has played as a soloist with leading orchestras in Israel and abroad, among them: State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia, Symphonic Ukrainian Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Israel Camerata Jerusalem and Kiev Soloists. Noa won scholarships from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation and from the Secrets of Culture Association. She serves as an “outstanding musician” in the IDF. Lior Lifshitz (18) began his studies with Dr. Dror Semmel and is currently studying with Prof. Tomer Lev at The Buchmann-Mehta School of Music. Lior made his debut as a soloist already at the age of 10 with The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, and since then has performed with many other orchestras such as the Israel Philharmonic, the Rishon Lezion Symphony, the Jerusalem Camerata, Tel Aviv Soloists Ensemble and more. He has also performed on behalf of the Israel Philharmonic and The America-Israel Cultural Foundation in concerts abroad. Lior has won awards in many competitions in Israel, including the first prize in 2020 at “The Young Artist” competition, as well as the "Israeli piece performance prize”, the first prize in 2015, 2018 and 2021 in the “Piano Forever" competition in Ashdod, and the first prize in the "Clairmont" Competition (2022). He plays regularly in master classes by Maestro Murray Perahia at the Jerusalem Music Center, where he also studied theory and played in various ensembles. Since the age of 11, he has been awarded scholarships with outstanding honors by the America-Israel Cultural Foundation, the Israel Conservatory of Music Tel Aviv, “Secrets of Culture” and the “Ronen Foundation”. of excellence scholarships from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation. Thanks to "Secrets of Culture'' (Zefunot Tarbut) Foundation Dani participated in the Tel-Hai International Master Classes, where she received the Marina Bondarenko Memorial Prize, in 2019, and First Prize and the Audience Favorite Prize of Jan Jacob Bistritzky Concerto Competition, in 2022. Dani has performed as a soloist with the Jerusalem and Haifa Symphony Orchestras and the State Symphony Orchestra of Saint-Petersburg. She served in the IDF as an "Outstanding Musician" and currently is taking part in the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Chamber Music Program at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. Junior Jury
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