Gil Sharon

The violinist Gil Sharon was born in Bucharest, Romania. There he began his musical studies and soon joined a chosen group of young musicians who performed frequently all over the country.

In 1961 he emigrated with his parents to Israel. He continued his studies with Prof. Partos at the Rubin Academy of Music - Tel Aviv University. At the same time he performed with various orchestras as well as giving recitals. He was one of the founders of the well-known "Israel Army String Quartet" which gave frequent concerts in all of the major cities and received the "David Award."

In 1971 Gil Sharon won first prize at the "International Emily Anderson Violin Competition" in London.

Since 1969 he has been living in Holland. He is first concertmaster of the Symphony Orchestra of Maastricht and leader of the well-known “Sharon Quartet” which toured Greece in 1991, performing together with the famous pianist Dimitris Sgouros at the Athens Festival in Herod Atticus Odeon and Canada and the United States in 1992. In 1993 Gil Sharon was invited to Athens to play the concerto for violin, piano and string quartet of Chausson together with Dimitris Sgouros and the famed Borodin Quartet.

Gil Sharon's reputation as a soloist leads him to perform frequently with various orchestras and to give recitals in Europe, Israel, Canada and the United States. In October 1995 he performed Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola together with the famous violinist Shlomo Mintz, (on this occasion Shlomo Mintz played the viola) in Barcelona.

Since January 1997 he has participated in the concerts in the well-known theater at the Champs Elysees in connection with the series "Pablo Casals en Champs Elysees" for the Pablo Casals Festival in Prades . He is also a frequent guest at this summer Festival.

In 1992 Gil Sharon founded the Amati Ensemble, a chamber music ensemble that performs at the highest possible level and in many different combinations, from duo to full-scale chamber orchestra. The Amati Ensemble has released several CD's including works of Bach, Mozart, Spohr, Handel, Haydn, Clara Schumann, etc. and is currently involved in the recording of several television-productions. Since 1995 the Amati Ensemble features in its own chamber music series in the city of Maastricht - Holland.

Gil Sharon was also guest concertmaster of the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and the Israel Chamber Orchestra in Tel Aviv.

In 1997 he was honored with the Dutch Royal Award “Knight of the Order of Orange Nassau" by HM Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands for his outstanding merits in the domain of chamber music.

Gil Sharon was invited to give masterclasses in March of 2001 at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, in 2003 in Fontainebleu (France) and in 2004 in Valencia (Spain).

He participated 15 times at the “Upper Galilee Chamber Music Days” in Kfar Blum-Israel.