Daniel Gortler

Daniel Gortler (Hebrew: דניאל גורטלר; born April 12, 1965) is an Israeli pianist. Education and early life Born and raised in Israel, Gortler began studying classical music and piano with Naomi Hachohen. He graduated from the Rubin Music Academy in Tel-Aviv and continued his musical studies at the Musikhochschule Hannover, studying with Arie Vardi. Gortler was faculty member of the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at Tel-Aviv University until 2011. From 2011 to 2013, he was a guest artist in piano studies in the Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions at New York University’s Steinhardt School. Career As a soloist, Gortler has performed with orchestras including the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Bochum Orchestra, the New World Symphony Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Huston Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony as well as orchestras in Brazil and South Africa. He has worked with conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Christoph Eschenbach, Valery Gergiev and Michael Tilson Thomas. Gortler has performed in festivals such as the Montpellier Festival, Lucer