Hadar Zaidel

Music

Hadar Zaidel

Israeli violinist Hadar Zaidel is the Assistant Concertmaster of the Akron Symphony Orchestra and the Acting Concertmaster for the 2024–25 season, and is a violin section member of the Canton Symphony Orchestra.
Hadar is pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Cleveland Institute of Music under Prof. Ilya Kaler, where she also earned her Master of Music. She earned her Bachelor of Music at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, Tel Aviv University, under Prof. Hagai Shaham. Hadar has completed her obligatory service at the Israel Defense Force as a Musician of Excellence (2018-2020). Previously, she has studied the violin with Ms. Nava Milo and Mr. Nitai Zori at the Israel Conservatory of Music, Tel Aviv, and is a graduate of the Music Department at the Thelma-Yellin High School of Arts, Giv’ataim.
Hadar is a graduate of the Aspen Music Festival and School, Keshet Eilon Summer Mastercourse, Morningside Music Bridge festival, isaMasterclass, and the Jerusalem Music Centre programs. She has been a member of the Perlman Music Program since 2016 and Musethica Israel since
2021.
Hadar is a recipient of the America-Israel Cultural Foundation (AICF) scholarships since 2013 and plays on a violin loaned by the AICF and William A. Schwarz (Z”L).

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