Rony Rogoff
"Rony Rogoff is the only
violinist who uses the proper proportion for any given style
and the best Mozart player in existence. He is one of the few
who understand the meaning behind the notes and is capable
of bringing it through." This is Sergiu
Celibidache’s opinion on his former
student and long time friend.
Rony Rogoff was born in Israel and was taught initially by his father – who was a founding member of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra – and by Ramy Shevelov. He then studied at the Juilliard School in New York with Ivan Galamian and Dorothy DeLay as well as in Switzerland with Joseph Szigeti.
As a soloist he was accompanied by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under Zubin Mehta, as well as by the leading orchestras in Philadelphia, San Francisco, Paris, Madrid, Tokyo, Manila, Caracas, the radio orchestras in Copenhagen and Stuttgart, the Munich Philharmonic, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and the 'Rheinland-Pfälzische Staatsphilharmonie' under conductors like Sergiu Celibidache, Leonard Bernstein, Enrique García Asensio, Aldo Ceccato or Arthur Fiedler.
His solo performances of Bach’s Partitas and Stockhausen’s 'Zodiac' at the Lincoln Center in New York have achieved a legendary status and were released by Sony.
Besides being in command of the complete standard repertoire, Rogoff has always dedicated himself to lesser known but valuable works such as the violin concerto of the great Norwegian dodekaphonist Fartein Valen, of which he gave the American premiere.
In 1982 the famous critic H. H. Stuckenschmidt declared after witnessing Rogoff’s performance of Alban Berg’s violin concerto at the Berlin Festival with the Munich Philharmonic under Celibidache, that this performance "had corresponded more than any other one with the last will of its composer, whom he had known personally".
The long lasting collaboration with Sergiu Celibidache was
the most influential in Rogoff’s professional life. Not least
the continous exchange with many international first class artists
has helped him to develop into one of the most experienced violin
teachers of our time. Indeed the teaching practise has become
more and more important for Rogoff and is claiming more and more
of his time.
His master classes for violin and chamber music in South America,
Japan, the Philippines, Italy, Austria (summer school of the
Mozarteum) and Germany (working for 9 years continuously in CJD
institutions Elze and Berchtesgaden) have become legendary.
He is a conductor and tutor for orchestras – internationally highly acclaimed – in Denmark, Spain, Italy, Japan, Germany, South America and the Philippines.
In 1994 Rogoff started founding a chamber orchestra with
students in Italy. Firstly situated near Vicenza and named 
'I
Cameristi - La Scuola di Rony Rogoff', the orchestra quickly
gained an outstanding reputation and was soon invited to the
renowned Italian festivals in Bologna and Venice. In Venice they
performed Johannes Brahms’ complete chamber music as well
as the first serenade for orchestra. The cycle was recorded live
and issued on CD (released by Mondo Musica and highly praised
by the media in Germany and Italy). After becoming incorporated
into the Fondazione Cini in Venice the ochestra was renamed as
'Accademia Musicale di San Giorgio'. Performances of demanding
works like Anton Bruckner’s string quintet, Richard Strauss’ Metamorphoses,
Arnold Schönberg’s 'Transfigured Night' and 'Suite
in G', Béla Bartók’s Divertimento, as well
as symphonic works by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms
etc. demonstrate the unique qualities of this ensemble. He worked
as the Artistic Director of the ensemble until 2002.
Christian Ostertag, winner of the German Music Competition
in Bonn, concertmaster of SWR Symphony Orchestra Freiburg and
Baden-Baden:
"Nobody has taught me more about
the right hand. He imparts to his students the greatest possible
insight into elementary principles and the problems of instrumental
playing. In chamber music it is the thorough understanding
of structure and the selfless devotion in the service of music.
He supports this without being distracted by superficial success.
His courses are all around more productive than any others
that I have attended."
Short Curriculum Vitae
Studies:
Violin with his father, a founding member of the Israel Philharmonic
Orchestra; at the Rubin Academy in Tel Aviv with Prof. Odeon
partosh and Prof. Ramy Shevelov; at the Juilliard School
of Music with Ivan Galamian and Dorothy Delay; La Crepon,
Switzerland, with Maestro Joseph Szigetti.
Phenomenology with Maestro Sergiu Celibidache in Paris, France
Lifelong
association with Maestro Sergiu Celibidache as soloist all
over the world
Recordings
Recorded for Sony Classics, Colombia Records, Denon, Mondo
Musica
TV and Radio Recordings: BBC / ORTF, Radio France / NHK Japan
/ Yomiuri Japan / Radio Denmark / Swiss Romande / RAI Italia
/ RTV Spain / Kol Israel-Jerusalem etc.
Work with orchestras
Danish Radio Orchestra / Munich Young Philharmonic / Cervera
Festival Orchestra / Caracas Chamber Orchestra
(and 3 more in Venezuela), Accademia Musicale di San Giorgio,
Venice
Masterclasses
For Violin, strings and chambermusic: Austria, Germany, Denmark,
France, Italy, Spain, Venezuela, USA, South America, Japan,
Philippines
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