The preeminent Israeli pianist Michal Tal enjoys a busy and versatile international career, performing to great acclaim.

Michal Tal was born in Tel Aviv and started her piano lessons when she was five years old. At the age of sixteen she performed as a soloist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Since then she had  performed with all the leading orchestras in Israel, Europe and the U.S. such as the Virginia and Dallas Symphonies, the Strasbourg Philharmonic, the Münster Symphony and the Dutch Radio Orchestra. She has played under the baton of Leonard Slatkin, Eduardo Mata and Luciano Berio.

Tal's huge repertoire extends from Haydn to Ligeti and Berio, along with numerous premieres  by Israeli composers. Among Tal's discography are "Great Short Masterpieces for Piano" (ROMEO)  "Erwin Schulhoff Music for Piano Solo" (CENTAUR) and the new album GEMS.

Michal Tal  studied at The Tel Aviv Academy of music, Indiana University, The Juilliard School and State University of New York in Stony Brook. She studied with Prof. Arie Vardi, Richard Goode, and Gilbert Kalish. Among her coaches were Leon Fleischer, Peter Serkin, Julius Levinne, Janos Starker,  and Joel Krosnick. She received her PHD  at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem under the supervision of Prof. Jehoash Hirshberg.

Dr. Michal Tal is on the faculty of the Buchmann-Mehta School of music, and was the artistic director of The Outstanding Young Piano program at the Jerusalem Music Centre. Her outstanding students are winners of national and international competitions. Tal is the Founder and Artistic director of PianoFest Arad and Founder of EPTA Israel.

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