SHARON ADAR: Horns/Wood

Sharon Adar has been an active participant in the musical life in Israel for the last fifteen years. She received most of her musical education in Israel as a student of Richard Lesser, Eli Eban, David Weber, and Mordechai Rechtman. From 1980-1984 Adar played in the Israel Sinfonietta and since 1984 has been a member of the Israel Chamber Orchestra. She has performed as soloist with the ICO, the Israel Sinfonietta and the Herzalia Chamber Orchestra. Ms. Adar is active in many chamber music ensembles such as the ICO woodwind Ensemble, the Prisma Trio and in various chamber music masterworks performed in the ICO with violinist Shlomo Mintz. Ms. Adar also specializes in playing the basset horn, performing most of its repertoire with the ICO and the IPO, such as Mozart's Gran Partita and as soloist in Mendelssohn's Konzertstücke. Ms. Adar is also active in teaching and coaching both privately and in various musical institutions in Israel.