About Itamar Feinberg

Itamar Feinberg was born in 2003 Haifa, Israel. He is currently a 9th grade student within a unique framework for gifted children at Leo Baeck School in Haifa. Itamar has been studying piano at the Rubin Music Conservatory in Haifa for 9 years, under the guidance of his teacher, Mrs. Olga Zolotoyabko.

In May 2013, at the age of 10, Itamar took part in a masterclass at the Edward Aldwel Center in Jerusalem under the guidance of Prof. Joseph Kalichstein (Julliard). Since then, he has played numerous times in masterclasses under the guidance of Israeli and international pianists such as Prof. Asaf Zohar, Mr. Ran Zemach, Prof. Arie Vardi and Prof. Michel Béroff. In September 2015 Itamar performed the first movement of Mozart’s 19th Concerto as a soloist with the Ashdod Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vag Papian. He also preformed numerous times in the framework of the “Shabbat Pleasure” concerts (“Oneg Shabbat”) carried out by the Haifa Chamber Music Society.

Itamar won 1st place in the Piano Forever Sixth Nationwide Contest for young pianists in Ashdod. Itamar is a scholarship winner of the America-Israel Cultural Foundation Excellence Scholarship for piano for the year 2016/2017. Itamar also participated in Music Fest Perugia 2017, and played with the orchestra.