Dan Gottfried
Dan Gottfried (Hebrew: דן גוטפריד; born 1939) is an Israeli jazz pianist and music educator.[1] In 1987 he founded the Red Sea Jazz Festival, which he directed until his retirement in 2008. He is president of the Israeli Musicians Union.[2][3]
Biography
Dan Gottfried studied piano at the Tel Aviv Academy of Music. In 1959 he won First Prize in the Mozart Piano competition. In 1962 he earned an undergraduate degree in economics at
Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs to present Israeli jazz in tours abroad: 1993 Belarus, 1996 Latvia, 1998 India, 2004 Italy. He has performed with many jazz greats, including Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Golson, Frank Foster, Sam Rivers, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Randy Brecker, Von Freeman, Johnny Frigo, Franz Jackson, Clark Terry, Major Holley, Jaroslav Jakubovič, Ronnie Cuber, Sheila Jordan, Georgie Fame, Mark Murphy, Kevin Mahogany
, Jean Loup L'ongnon and Gyula Babos.
Gottfried serves currently as president of the Israeli Musicians' Union[4] and general manager of the Israeli Musicians' Collecting Society.[5]
Gottfried's son, Yaron Gottfried, is a noted conductor, composer, and pianist.
Awards
In 2007 Gottfried received the
Israeli Ministry of Culture
prize for senior artists, for his long years of contributing to the musical scene of Israel.
References
- ^ All Too Easy Listening, Haaretz
- ^ a b International Orchestra Conference
- ^ "About IMU | איגוד המוסיקאים הישראלים". Musiciansunion.org.il. Retrieved 2015-04-07.
- ^ Israeli Musicians' Union
- ^ EILAM
External links
- Dan Gottfried Trio on YouTube
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