HAGAI SHAHAM
Michael Shaham; Rinat Shaham; Naomi Shaham; Noga Shaham
Hagai Shaham began teaching in 1986, while still studying with Prof. Ilona Feher. During her last two years, until her passing in 1988, she asked him to assist with her younger students.
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Academic positions
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1996 - 2007 Jerusalem Academy for Music and Dance
2007 - 2009 Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California (USC), LA
2009 - present professor at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, Tel Aviv University
2012 - present Artist in Residence, Stony Brook University, NY
2023 - present Artist in Residence, Mozarteum University, Salzburg, Austria
Masterclasses
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From 1992 – present - one of the regular faculty of Keshet Eilon Masterclass (Israel)
Other masterclasses include:
International Heifetz Institute (VA, USA)
Banff Centre for the Arts (Canada)
Mendelssohn Festival/Academy (Hamburg, Germany)
Pablo Casals Fesival’s academy (Prades, France)
Chateau du Champs (France)
Kuhmo Festival (Finland)
ISA (International Summer Academy of Vienna University, Semmering, Austria)
Naantali (finland)
Four Seasons Festival/residency (Greenville, NC, USA)
Vivace, Wilmington, (NC, USA)
Ayvalik (Turkey)
Budapest Festival Academy (Hungary)
Crans Montana Classics (Switzerland)
Curitiba (Brazil)
Virtuosi de Luca (Italy)
Rushmore Music Festival (USA)
Raudaskula (Finland)
Riistavesi (Finland)
Saresto concerts, Lapland (Finland)
Nagano Music Festival (Japan)
Masterclasses given in institutes:
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Indiana University, Bloomington (USA)
Curtis Institute (Philadelphia, USA)
Manhattan School of Music (NY, USA)
University of Madison, Wisconsin (USA)
Stockton University (CA, USA)
Glenn Gould School of Music (Toronto, Canada)
Luebeck University (Germany)
Sibelius Academy, Helsinki (Finland)
Liszt Academy, Budapest (Hungary)
Royal Conservatory Mons (Belgium)
Rotterdam University for the Arts (Holland)
Utrecht Conservatory (Holland)
Tilburg Conservatory (Holland)
Lahti Conservatory (Finland)
Espoo conservatory (Finland)
University of Montevideo (Uruguay)
OSESP (Sao Paolo, Brazil)
Hong Kong Conservatory (HK)
University of Baku (Azerbaijan)
Istanbul Polytechnique University (Turkey)
Color Strings (Helsinki, Finland)
Jerusalem Music Centre (Israel)
Catholic University, Santiago (Chille)
Trinity Laban Conservatory of Music (Greenwich, UK)
Trinity School (Croydon, UK)
University of the Philippines, Manila (Philippines)
Taipei Symphony Orchestra (Taiwan)
Online lectures and lessons
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Upcoming Masterclasses
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July 8 - 12 MMB International, Boston, MA, USA
July 14 -27 Heifetz International Music Institute, Staunton, VA, USA
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