Rami Bar-Niv is an Israeli pianist, composer, author, and instructor of master classes.
Education
Bar-Niv is a graduate of the Rubin Academy of Music in Tel Aviv, where he studied piano with Karol Klein and composition with Paul Ben-Haim, Alexander Boskovitch, and Ödön Pártos. During the summer of 1968 Bar-Niv studied with duo pianists Vronsky & Babin.
Career
In 1970 William Gunther asked Rami Bar-Niv to replace him in the First Piano Quartet. Bar-Niv has performed in concerts worldwide. In 1974 he performed Mozart"s Piano Concerto Number.
23 with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Paul Paray.
He presented a series of violin and piano recitals with Shlomo Mintz in Israel, and has performed extensively with various chamber ensembles in Israel and abroad. Bar-Niv"s compositions have been published by the Israel Music Institute, Israel Music Publications, and Or-Tav Publication.
In 2012 Bar-Niv published his first book The Art of Piano Fingering – Traditional, Advanced, and Innovative. Tim Page of the New York Times described Bar-Niv"s New York City performance of Shostakovich"s first piano concerto as "flamboyant and effective".
He has recorded a number of records for Columbia Broadcasting System and other labels, both as soloist and as a chamber player.
One of them is unique in being the only piano recording of the complete "Little Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach".