Timora Rosler

The young Israeli cellist Timora Rosler took first prize at the 1996 "Stuttgart International Cello Competition". In 1997 she won the "Vriendenkrans of the Royal Concertgebouw" in Amsterdam.
She was praised by the jury as follows:

"Timora Rosler has a capturing talent, intimate expressiveness, virtuosity and a natural feeling for the composition … Her interpretation is exceptionally fascinating''.

A year later she won a special prize for her interpretation at the "XI International Bach Competition" in Leipzig. She also won the top prize at the " Caltanissetta International Duo Chamber Music Competition" in 1996 in Italy with her partner- pianist Klára Würtz.

Since 1985 she was awarded the "America Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship" and later became a member of the "Distinguished Young Artists Chamber Music Group" at the Jerusalem Music Center. She has attended masterclasses with artists such as Janos Starker, Heinrich Schiff, Boris Pergamenschikov, Anner Bijlsma, Daniel Shafran and Lynn Harell.
Timora holds a Performing Musician degree (UM) from the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam, where she studied with Dmitri Ferschtman, and a Certificate of Performance from Yale University where she was a pupil of Aldo Parisot.

Timora participated in numerous music festivals including Ravinia, Aspen, Banff Center for the Arts, the Manchester Cello Festival, the International Musicians Seminar in Prussia Cove (England), Holland Music Sessions, Pro Festival in Rolandseck (Germany) and the Maurice Ravel Summer Academy in France. Timora is a regular guest at the Gaia Festival. View the Gaia Festival Trailer by clicking here.

Timora has appeared in concerts in Europe, the United States, Canada, Argentina and Israel. As a soloist she has performed with different orchestras such as the Flemish Radio Orchestra (Martyn Brabbins), Philharmonia of the Nations (Justus Frants), Janácek Philharmonic, Slovak Sinfonietta, Donetsk Philharmonic, National Symphony of Ukraine, Haifa Symphony Orchestra and the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra. With the Orquesta de Cámara Mayo of Buenos Aires she toured extensively throughout the Netherlands (including the Amsterdam Concertgebouw) and Argentina, with works of Piazzolla. Both a television and a CD recording were made of this collaboration. She has also made recordings for the Israeli, Hungarian, German, Dutch and American Radio.

Recently she was appointed as a cello teacher at the Utrecht Conservatory of Music.
Timora plays on a Thomas Dodd cello from 1800.

“The young cellist timora Rosler’s playing is like a fresh breeze. It is invigorating and full of vitality…”
The Jerusalem Post

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