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Rivka Golani
Rivka Golani is an Israeli-born viola player. She has performed as soloist with many orchestras throughout the world including the Boston Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw, BBC Symphony, BBC Philharmonic, Hong Kong Symphony, Singapore Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, Tokyo Metropolitan, Montreal Symphony and the Toronto Symphony. Golani was born in Tel Aviv. Her father Yakov Gulnik was from Warsaw, and had lost his family in the Holocaust. Her mother Liza Goldstein was from Polish Galicia. Golani took up the violin at age 7, while her sister Bela learned the cello. Golani was a mathematics prodigy. Golani became a pupil of the violinist Alexander Moskowsky at age 18. She switched to viola at age 21 and studied with the violist Oedoen Partos, and became a member of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. She married the Hungarian luthier Otto Erdesz, and in 1974 the couple moved to Canada, where she gave birth to her son Micha Eden Erdesz. She became a citizen of Canada in 1983. Erdesz manufactured for her what has been her preferred instrument throughout her career. From Wikipedia (

Songs

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Fool's Paradise
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Harold in Italy, Op. 16, H. 68: II. Allegretto (March of the Pilgrims Singing the Evening Prayer)
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Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60: III. Andante
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Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25: IV. Rondo alla zingarese. Presto

Albums

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Russian Concert

2015
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Schumann: Fairies

2000
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Britten: Orchestral Works

1986
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Hidden Treasure - Viola Masterpieces

2014
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Shostakovich, Arensky & Prokofiev: Chamber Works

1991
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Encores

2014
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Bach: Cello Suites, Chaconne & Chromatic Fantasy

2000
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Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Young Apollo, Simple Symphony & Lachrymae

1990
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Chaconne - Music for Viola and Orchestra

2000
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Brahms: Piano Quartets Nos. 1-3

1989

Videos

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Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5, II. Andante Cantabile. The Most Heartbreaking Melody

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Tchaikovsky - Andante Cantabile from Op. 11 (1871) arr. for String Orchestra

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Tchaikovsky Andante Cantabile - Rostropovich

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Yoonie Han plays Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Var. 18 "Andante Cantabile" 안단테 칸타빌레

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【スラブ幻想曲】 クライスラー Kreisler/Dvorak Slavonic Fantasy

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'안단테 칸타빌레'(차이코프스키 / Han Na Chang) - '강물'(천상병)

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【アンダンテカンタービレ】チャイコフスキー Tchaikovsky Andante Cantabile

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Tchaikovsky: Andante Cantabile Performed by Rostropovich (w. Cello Part)

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Tchaikovsky: Andante cantabile for cello and strings | Gautier Capuçon, Gábor Takács-Nagy & the VFCO

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Rachmaninov - Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 - Andante

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