TAMI KANAZAWA & YUVAL ADMONY / Japan-Israel
Married couple, The Kanazawa-Admony Piano Duo has been described in terms of: “Heights of virtuosity and fantasy” [BNN Germany], “Astonishing coordination and refined musical taste” [Jerusalem Post] “Glowing luminosity and colour of the duo… Passion and phenomenal ensemble…” [International Piano] and “Real artistic sentiment” [Odessa Reporter].
The duo has won the first prize in five international piano duo competitions: 2008 Oslo Prize in Concours Grieg, 2005 Menuhin Gold Prize in Osaka International Competition, 2002 IBLA GRAND PRIZE in Italy, 2001 Rome Prize and the 2000 Tokyo Duo Competition. Recipients of The Israel Minister of Culture Award for a Permanent Chamber Music Ensemble.
Followed by rave reviews, appeared in over 25 countries including prestigious halls such as Carnegie Hall, New York, Argentina Theatre in Rome, Tokyo Metropolitan Festival Hall, Budapest Congress Hall, Bulgaria Hall in Sofia, Great Hall of The Odessa Philharmonic, Jerusalem Theatre and others. International Festivals include The Budapest Spring Festival in Hungary, Klavierduo Festival in Germany, The Baltic Duets in St. Petersburg, Odessa Dialogues in Ukraine, Asian Music Festival, Oslo Grieg Festival, Felicja Blumental Festival, Upper Gallilee Festival and The Israel Festival. Broadcasts in BBC London, CBC Canada, Tokyo FM, NHK Japan, BNR Bulgaria, Budapest National Radio, Radio New Zealand, Israel "Voice of Music" and more. Appeared with Israel's' leading orchestras including; The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Israel Symphony Orchestra, Israel Chamber Orchestra, Israel Kibbutz Orchetsra, Israel Sinfonietta, and others. Their Symphonic Poems by Liszt with NAXOS Label was acclaimed in the music magazines Fanfare and International Piano. Other releases include: Rhapsodies for Two Pianos with Romeo Record to be followed by From Mozart to Gorezki with the same Label.
Piano Duo Faculty at the Buchman-Mehta School of Music in Tel Aviv University, Tel Hai International Piano Master Classes Jerusalem Music Centre Piano Youth Program and Thelma Yellin Arts School. Have given master classes for the Japan National Piano Teachers Association, Pacific Rim Festival in Canada, Primavera Pianistica in Belgium, Poros Festival in Greece, Rimsky Korsakov Conservatory in St. Petersburg, Korean National University for the Arts, WPTA – World Piano Teachers Association in Novi Sad in Serbia and elsewhere.