The Jerusalem Trio have established a major international career based on their thoughtful and passionate music making. This award-winning young piano trio have thrilled audiences in the United States, Canada, Japan, Germany, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, South America and beyond. Winners of the 1st prize at the 1999 Osaka International Chamber Music Competition, they are also Prize Winners at the 1995 Melbourne International Competition and have won, as individuals, America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship Awards. Founded in Israel in 1989, the group began working together under the auspices of the Jerusalem Music Centre. Founded by Isaac Stern and Jerusalem's Mayor Teddy Kollek as a meeting point for visiting international masters and talented young Israeli musicians, the Centre helped establish The Jerusalem Trio as Israel's leading piano trio. At the time, The Strad commented "...The Jerusalem Trio took a different, but thought provoking view, the myriad colours they have at their disposal having the hallmark of impending greatness...", followed by the Washington Post “real music making… brought music that reached for infinity” Indeed, these young artists have collaborated in performance with some very great masters, including Isaac Stern, Pinchas Zukerman and Shlomo Mintz. The group recorded the Shostakovich and Ravel CD on the JMC Label following their highly acclaimed Brahms recording (DOREMI DDR-71132), about which FANFARE MAGAZINE Commented "Youthful zest and virtuosity abound in these intensely emotional readings." (Fanfare September/October 1998). The ensemble maintains a steady schedule of recitals, orchestral performances of the Beethoven "Triple" Concerto including the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic, Santiago Philharmonic and the Camerata Virtuosi at the Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center NY, teaching and recording throughout North America, Asia and Europe. Numerous festivals keep them busy, including the Pro-Festival in Rolandseck and Insel Hombroich Festivals in Germany, Kfar Blum Festival in Israel, the Dubrovnick Festival in Croatia and the Banff Festival in Canada, La-Baule France etc', They keep a steady schedule in prestigious concert halls such as Avery Fisher New York's Lincoln Center, the Berlin Philharmonic Chamber Hall, the Alte Oper in Frankfurt, Melbourne Symphony Hall, Wigmore hall, Concertgebouw, and other prestigious venues. The members of the Jerusalem Trio are Faculty members of the "Jerusalem Academy of music and dance", Jerusalem Hebrew University