Avichai Ornoy

A native of Israel, began his career as a flute player at a young age. Avichai propelled his career into becoming of the leading musicians in the Israeli classical scene both as an orchestral player and as a soloist. He has held the position of principal Flute player in most of the Israeli major orchestras. While been a member of the Israel Philharmonic, Avichai was featured as a Principal Flautist performing under the baton of conductors such as Mehta, Barenboim, Maazel, Mazur, Sawallisch. His worldwide solo appearances include concerts in major music Festivals, including the 'Radio France' Festival at Montpellier and 'Graz' Music in Austria.He is the first prize winner of competitions such as The 'Young Artist' Award (Israel), 'Paul Ben Haim' competition (Israel), NFA international competition for young flautists (USA), plus the AICF Award for excellence in music (Israel) and Israel Defense Force 'Excellent Musician' award.Avichai is a graduate of the Rubin Academy of Music - Classical department (Jerusalem) and of the 'City College' Jazz department (Manhattan).