Friends of Music will host a recital by Daniel Gortler on March 14 at the SABC, Old Fort Road at 19h45. This Israeli pianist is attracting the attention of audiences worldwide. He has appeared as soloist with many major orchestras, including the Israel Philharmonic, the Berlin and the Bavarian Radio Symphonies, NDR, Swiss Romande, Atlanta Symphony, Houston Symphony, San Francisco, San Jose and New World Symphony.

Daniel Gortier started his studies with Neomi Hacohen and graduated from the Tel-Aviv Academy and the Hannover Musikhochschule with Prof Arie Vardi. In addition, he has taken classes with Christoph Eschenbach. He has performed with conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Christoph Eschenbach, Michael Tilson Thomas, Yoel Levi, Leonard Grin and Justus Frantz. Recently he was asked to replace Murray Perrahia on short notice and successfully made his debut of the Schumann Piano Concerto with the San Francisco Symphony under the baton of Valery Gergiev. Daniel Gortler recently performed in a film of Mark Neikrug's Through Roses together with Maestro Pinchas Zukerman. His future engagements include a recording of Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words - the complete cycle and a debut recital at the 92Y in New York.

Daniel Gortier is a prize winner of many international competitions including Geneva (third prize), ARD Munich (second prize) and first prize in the Bremen and the Vina del Mar (Chile) competitions. He has been invited to play in international festivals such as the Schlezwig-Holstein Montpellier, Jerusalem Festival and in the U.S. Book for his recital at Computicket