Gilad Karni (Hebrew: גלעד קרני) is an Israeli violist who has played in the New York Philharmonic and is currently principal viola in the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich as well as a soloist and player in chamber ensembles.
[1] From 1985 to 1991 he attended Manhattan School of Music where he was under guidance from Paul Neubauer, Chaim Taub and Gad Lewertoff and was a scholarship recipient from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation.
[2] Special events in which he has appeared include Isaac Stern's 70th birthday celebration in Tel-Aviv and a performance with the Guarneri String Quartet in Carnegie Hall.
[2] Between 2009 and 2010 Karni had worked with the Tonhalle and Biel Symphony Orchestras to produce a Gideon Lewensohn's recording ViolAlive as well as Dmitri Shostakovich's Viola Sonata.
[7] Artists that he has collaborated with include musicians such as Isaac Stern, Yefim Bronfman, Mischa Maisky,[8] Julian Rachlin, Itamar Golan, Tabea Zimmermann, Leonidas Kavakos, Nikolaj Znaider and Gerard Causse and many more.
Return concerts at the Bellingham Festival in Washington-USA and solos in Italy, Germany and Israel are planned during 2006-2008 as well as chamber music performances throughout Europe.