Cellist Zvi Plesser enjoys a wide-ranging career as soloist, chamber music player and teacher. He has won numerous awards including the first prize in the Washington International Competition and has played on some of the worlds most renowned stages.
Mr. Plesser performed in New Yorks prestigious Carnegie Hall on several occasions. At the age of 17 he made his U.S. debut on that stage with Isaac Stern and Pinchas Zuckerman in celebration of Maestro Sterns 65th birthday. He returned to Carnegie hall as soloist with the Juilliard Orchestra under Maestro Zubin Mehta. He has since performed with leading orchestras among them the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra, The Buffalo Philharmonic, the Minsk Chamber Orchestra and many more. He has also toured with the Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields under Sir Neville Merriner performing as soloist in Brahms Double Concerto alongside violinist Gil Shaham.
Mr. Plesser has played with all major orchestras in Israel. In the last seasons he has been featured with the Israel Chamber Orchestra, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Camerata, the Northern Israel Symphony Orchestra and The Israel Sinfonietta. In May of 2002 Mr. Plesser played the world premier of Josef Bardanashvilli's 'Dialogues for Cello and Orchestra' with the Israel Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Steven Sloan.
An active chamber music performer he was a member of the Huberman Quartet (1995-2002) and is a founding member of Concertante Chamber Players. His collaborations have taken him the to many festivals including: Marlboro Festival - USA, Schleswig-Holstein Festival and Festival Pro - Germany, Montpelier Festival - France, Lappland Festspel and Gotland Festival - Sweden, Kuhmo Festival - Finland, the Cervantino Festival - Mexico and the Israel festival, Music Days in The Galilee and International Chamber Music Festival in Jerusalem - Israel.
Zvi Plesser was an AICF scholarship recipient and is a graduate of the Juilliard School as a student of Zara Nelsova. His principal teachers include Zvi Harel in Israel and David Soyer in the U.S. Mr. Plesser has taught at the North Carolina School of the Arts and is currently on the faculty of the Jerusalem Academy of music and Dance. He is frequently invited to give masterclasses and coachings in music centers in Europe and the U.S.
Mr. Plesser can be heard on CD recordings for Meridian, Helicon, Kleos, CRI, and JMC labels. Zvi Plesser plays a Domenico Monagnana on loan from the Lois Lehrman Grass Foundation.