Yaron Gottfried

Yaron Gottfried (; born in 1968) is an Israeli conductor, pianist and composer.

Biography Yaron Gottfried was born in Jerusalem in 1968. His father is jazz pianist Danny Gottfried. At the age of 5 he started learning to play the piano. He did his military service as a pianist, arranger and assistant conductor in the air force orchestra. Gottfried was a student of Noam Sheriff in composition and Mandy Roden in conducting and is a graduate of the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance.

International Acclaim Gottfried often performs with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, in October 2016 he conducted the Israel Philharmonic's eleven season opening concerts with leading soloists including Yefim Bronfman, Khatia Buniatishvili, the Prague Philharmonic Choir and soloists. In January 2015, he was invited to replace conductor Valery Gergiev with the Israel Philharmonic for the Israeli premiere of Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony in a concert that received rave reviews.

Between 2002 and 2013, he served as the musical director of the Netanya Kibbutz Chamber Orchestra.

Gottfried performs regularly in China at the Music Hall in the Forbidden City and on concert tours with orchestras in many Chinese cities. Among others, he performed in leading halls including the NCPA, the concert hall of Beijing and in 15 different cities in China.

Awards and recognition Gottfried was a recipient of the 2014 Prime Minister's Prize for Composers. His works include concertos, orchestral works, chamber works, and a cycle of works dedicated to the connection between classical and jazz, which are written for jazz trio and orchestra. His composition "La Folia" for piano was performed at the 2023 Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition by Kevin Chen, the winner of the competition.