Adi Ivgi
Adi Ivgi
Adi Ivgi is a violinist, arranger and composer.
Adi was personally invited to play the Schumann Piano Quintet with world-renowned Violinist Maxim Vengerov, as well as Violinist Christian Tetzlaff's exclusive Brahms workshop at the Swiss International Music Academy, where he was selected by Maestro Tetzlaff himself to perform alongside him in the workshop's final concert.
Adi’s praise has been recorded in writing by the extremely acclaimed international baroque virtuoso Ms. Kati Debrazeni, arguably the finest period specialist violinist in the world, praising Adi as:
“an excellent violinist who has very Good command of his instrument, but beyond that - possesses an uncommon affinity with style, Harmony, counterpoint and general musicianship, Which in many years of teaching I have never seen in someone so young.”
Among the many masterclasses and projects in which Adi participated in solo, chamber and orchestral performance, he has worked both with and under the guidance of prominent artists such as Maxim Vengerov, Christian Tetzlaff, Alexandra Conunova, Grigory Kalinovsky, Menachem Pressler, Guy Braunstein, Kati Debrezeni, David Kim, the Austrian based "Simply Quartet", Miriam Fried, Philip Draganov, Jose Flores and Chaim Taub.
Adi has won the first prize in the BMSM Chamber Music Competition 2024 playing the Ravel Trio. He has also been chosen to lead in the Buchmann Mehta Symphony Orchestra under the Baton of Maestro Zubin Mehta and Lahav Shani in Goethe University's 110 Anniversary in Frankfurt, Germany, and at the 2025 IPO BMSM Gala. Adi is a member of the University’s Quartet in residence, the Gertler String Quartet.
Born in Be'er Sheva, Israel 2002. Adi began studying violin and composition at the age of 5 at the Conservatory of Music in Be'er Sheva with the support of the Edna & Albert Sarney scholarship award. After graduating from the Israeli Conservatory of Music in Tel Aviv and starting his studies with Prof. Hagai Shaham at the Buchmann - Mehta School of Music at Tel Aviv University, He is currently finishing his violin performance degree in the class of Dr. Guy Figer.
Adi is a been a recipient from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation since 2019-2024. He has won a number of competitions, including scholarships from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Scholarship named after Dalia Maroz, the Israeli Conservatory of Music Competition, the Leah Porat-Gur Prize Competition and the Sarney Foundation Competition. Adi has been a Ronen Foundation recipient since 2021, and has also been an active participant in the Musethica Chamber Music Program since 2022
Adi has studied composition with Israeli composers Dr. Marina Geller, Mr. Udi Perlman and Mr. Shimon Cohen. As an arranger, Adi is working regularly with major ensembles and orchestras such as The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, The Israeli Camerata, The Tel Aviv Soloists, The Israel Chamber Orchestra, the “Keshet Eilon” foundation, The Buchmann - Mehta School Of Music Symphony Orchestra, The Israeli Chamber Project, The Polyphony Foundation, The Israeli Conservatory in Tel Aviv and many more. Adi's Pieces have been performed in the AICF scholarships competitions, in the “Paul Ben Haim” Israeli Music Competition. Adi has been working under and with composer & arranger Yonatan Keret.
Adi was recognized as an outstanding musician in the IDF, and served as the primary musical arranger of the military bands from the very start of his service. A post previously held by Maestro Lahav Shani only.
Adi is the head coordinator of the BMSM Workshop for Contemporary Music and Student Compositions. Adi is a champion of both contemporary and Israeli music and has played and commissioned premieres of both recordings and pieces of composers Shulamit Ran, Mordecai Seter, Yuval Nuri Shem-Tov and more.
Adi has played practicums in the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, he has graduated all the major excellence programs of the Jerusalem Music Center. including the Young Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the David Goldman Program for Outstanding Young Musicians, and the Huberman Soloist Project. He has led the Buchmann-Mehta Symphony Orchestra as concertmaster under the baton of conductor Ilan Volkov. Adi has performed as a soloist with a number of Israel's most prominent orchestras, such as the Israel Camerata, the Israel Sinfonietta in Be'er Sheva and the Tel Aviv Soloists. He also has extensive experience in orchestral playing in various orchestras such as the Israel Philharmonic and the Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra.
Adi plays on a Carl Becker Violin (Z33 Chicago, 1949) generously loaned to him from the Zisapel Violin collection, as well as a Maussiell Baroque Violin (L. Maussiell, Nurmberg 1752) lent to him by Kati Debrazeni.
