Ory Schneor
Ory Schneor
Concert flutist and chamber music player – born in Israel and is currently based in Europe (Vienna, Austria).
Prize winner of various competitions as The Alexander & Buono International Flute Competition (2nd prize, October 2011, New York), The International Haifa Flute Competition (3rd prize, November 2005, Haifa-Israel), Finalist in the lucrative Aviv Competitions in Israel (Dec.2011), The Buchman-Mehta School of Music Solo Competition for all woodwinds, brass & harp instruments (3rd prize, 2007, Tel Aviv-Israel) and The Buchman-Mehta School of Music Chamber Music Competition (as part of a woodwind quintet, 2nd prize, Tel Aviv-Israel).
Ory is currently serving as the assistant principal flutist of the Geneva Camerata in Switzerland (musical director David Greilsammer) and the Hulencourt Soloists Chamber Orchestra in Belgium (musical director Guy Braunstein), principal flutist of the Tongyeong Festival Orchestra (South Korea) and a guest principal flute with the Münchner Kammerorchester. He performed in various professional and academy/festival orchestras such as Orchestra Mozart (founder Claudio Abbado), Orquesta Sinfonica de Madrid, Orchestre de Chambre de Genève, Orchester Purpur (Austria/Croatia), Jakobsplatz Orchester München, Raanana Symphony Orchestra, Herzliya Chamber Orchestra, Ashdod Chamber Orchestra & “Yuval” Orchestra and choir and more under the baton of maestri Fabio Luisi, Alan Gilbert, Zubin Mehta, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, Adam Fischer, Zsolt Nagy, Thierry Fischer, Diego Matheuz, Olari Elts, Roberto Benzi, David Greilsammer, Alejandro Posada, Sascha Goetzel, Miguel Gómez-Martínez, Alexander Liebreich, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Naoto Otomo, Isaak Karabchevsky, Guy Braunstein and more.
Participated in numerous international festivals such as Pacific Music Festival (PMF) in Japan, Zermatt Festival Academy in Switzerland (with members of the Berliner Philharmoniker), International Orchestra Institute Attergau, Austria (under the patronage of the Vienna Philharmonic), Gustav Mahler Academy in Bolzano Italy, Orchesterakademie Ossiach, The World Youth Orchestra in Italy, Music Masters Course in Japan (MMCJ), The Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra (SJSO), The Israeli Youth Philharmonic Orchestra and “Internationale Junge Orchesterakademie” in Germany.
Performances as soloist with the “Orchestre de la Haute Ecole de Musique de Genève” and the Israeli String Ensemble, Haifa, Israel.
After finishing his “Diplome de Soliste” and “Diplome d’enseignement – teaching diploma” with Prof. Jacques Zoon in the “Haute Ecole de Musique de Genève”, Switzerland, continued his studies in the “Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia” in Madrid, Spain with Prof. Jacques Zoon and Assistant Prof. Aniela Frey, and received chamber music lessons with Prof. Hansjorg Schellenberger, Prof. Eduard Brunner and Prof. Radovan Vladkovic. In the 2010/11 academic year was selected as a distinguished student and received a special diploma from Her Majesty Queen Sofía of Spain. Previous studies with Mr. Yossi Arnheim (principal flutist of the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra) in the Buchman-Mehta School of Music in Tel Aviv, Israel and Mr. Shimon Weinrid.
Ory served as a jury member in the FlavtIstra Festival and competition in Koper, Slovenia in November 2012 and invited to teach as a professor in the summer music festival “Eduardo Ocon” in Mollina, Malaga, Spain in August 2013 and 2014.
In addition, Ory participated in masterclasses with Mr. William Bennett (UK), Mr. Philippe Bernold (France), Ms. Marina Piccinini (USA), Mr. Karl-Heinz Schutz (Austria), Mr. Jaime Martin (Spain), Mr. Rien de Riede (Netherlands), Mr. Christian Larde (France), Mr. Jeffrey Khaner (USA), Mr. Barthold Kuijken (Belgium), Mr. Michel Debost (France — USA), Mr. Hansgeorg Schmeiser (Austria), Mr. Raffaele Trevisani (Italy), Ms. Claire Southworth (UK), Mr. Moshe Epstein (Israel – Germany), Mr. Noam Buchman (Israel), Mr. Uri Shoham (Israel) and Mr. Eyal Ein-Habar (Israel).
Recipient of scholarships from the America – Israel Cultural Foundation, Fundacion Albeniz, AECID (of the Spanish Foreign ministry), Fritz-Gerber-Stiftung.
