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Hagit Halaf: Violin
Born 3.5.1973 Tel-Aviv (Petach-Tikwa), Israel
Citizenship: Israeli
Civil status: married

EDUCATION
1980 First violin lessons with Nachum Pintshuk(member of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra)
1983-91 Student at the "Israeli Conservatory-Tel-Aviv"; lessons with Vali Blutner, Prof. Yair Kless, Chaim Taub, Nava Milo.
1987-91 Student of the music-highschool "Thelma Yelin", completed the studies with "Bagrut"(school-leaving examination, qualifying for university entrance)
1991-93 Military service with the status "excellent musician".
1991-95 Student at the "Rubin Academy of Music" at the Tel-Aviv University with Prof. Arthur Zisserman.
1995 Graduation of the studies with the diploma "Bachelor of Music".
1986-91 Participation in chambermusic courses and master classes of the "Jerusalem Music Center"(Mishkenot Sha’ananim) and Pinchas Zuckerman and Miriam Fried.
1997-2000 Masterclasses with Vladimir Spivakov, Jevgenia Tchougaiva and Gerard Poulet.
1996-2001 Continuation of the studies at the "Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Wien" (University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna)with Prof. Jevgenia Tchougaiva in the class of Prof. Michael Frischenschlager.
1998 Conclusion of the first degree(in Vienna)with distinction.
2001 Graduation with the diploma "Magistra Artium"(Master of Arts)with distinction.

AWARDS
1984-94 Scholarship-winner of the "America-Israel Cultural Foundation" (Keren Sharet)
1995 Second and third prize in the chambermusic competition of the "Rubin Academy of Music Tel-Aviv"

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1986 Recording for the Israeli broadcasting authority(Radio Kol hamusica)
1989 Soloist with the "European Philharmonic Orchestra" in Paris
1990 Principal violin of the Symphony Orchestra of the music-highschool “Thelma Yelin” and the Symphony Orchestra of the "Israeli Conservatory Tel-Aviv"
1991-95 Member of the “jeunesse musicales world orchestra”as 2nd principal violin.
1994 Soloist with the orchestra of the "Rubin Academy of Music Tel-Aviv"
1998-99 Europe wide performances, TV and radio recordings with the ensemble "Timna Brauer & Eli Meiri"
1998 Substitute in the "Radio Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt/M(HR)"
1999 Chambermusic recordings for the Austrian broadcasting authority(ORF) as well as chambermusic performances in the “Konzerthaus” of Vienna.
2001 Participation in the "Pierrot Lunaire Ensemble"(contemporary music)with concerts in the "Musikverein" of Vienna
Since 2002 permanent participation in the first violin section of the Philharmonic Orchestra of "la Scala di Milano"(RiccardoMuti) and in the Philharmonic Orchestra Arturo Toscanini (Lorin Maazel)Parma.

- Duo concerts violin/viola with husband Christoph Emmanuel Langheim in Vienna ,Tel-Aviv,the Auditorium di Milano(here recorded as a radio broadcasting for the Italian national radio RAI-Radio3), in England and Germany.