| Recent First Prize winner of the 2009 Freiburg International Clarinet Competition in Germany, clarinetist Moran Katz performs extensively throughout the United States, Europe and Asia as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. Among other orchestras, she has appeared as soloist with the SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden and Freiburg, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the China Philharmonic Orchestra, the Collegium Musicum Basel and the Albany Symphony. Moran is the recipient of a 2010 Salon de Virtuosi Career Grant. She received her Bachelor and Master of Music and Artist Diploma as a student of Charles Neidich and Ayako Oshima at The Juilliard School, where she was admitted with a presidential distinction and a full scholarship. Starting in fall of 2010, Ms. Katz is a member of Ensemble ACJW and a fellow of The Academy, a collaboration of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and the Weill Music Institute in partnership with the NYC Department of Education, performing chamber music at Carnegie Hall and bringing classical music to students in the NYC public schools. |
