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Yuval Yaron

b. 1953

Israel-born violinist

Music educator Violinist University of California
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Born 1953. Yuval Yaron is a music educator, violinist, university of California and santa Barbara.

Yuval Yaron (; born 1953 in Petah Tikva, Israel) is an Israel-born violinist living in the United States. In 1975, he won the International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition in Helsinki, Finland. Since 2001, Yaron has been professor of University of California, Santa Barbara. Before that, he taught for some 20 years at the Indiana University Bloomington.

At the age of 16, Yuval Yaron debuted with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1973 he received the 2nd prize at the Paganini Competition in Italy, and two years later won the Sibelius Competition in Helsinki. By that time he was already residing in the USA, taking lessons from Josef Gingold and Jascha Heifetz. Yuval Yaron has performed with a number of symphony orchestras particularly in Europe, North America, and his homeland Israel. In addition, he has given recitals in cities such as Tel Aviv, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, Toronto, Basel, Hanover, Helsinki and Reykjavík.

Yaron has made recordings of many solo works for violin, such as Bach’s sonatas and partitas and Eugène Ysaÿe's six violin sonatas.

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Born
1953, Petah Tikva
Birth century
Education
Indiana University
Awards
International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition; Paganini Competition

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Who is Yuval Yaron?

Israel-born violinist

When was Yuval Yaron born?

Yuval Yaron was born in 1953 in Petah Tikva.

What is Yuval Yaron's occupation?

Yuval Yaron is a music educator, violinist, university of California and santa Barbara.

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· Wikipedia: Yuval Yaron

· Wikidata: Q23500677

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