Background
Zorman was born in Tel Aviv son of Israeli pianist Astrith Baltsan and composer Moshe Zorman.
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Itamar Zorman
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At the age of six he began taking violin lessons with Saly Bockel at the Israeli Conservatory of Music in his hometown, from which he graduated in 2003 after also taking lessons from both Professor David Chen and Nava Milo respectively. Later on he graduated from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance with bachelor"s degree where he was Hagai Shaham student.
Career
In 2009 he obtained master"s degree from the Juilliard School where his violin instructors were Robert Mann and Sylvia Rosenberg and then got his Diploma in Arts from the Manhattan School of Music a year later following by another one from Jilliard as well. Currently he is a student of Christian Tetzlaff at the Kronberg Academy where he plays 1745 Pietro Guarneri violin which was given to him by Yehuda Zisapel.
Achievements
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In 2011 Itamar became the second prize winner of the International Tchaikovsky Competition and the same year won both the Arriaga Competition and grand prize at the Coleman Chamber Music Competition. In 2012 he became a winner of the Concert Artists Guild Competition and in 2013 was awarded Avery Fisher Career Grant as well as a scholarship from the America Israel Cultural Foundation.
