Michael Shaham

As a member of a family of musicians, Michael has been playing the violin since he was six years old. Since 2013 he has won scholarships from the America Israel Cultural Foundation with honors. In 2019, violinist Vadim Gluzman presented Michael with the Arkady Fomin Foundation's promising Young Violin Award. Michael has performed as a soloist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Netanya Kibbutzim Chamber Orchestra, Rishon Lezion Israeli Symphony Orchestra, Beer Sheva Symphony Orchestra, Haifa Symphony Orchestra, Tel Aviv Soloists and Israel Chamber Orchestra . Since 2019, Michael has been studying at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia with Shmuel Ashkenasi and Ida Kavafian. In Israel he studied at the Israeli Conservatory of Music in Tel Aviv with his father Hagai Shaham and with Guy Figer.

Photo2: Damián Posse