Sagi Hartov

Sagi Hartov
Nationality	Israeli
Occupation	Classical musician and academic director
Musical career
Instruments	Cello

Sagi Hartov (Hebrew: שגיא הרטוב‎‎) is a cellist born in Israel. He is the founder of the Ernest Bloch classical competition.^[1]

Since 2010, Hartov has been a member of the London Mozart Trio. In 2011, he was appointed dean and director of the London College of Contemporary Arts.

Career

Sagi Hartov started studying the cello when he was 10 years old. His main inspiration was the Russian cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich, with whom he later performed.^[2] He studied at the Rubin Conservatorium in Haifa, and at the age of 15 performed with the Haifa Symphony Orchestra.^[3]

Between 1995 and 1999, Hartov studied under Uzi Wiesel, initially at Tel Aviv University and then at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. He was also taught by Aldo Parisot, János Starker and Mats Lidström.

In September 2000, Hartov moved to the UK to study at the Royal Academy of Music,^[4] and became an LRAM.^[5]

He taught at the Royal Academy of Music, and became a senior lecturer.^[6]

Hartov has taught Master's degrees and masterclasses at the Birmingham Conservatoire, the Yehudi Menuhin School and Cambridge University.^[7] Since September 2010 he has taught at the North London Colourstrings Centre and Conservatoire.^[8]

Awards and performances

Sagi Hartov has performed in over 12 countries. He played a solo recital with Benjamin Frith at the Wigmore Hall and a concert with Argentinian pianist Alberto Portugheis at the Regent Hall.^[9]

Hartov has taken part in festivals such as the Broomhill Festival and the Gentse Feesten in Belgium. In 2001 he was a finalist in the Rostropovich International Cello Competition^[10] in Paris. He represented the String Department in the Finals of the RAM Club Prize, where he opened the new David Josefowitz Recital Hall.^[11]

Hartov has recorded advertisement soundtracks. He has also recorded for the BBC’s Channel 1, and Radios 3 and 4, as well as the Universal Records.^[12]

In 2007 and 2008, Hartov established the Israeli Music and the Ernest Bloch competitions.^[1] In 2010, the Israeli Music Competition had 500 applications from 60 different nationalities.^[13]

In 2010, Hartov joined the London Mozart Trio, founded in 1989 by pianist Colin Stone, which has released two albums; the third member is Krzysztof Smietana.

References

External links

• Israeli Music Competition