Liron Kaniel

Liron Kaniel

Israeli violist Liron Kaniel was born in 2002, and began her musical education at the age of 10, while she started her path as a violist from the very beginning. From a young age she had numerous performances playing in different countries, including the USA, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, The UK, Russia, France and more. In the winter semester 2023, she was admitted to continue her Bachelor studies with Lawrence Power at the Zurich University of the Arts.
Liron finds her greatest inspiration in collaboration between different kinds of arts, and making music that embraces human connection. She aims to create a musical environment where emotions and thoughts can be expressed through listening and interaction, allowing for the expression of different individual musical personalities.

Liron Kaniel began her regular music education at the Red Sea Conservatory in Eilat, and after a few years she continued her studies at Givatayim Conservatory with Dr. Lilach Levanon.
In 2020 she began her bachelor studies at the “Buchmann-Mehta School of Music” in Tel Aviv University where she was studying with Mr. Matan Noussimovitch. Over the years, Liron has attended several master classes and performed for renowned musicians including: Tabea Zimmermann, Nobuko Imai, Tatjana Masurenko, Lars Anders Tomter,Miguel de Silvan, Jean Sulem, Veronica Hagen, Lars Anders Tomter Hariolf Schlichtig, Hartmut Rohde, Thomas Riebl, Gilad Karni, “Fine Arts Quartet”, “Jerusalem Quartet”, Patricia Petibon among others. Moreover, she attended masterclasses and played under the baton of conductors such as: Zubin Mehta, Itzhak Perlman, Lahav Shani, Andrea Battistoni, Vasily Petrenko, Alan Gilbert, and others.

She has performed at international music festivals such as: Ravel Festival, IMS Prussia Cove, the Perlman Music Program, the 7th International Mendelssohn Festival in Hamburg, the Saline Royale Academy, International Summer Academy of the MDW, the 8th International Youth Music Festival in Bratislava, the "Red Sea Chamber Music Festival", “Ein Karem Music Festival”, the International Sommerakademie Bad Leonfelden, Allegro Vivo Festival, "Keshet Eilon" Seminars and others.
As an alumni of the Jerusalem Music Center, she took an active part in the Jerusalem Music Center Programs for outstanding young musicians, including: the Huberman Program for young Israeli soloists, The David Goldman Programme for chamber music and she was the principal violist of the Young Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.

Liron is a scholarship holder of the "Ronen Foundation", "America-Israel Cultural Foundation" and the "Jerusalem Music Center".
In 2019 she was renowned as an outstanding young musician of the Ministry of Education in Israel, and was holding a position of “Outstanding Musician” in the Israel Defence Forces between the years 2020-2022.
Liron is currently playing on a 1780 Gagliano viola, kindly loaned from the collection of Yehuda Zisapel.