Daniel Gortler

Daniel Gortler (Hebrew: דניאל גורטלר) is an Israeli pianist.

Education and early life
Born and raised in Israel, Gortler began studying classical music and piano with Naomi Hachohen. He graduated from the Rubin Music Academy in Tel-Aviv. He continued his musical studies graduating from the Musikhochschule Hannover, where he studied with Arie Vardi.

Gortler was faculty member of the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at the Tel-Aviv University until 2011, and a guest artist in piano studies in the Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions at New York University's Steinhardt School between 2011 and 2013.

Career
As a soloist, Gortler has performed with orchestras including the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony, working alongside conductors including Zubin Mehta, Christoph Eschenbach, Valery Gergiev and Michael Tilson Thomas.

Gortler has performed in festivals such as the Montpellier Festival, Lucerne Festival and Israel Festival. A collaboration with Pinchas Zukerman led to an original video recording of Marc Neikrug's "Through Roses".

Gortler has performed chamber music with artists including Nikolaj Znaider, Bo Skovhus and Steven Isserlis.

Awards

 * Third place – Geneva International Piano Competition

Recordings
Gortler has recorded several albums with Romeo Records: In 2023, Gortler released his debut album with Prospero Classical, featuring a selection of Edvard Grieg's Lyric Pieces. The album, titled "Daniel Gortler plays Edvard Grieg - Lyric Pieces," includes 21 of Gortler's personal favorites from Grieg's collection of 66 short character pieces.
 * Songs without Words
 * Schubert Lieder with Sharon-Rostorf Zamir
 * Schumann: Symphonic Etudes & Faschingsschwank aus Wien