Conductor Gad Kadosh in Paris, march 2010. Photo: © Gaël Amzalag.

Israeli born conductor and pianist Gad Kadosh (1984) began his musical education with piano studies in Tel-Aviv. Increasingly fascinated by orchestras and choirs, he gradually became interested in conducting.

Gad has conducted such orchestras as Sofia Festival Orchestra, Philharmonisches Kammerorchester Wernigerode, Ashkelon Symphony Orchestra, Ashdod Symphony Orchestra and others. He has worked with the Klangzeitort in Berlin, conducting new pieces of young composers.

Photo: © 2010 Gaël Amzalag.

As a pianist, Gad performed as soloist with the Thelma-Yellin Symphony Orchestra. He won the Isman prize for a commendable performance of an Israeli piece. During his piano studies, he has been granted scholarships from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation. These days Gad enjoys performing mostly chamber music, as well as accompanying singers.

While accomplishing his military service in the Israeli Defense Forces in the outstanding musicians unit, he studied piano performance at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music in Tel-Aviv University. After obtaining his bachelor degree, he went on to study conducting at the UdK Berlin.

Photo: © 2010 Gaël Amzalag.

Among his piano teachers are Mrs. Sarah Tal, Prof. Emanuel Krasovsky, Prof. Fabio Bidini and Prof. Rolf Koenen. In Israel he studied conducting with Vag Papian, and later on in Berlin with Prof. Lutz Köhler. Gad has also worked with piano teachers such as Elza Kolodin, Miyoko Lotto, Victor Rosenbaum, Barry Snyder, Asaf Zohar, Matti Raekallio and others, conductor Gianluigi Gelmetti and Lied accompanist Eric Schneider.