Emanuel Krasovsky (Israel)

Emanuel Krasovsky is a professor of piano and chamber music at Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at Tel-Aviv University, concurrently served in 2018-2020 on faculty of Barenboim-Said Academy, Berlin;  founding artistic director and faculty, Tel-Hai International Piano Master Classes, Israel.

Krasovsky has performed with orchestras under Leonard Bernstein, Carlo Rizzi, Sidney Harth, Arthur Fiedler, Lior Shambadal; recitals in the framework of Israel Festival, at New York’s Metropolitan Museum and Weill Recital Hall,  and in Europe. In celebration of Schubert’s bicentennial, he played the composer’s last three sonatas in Tel Aviv, in Denmark, Germany, Finland, and Hungary, to high acclaim.

Krasovsky performs regularly with violinist Vera Vaidman, his wife; the duo recorded the complete Beethoven violin sonatas, sonata op. 34 by Amy Beach, the Schubert Fantasy D.934, and more.

Master classes at Oxford Piano Festival, London’s Royal Academy, Royal College, and Guildhall School; Conservatoire national supérieur de Paris; Reina Sofia School, Madrid; International Keyboard Institute and Festival, Juilliard and Manhattan Schools (New York), Cincinnati College-Conservatory, Oberlin College, Colburn School (Los Angeles), Texas Piano Festival; Helsinki Sibelius Academy, Mänttä Festival and Suolahti Summer Academy (Finland); Royal Swedish College of Music; Royal Danish Academy of Music; Freiburg Hochschule (Germany);  Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Gnessin Academy and St. Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory (Russia); R. Glière Kyiv Institute of Music (Ukraine); Tbilisi Conservatory; Zagreb Academy (Croatia);  Lithuanian Music Academy, Vilnius;  Krakow Summer Academy; Ferenc Liszt Academy in Budapest; Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts; University of Canberra (Australia); Seoul National University;  Dino Ciani festival in Cortina d’Ampezzo (Italy).

Krasovsky has been a Jury member at Leeds, Dublin, Honens, Rubinstein (Tel Aviv), Horowitz (Kiyv), Maj Lind (Helsinki), Bremen (Germany), Paderewski (Poland), Tbilisi, Takamatsu (Japan), and other international competitions.

Born in Vilnius, Lithuania, Krasovsky studied with Mindru Katz in Tel Aviv, with Ilona Kabos, Guido Agosti, Aube Tzerko and Ania Dorfmann in USA. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Juilliard School.