Lahav shani biography for kids

Israeli conductor and pianist

Lahav Shani (Hebrew: להב שני; born 7 January 1989) is an Israeli conductor, pianist and double bassist.

Biography

Shani was born in Tel Aviv, the son of Michael Shani, a choral conductor.^[1][2] He began piano lessons at age 6 with Hannah Shalgi.

He continued his piano studies from Arie Vardi at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music in Tel Aviv.

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He subsequently studied double bass with Teddy Kling, the former principal bassist of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Shani continued further music studies at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" Berlin, where his teachers included Christian Ehwald (orchestral conducting) and Fabio Bidini (piano). Daniel Barenboim has served as a conducting mentor for Shani.

Shani first appeared as a guest pianist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in 2007. In 2010, Zubin Mehta engaged Shani as pianist and assistant conductor for a tour with the Israel Philharmonic.^{[2] Meet Lahav Shani: The Young Israeli Conductor Taking the ... QYMUN}