Ido Zeev

Ido Zeev

Israeli pianist Ido Zeev has recently been catapulted onto the international scene after winning the 3rd prize of the renowned Vigo International Piano Competition where the president of the jury was the legendary pianist Martha Argerich. In the same competition, he received two other prizes including the Audience Award.

In recent seasons, Ido Zeev has appeared in some of the greatest international festivals, including Allgemeine Musikgesellschaft Basel (AMG), the Oxford Piano Festival and the Santa Cecilia International Festival. In 2024, he will make his debut at the Martha Agerich Festival in Hamburg and at the Festival International de Piano de La Roque d'Anthéron as New Generation of the Piano.
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In a review of his concert tour in Germany during the season 2022-2023, the Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung wrote: “One immediately realizes Ido Zeev is technically brilliant. Concentrated and deeply absorbed, his hands seem to have a life of their own…The Adagio (from Beethoven's sonata op. 32) is the final jewel of the evening - for 20 whole minutes it sends the audience into a breathless spell”.
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His love affair with music started at the age of 6, when, without his parents knowledge, he signed up for an electric keyboard course after school. At the age of 10, he started playing the piano in the class of Ms. Ganit Polin. Progressing in giant steps, he soon established himself as one of the most promising young pianists in Israel, winning first prizes in the major competitions in the country. Since then he has won top prizes in various international competitions such as the Vendome Prize, the Sanremo International Piano Competition, the Vigo International Piano Competition and more.
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Ido Zeev has worked with some of the world's most esteemed musicians including Nikolai Lugansky, Martha Argerich Evgeny Kissin, Christoph Eschenbach, Menahem Pressler, Boris Berezovsky Michel Béroff among others and has been guided by Prof. Arie Vardi since 2016. He has appeared as soloist with many orchestras including - the Algarve Symphony Orchestra, the San-Remo Symphony Orchestra, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the Haifa Symphony Orchestra, the TYSO Orchestra, the Ramat-Gan Chamber Orchestra and more.

Awards:
Second Prize – Pnina Salzman Competition, Kfar Saba 2017, Special Diploma – Tchaikovsky International Competition for Young Musicians, Russia (2015), First prize – Nadia Sternberg Competition (2015), First prize – “Golden Keys” Competition (2013 & 2014), Second prize – “Piano Forever” competition, Ashdod (2016), Third prize – Chopin Competition, Tel Aviv (2013), Second prize – Nadia Sternberg Competition (2013).
As a concert pianist, Ido appeared with the Thelma Yellin High School Orchestra in a concert tour of Israel and France (2016). He performed in recitals in Switzerland – “Casineum” (2016), “Marianischer Saal”, Lucerne (2014) and Festival “GIOVANINARTE” Riva San Vitale/Lugano (2015).
Ido participated in Master Classes with Murray Perahia, Alexander Mndoyants, Tatiana Zelikman , Dmitri Bashkirov, Aviram Reichert, Michael, Boris Berman, Tatiana Rubin, Ilana Vered and Jerome Loewenthal as part of the Aldwell Program for exceptional young pianists at the Conservatory, Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance.

Scholarships:
The Morningside Music Bridge Scholarship (2017), Zefunot Culture Scholarship (2017), The American Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship years 2012-2018, The Hava Stern excellence-scholarship (2012, 2014), The Buchman-Heiman Foundation (2013).
Ido has appeared on live broadcasts on Israel radio from the Eden Tamir Center as part of the “Aldwell Project” for young pianists on March 2017.