Profil
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- Artist
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- Jazz
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Personal profile
Arik Strauss (born in Jerusalem) – an international artist who performed in the USA, Japan, Europe and Israel – is a pianist, composer, arranger and music teacher. Arik began his musical training at the age of seven. He studied in Israel and then in New York, where he spent 12 years and performed with top musicians and in leading jazz clubs, such as Birdland. Back in Israel he released - between 2002 and 2012 - 4 CDs, the last of which, "Mostly Ballads", was released by Dot Time Records in 2012. Production of the CD was made possible through the support of ACUM's social and promotion fund. In 2010 Strauss was chosen by Israel's Ministry of Culture and Sport for a six months' stay at the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris as an artist resident, where he performed, recorded and wrote most of his last CD's music. In April 2013 Strauss performed in Jazzahead held in Bremen, Germany.
