Ensembles
Chamber ensembles and unique modular projects.
Chamber ensembles and unique modular projects.
Formed as a unique modular piano ensemble, MultiPiano is dedicated to the rich literature written for keyboard ensembles, ranging from four hands on one piano to several pianos in a variety of multi-hand combinations, with and without orchestra. Featuring some of Israel’s radiant young pianists and their mentor Tomer Lev, the MultiPiano project attracted much international attention immediately upon its foundation.
MultiPiano ensemble has performed on four continents, from New York's Carnegie Hall and the Beijing Concert Hall to Buenos Aires’s Teatro Colón, Berlin Konzerthaus and London's Cadogan Hall, as well as in Frankfurt, Shanghai, Sao Paulo, Tel Aviv, Montreal, Riga, Taipei and Tallinn, collaborating with world-class orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (RSB), English Chamber Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under Zubin Mehta and others. The ensemble has performed at the Taipei, Xiamen, Ottawa, Baltic Sea, Hualien, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem music festivals, as well as on television and radio networks across the globe. In 2015, MultiPiano was awarded the Israeli Ministry of Culture prize for “Best Israeli Chamber Ensemble”.
In April 2021, the ensemble’s first commercial recording, with the English Chamber Orchestra, was released by Hyperion Records - “Mozart: The Complete Multipiano Concertos'', including the first-ever concertante completion, for two pianos and orchestra, of Mozart’s Larghetto and Allegro in E flat major (1781). The album was met with enthusiastic reviews worldwide and ranked 6 in the UK “Top Ten” classical chart.
This was followed by MultiPiano’s second album, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, released in November 2022 by Naxos, including three world premieres by Shostakovich, Martin and Levanon, alongside Poulenc’s double concerto. Also this album was included in Naxos’ best selling albums for 2022-23.
In 2022, the ensemble collaborated with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra in recording works by Mendelssohn, Schubert-Liszt and Moscheles, all in world premieres. This recording was released in 2024 on Universal/Hyperion and was also received with enthusiastic reviews worldwide.
The ensemble extensively toured North America in 2013, 2018, 2019 and 2024; the Far East in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2015; South America in 2012, 2014 and 2024; and routinely tours around Europe. In 2018, the ensemble presented a new version of Holst’s The Planets for piano and percussion ensemble, celebrating the iconic work’s centennial in a special concert at Merkin Concert Hall in New York. This unique version was created by seven prominent Israeli composers especially for MultiPiano and Tremolo percussion ensemble.
In March 2024 the ensemble gave its Carnegie Hall debut performance in the framework of an extensive concert tour along USA's east coast, followed by a one month tour of South America in Argentina, Brazil and Colombia during July-August 2024.
In December 2026 the ensemble will record its 4th album, with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic under Vassily Petrenko, featuring the world premiere recording of Prokofiev unfinished concerto no. 6 for 2 pianos and orchestra op. posth 133 (1952) and Yosef Bardanashvili "Homage to Prokofiev" for 2 pianos in 8 hands and orchestra.