Arie Vardi is Israel Prize laureate in music, 2017

Pianist, teacher, educator, Prof. Arie Vardi, has been announced as Israel Prize laureate in music, 2017. The prize committee’s arguments for electing Vardi were his achievements as a performing artist and his enormous contribution to the advancement and subsistence of classical music culture in Israel. The committee also noted his impact on the development of Israeli music and Israeli musicians abroad: “Through extensive activities both as a pianist, and as a renowned international teacher, as well as presenting music to the general public, in concerts and TV.”