Samling Artists

Ilan Kurtser

Pianist, Samling Artist Programme: 2022

Ilan Kurtser, Samling Artist Programme, Marchmont House Photo credit: Mark Pinder

Ilan Kurtser graduated this year from the Advanced Diploma course at the Royal Academy of Music where he studied with Michael Dussek and James Baillieu. He previously studied with Enn Wittenberg and at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music in Tel-Aviv with Asaf Zohar. He is a Leeds Lieder Young Artist and the winner of the two major accompaniment prizes at the Royal Academy of Music, the Bampton Classical Opera Competition Accompanist Prize and the 2021 Kathleen Ferrier Awards Help Musician’s Accompanist Prize. He has participated in the David Goldman Chamber Music Program for Outstanding Young Musicians and has taken part in masterclasses with Murray Perahia, Menahem Pressler, Helmut Deutsch, Elly Ameling and Graham Johnson. He is now a teaching fellow at the Royal Academy of Music.

Samling Institute for Young Artists is a leading global authority in the training of young voices.

Since 1996, the Samling Artist Programme has provided intensive residential masterclass weeks for early-career singers and pianists, followed by professional development and support through our activities and established networks.

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Ilan Kurtser and Paul-Emmanuel Thomas, Samling Artist Programme, Marchmont House. Photo credit: Mark Pinder

Ilan Kurtser and Paul-Emmanuel Thomas, Samling Artist Programme, Marchmont House. Photo credit: Mark Pinder

Ilan Kurtser and Paul-Emmanuel Thomas, Samling Artist Programme, Marchmont House. Photo credit: Mark Pinder

‘My time at Samling Institute was truly incredible. It unraveled for me the many ways that an accompanist can inspire the singers and uplift the performance.’

Samling Artist Ilan Kurtser

Samling Institute for Young Artists is a leading global authority in the training of young voices.

Since 1996, the Samling Artist Programme has provided intensive residential masterclass weeks for early-career singers and pianists, followed by professional development and support through our activities and established networks.

Find out more
Samling Artist Programme | All Samling Artists