ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

version of the Rite of Spring (Redux), bers of the New York Philharmonic. As YANIV SEGAL, and the Naples Philharmonic has per- a collaborator, he has accompanied art- formed several of Yaniv’s works includ- ists such as Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, GUEST CONDUCTOR ing Beethoven’s Sonata for Orchestra in Mark Peskanov and Francesco Libetti in C Minor Op.30 No.2b, songs by Alma venues from Avery Fisher Hall to Brook- A compelling and versatile musician Mahler arranged for orchestra, and a lyn's intimate Bargemusic. spotlighted in Esquire Magazine as a ris- celebratory fanfare. Yaniv’s new concert- Invited by Lorin Maazel to the inau- ing star that is “redefining classical mu- length educational work for orchestra gural Castleton Festival, Yaniv has also sic,” Yaniv Segal has appeared on stages and narrator, The Harmony Games, was studied with Kurt Masur, and partici- around the world as an actor, singer, performed nearly thirty times in the pated in masterclasses with Michael Til- violinist, violist, and conductor. As an 2018-19 season. son Thomas and Gustav Meier. He was assistant conductor of the Detroit Sym- Already fully at ease on stage from a selected as one of 18 participants (out of phony, he leads the orchestra in several young age, Yaniv sang as a boy soprano over 350 applicants) in the 2018 Evgeny community, education and family con- at the Metropolitan Opera, both as so- Svetlanov Competition in Paris. In 2013, certs annually. Between 2014-17, Yaniv loist and in the children’s choir, un- Yaniv completed graduate studies at the was assistant conductor of the Naples der conductors such as James Levine, University of Michigan with renowned Philharmonic and directed the Naples Valery Gergiev, and Georg Solti. Yaniv conducting pedagogue Kenneth Kiesler Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. He led later spent a year on the first national and MacArthur Award winning com- the Naples Philharmonic in nearly twen- tour of The Secret Garden as “Colin,” poser Bright Sheng. The son of a Polish ty different programs per year including alongside multiple award-winner Audra violinist and an Israeli violin-maker, Ya- a concert with legendary violinist Itzhak McDonald, and then played Stockard niv grew up in New York speaking three Perlman that the Naples Daily News Channing’s son “Joe” in Tom Stoppard's languages in a multi-cultural household. called “off the charts,” and that the per- Hapgood at Lincoln Center’s Mitzi New- In support of his education, achieve- formance of The Pines of Rome was “one house Theater. While still in high school, ments, and contributions to American of the most exciting ever heard.” Yaniv was twice a violin soloist with the Society he was a recipient of the Paul and This is Segal’s first appearance with the Yonkers Philharmonic and regularly Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Ameri- MSO. In the spring of 2018, Yaniv record- performed chamber music with mem- cans in 2009. ■ ed Beethoven Reimagined with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales for Naxos Records. The album features new ar- rangements of Beethoven’s music by Ya- niv Segal, Garrett Schumann, and Gabri- el Prokofiev. In 2016, Yaniv recorded Joy and Sorrow with the Chelsea Symphony, an album of orchestral Klezmer music by New York composer David Chesky pro- duced using the latest binaural technol- ogy. Yaniv also recorded Chesky's score to the 2017 feature animation The Mice War, a children’s opera about the folly of war. He was the assistant conductor on Blazing Mirage, a Hong Kong Phil- harmonic recording of music by Bright Sheng, and can be heard singing as a boy soprano on albums ranging from classi- cal opera to rock and folk music. In 2005, Yaniv co-created the Chelsea Symphony to provide performance and professional development opportunities for young instrumentalists, composers, and conductors. The Chelsea Symphony has performed dozens of world premieres alongside standard repertoire in the Met- ropolitan New York area, and can be fre- quently seen on the Amazon Prime series Mozart in the Jungle. As a composer, Yaniv enjoys writing original works as well as reworking past masterpieces. The Chelsea Symphony premiered his modernized and reduced

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