Idan Shturman

Music

Idan Shturman

Idan Shturman (born in 1998) played his first recital at the age of 12. He graduated from the Thelma Yellin School for the Arts in 2016.
Among his teachers in the school were Miri Zamir Capsouto, Guy Feder, Anna Guy, Genia Shapiro, Israel Sommer, Yishai Steckler, Dan Rapoport.

He earned his Bachelor of Music at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music with Arie Vardi.
Among his music teachers in the school were Inbal Guter, Uri Rom, Adi Rosnkranz, Bat Sheva Rubinstein.

As part of his studies he had conducting classes with Uri Rom and organ with Alexander Gorin.
He took conducting lessons also with Dan Rapoport.
He was instructed in chamber music with Yuval Admoni, Christian Beldi, Zvi Carmeli, Lily Dorfman, Uri Dror, Arnon Erez, Lilach Levanon, Yaron Rosenthal, Ruben Seroussi, Ella Toovy, Vera Vaidman, Menachem Wiesenberg, Asaf Zohar.

Currently, he is studying at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln with Severin von Eckardstein.

Among his former teachers are Charita Baksht, Evgenya Mantvalinsky, Mira Rabinovich, Daniel Hoexter, Michal Tal, Adela Umansky, Michael Sokolik, Gershon Silbert, Aquiles Delle Vigne, Emanuel Krasovsky, Tomer Lev, Tatiana Zelikman, Asaf Zohar, Eduardo Delgado, Lily Dorfman, Hannah Shalgi, Rieta Lesokhin, Dmitri Bashkirov, Adi Rosenkranz, Sonia Rubinsky, Jonathan Zak, Irit Rub, Vadim Monastyrski, Ilana Vered, Alexander Kobrin, Leslie Howard, Milana Chernyavska, Zecharia Plavin, Oxana Yablonskaya, Michel Béroff, Benjamin Oren, Yaron Rosenthal, Dina Yoffe, Esther Narkiss, Gidon Shamir, Ran Zemach, Florence Millet, Michael Wladkowski, Sheila Arnold, Andreas Frölich, Agathe Leimoni, Rena Shereshvskaya, Elizabeth Leonskaja, Evgeny Kissin.

He has won prizes in national and international competitions, including 1st prize in the Sternberg Chamber Music Competition, 3rd prize in the Ashdod Piano Forever Competition, 4th and 5th prizes in the Young Artist Competition, a Special Prize in the Maria Giubilei International Piano Competition in Sansepolcro, gold medalist in the Grand Maestro Competition, semi-finalist in the Classicalia International Global Televised Music Competition, and 3rd prize in the Kalmi Competition of the JAMD.

Idan has performed with several orchestras, including under the baton of Uri Segal with the Ashdod Symphony Orchestra (Mozart Concerto K.467), Danwen Wei with a Spanish orchestra (Saint-Saëns Concerto No. 2), and Guy Feder with the Thelma Yellin Orchestra (Bach Keyboard Concerto No. 5). In 2014, he played in a concert of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra as part of the Keynote program.

He was supported by the Ronen Foundation and AICF scholarships from 2012-2016 and 2020-2022. Idan was part of a special program at the Jerusalem Music Center, where he attended masterclasses with the center’s president, Murray Perahia (in 2015, 2018), and Craig Sheppard (2022).
He had keyboard harmony and music theory lessons with Menachem Wiesenberg as part of the program.
As part of the program he had harpsichord classes with Boris Kleiner and fortepiano classes with Zvi Meniker.
He was also part of the Edward Aldwell Program for Young Pianists. In 2023, he played for Daniel Barenboim at the Barenboim-Said Akademie in Berlin.

Idan has participated several times in Music Fest Perugia (2013, 2014).

the Tel Hai Piano Masterclasses—where he was awarded the special prize in the name of Marina Bondarenko—and played with violinist Vera Vaidman.

He has also attended the Salzburg Mozarteum Summer Academy and was awarded scholarships. He had lessons with Aquiles Delle Vigne (2018,2019), Dina Yoffe (2022), Robert Levin (2023). In 2020, he joined a special program at the Belgais Center, taking online lessons with Maria João Pires and Miloš Popovič. In 2022, he participated in an opera production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute under the baton of Yuval Zorn, and later that year, he performed a recital of Spanish music with renowned guitarist and conductor Doron Salomon. He also took part in a masterclass with Victor Derevianko in Dolný Kubín, Slovakia.
In 2023, he attended the Poros Academy, where he performed in a concert and had lessons with Massimiliano Ferrati and Agathe Leimoni.

In 2024, Idan performed Liszt’s Sonata in a series curated by Gil Shohat, gave a recital at the Jerusalem Music Center, and participated in a masterclass with Rena Shereshevskaya in Niort, France, as part of the ArtenetrA Festival. In September 2024 he visited Prague to play for Evgeny Kissin. He also recently gave a recital in memory of the Israeli piano teacher Rieta Volpert-Lesokhin, who passed away in 2022. The recital was held in the Kammermusiksaal of his school, the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, and featured Chopin’s 3rd Sonata and Liszt’s Sonata.

“I’ve known Idan Shturman since a few years and appreciate his talent highly.
He is a very sensitive and thinking musician and pianist, he loves music above all and he is open to everything new, It is my great pleasure to recommrnd him” -
Elizabeth Leonskaja.

“I am very impressed with Idan’s beautiful touch and sonority, paired by highly cultured musical taste and temperament. Idan is wholeheartedly dedicated to the art of music and piano playing and he is no doubt one of the most talented aspiring pianists known to me” - Uri Segal.

“Idan Shturman has been my piano student for four years at the Buchmann - Mehta School of Music, Tel Aviv University. During these years he was a prizewinner in several
competitions and performed in various concert centers.
Idan possesses both a strong technical ability and a rare musical intelligence.
He has a thorough, extensive musical knowledge which he incorporates in his playing, infusing a wide variety of styles with his own poetic personal touch. It is my great pleasure to recommend this excellent musician who deserves the most serious consideration.
Sincerely, Arie Vardi”

“Sujet: Pianist Idan Shturman

Je déclare connaître et apprécier énormément le talent remarquable du JEUNE pianiste Israélien Idan SHTURMAN.

Idan déploie beaucoup de qualités: sérieux, musicien, artiste, talentueux, travailleur, doué d'un grand sens de responsabilité.

Idan mérite amplement une Bourse d'études pour le Mozarteum étant donné toutes ses qualités hors pair.
Je peux assurer qu'il fera un atout de cette opportunité !

Sincèrement,

Aquiles DELLE VIGNE“
Reference letter for the Mozarteum summer academy 2019.

“Idan is an exceptionally talented young pianist, highly intelligent and extremely sensitive. His dedication and serious approach are very impressive indeed, and his rendering of different styles- from the Baroque era to contemporary music-is very convincing.”
Menachem Wiesenberg.

31.March 2022

Recommendation Letter

To: The Mozarteum Summer Academy 2022

Dear Sir/Madam,

With great pleasure,I would like to recommend to you the exceptional young pianist,

Idan Shturman.

I have been following his development for last two years.It is quite remarkable to watch such progress, both musical as well as technical, develop in this time.Idan one of the few young musicians, who has the ability to achieve the highest position in the foreseeable future.

There is no doubt that he is a strong pianist and natural performer. I believe that he is one of those musicians who produces his best in front of an audience.

I also believe he has a promising future.I feel I can recommend Idan Shturman to you with confidence as an interesting and talanted young artist.

Professor Dina Yoffe