A M I R / L A V I E

Welcome ! Here you will find some information about myself and what I do. Hope you enjoy it, and don’t hesitate to let me know your opinion or comments. You may  contact me at amirlavie@hotmail.com .Enjoy !

    ah….my pride and joy - a marimba recital of all my favourite music,spanning from Israeli songs to J.S Bach’s Cello suites,I have put together pieces of music I love from every ganre. Pat Metheny,Gilberto Gil,Pixinguinha,David Maslanka,John Dowland -and more- in my own arrangements and original pieces for marimba.

Percussionist Amir Lavie, a native of Israel, has appeared in solo concerts, chamber music events and with various orchestras throughout North America, Europe and Israel.

Amir has won numerous awards,including Israel’s Composer’s Association Excellence award and the Manhattan School of Music concerto competition, giving the American premiere of Anders Koppel’s marimba concerto.

Amir is principal percussionist of the Israel Opera Orchestra, and is regularly invited to play with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.

Equally at home as a soloist, Amir has presented recitals in New York, Tel Aviv and Copenhagen, and was featured soloist with several orchestras.

An avid performer of chamber music, Amir took part at the Spoletto festival, The Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival and Autumn music days in Warsaw among others.

Amir holds degrees from the Tel Aviv University, Manhattan School of Music and is a graduate of the Soloist Class at the Royal Academy of Music.

The funky percussion and electronics duo I share with Asaf Roth.Original music by Asaf,Amir and Rothem Hecht.check out our videos-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4aIe9r6Dj0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk8aKRjVgk0

  NIKEL ensemble hosted renowned french composer Phillipe Hurel in 2 concerts…..Funky energetic music !

  STIX were invited to play our family show “Congas” at the “Muses” Festival in Shoham . We enjoyed great hospitality and cheering crowds…

מופע היחיד שלי המיועד לכל המשפחה. קטנטנים וגדולים צוחקים ומתרגשים כשהאדם הקדמון מגלה את כלי ההקשה,וחווים את התפתחות הכלים עד המגוון האדיר של ימינו. 

מופע קצבי ותוסס, המיועד לילדים בגילאי 5-12 ולכל המשפחה. אמיר ואסף מגישים בהומור שלל כלים ומקצבים מרחבי העולם ומוזיקה מגוונת לקסילופון,תופים גונגים ועוד הפתעות כגון מטאטא ופחים - המופע מאושר על ידי סל תרבות ואומנות לעם