Almog Segal
Piano
Pianist Almog Segal regularly performs in recitals and festivals around the globe. He was awarded first prizes in every national piano competition in Israel and in international competitions as well, and has performed with leading orchestras, such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. He has recorded for the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (“The Voice of Music”), for the Radio Television Hong-Kong, and the renowned label “Naxos”.
Almog has appeared as a soloist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (United Kingdom), Aachen Sinfoniker (Germany), Kyiv Virtuosi Orchestra (Ukraine), Girardi Chamber Orchestra Graz (Austria), the Hong-Kong Academy Chamber Orchestra (Hong-Kong), Royal College of Music Prince Consort Orchestra (United Kingdom), Israel Symphony Orchestra, Israel Chamber Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Israel Netanya-Kibutz Orchestra, Raanana Symphonette Orchestra, Ashdod Symphony Orchestra, Haifa Symphony Orchestra and Tel-Aviv Soloists Orchestra and more.
Some of the festivals in which Almog has appeared include “Aspen Music Festival”, “Miami International Piano Festival Academy”, “PYPA”, “Apple-Hill Festival” (USA), Gulangyu Israeli Musicians Week” (China), “Gabala International Music Festival” (Azerbaijan), “Orpheo” (Netherlands), “Musicfest Perugia” (Italy), “Israel Festival”, “Felicja Blumental International Music Festival” (Israel), “Musica Mundi” (Belgium), “Liszt Biennale” (Germany), and many more in the United Kingdom, France, Austria, Italy, Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia, Hong-Kong etc.
Segal has won the first prize and Audience Favorite prize at the International MozARTe Competition in Aachen, as well as first prize in all Israeli national competitions: Aviv Competitions (2020), M. Clairmont Competition (2018), Voice of Music (2018), Piano Forever Competition (2016 and 2012), Pnina Salzman Competition (2015), Israel Chopin Piano Competition (2011) and more. He was also a semi-finalist at the prestigious 2022 Hastings International Piano Competition.
In 2015, he joined the highly acclaimed ensemble “Multipiano”, which gives regular concerts in four continents. Together, they released their latest CD on “Naxos” with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in November 2022.
He has participated in masterclasses with renowned musicians such as Murray Perahia, Yuja Wang and Christoph Eschenbach, among others.
Almog started playing the piano at the age of 11 with Luisa Yoffe. He received his Bachelor degree at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music under the guidance of professor Tomer Lev and his Master degree under the instructions of professor Balázs Szokolay at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar. Currently, he is a doctoral student at Kunstuniversität Graz, where he works under the scholar supervision of professor Andreas Dorschel and the artistic supervision of professor Milana Chernyavska.