The Israeli-American concert pianist Menachem Har-Zahav was educated in the USA and holds a masters degree in piano performance.   His playing "is proof that talent trained locally can be of a quality comparable to that found in the hallowed music schools to the East." (Saint Louis Post Dispatch)

 

In the USA he has won numerous scholarships and competitions.  He has performed with orchestras and especially as a soloist in the USA, England, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Switzerland.

 

After three years of teaching at university level in the United States and becoming director of keyboard studies at the young age of 26, he was in England for three years further studies, and is currently residing in Germany.  The Israeli-American concert pianist Menachem Har-Zahav has made the works of the romantic composers the focus of his work.  His concerts are consistently received with great admiration by audience and reviewers.