Meet the Faculty
Eli Kalman
(920) 424-4220
kalmane@uwosh.edu
D.M.A., M.M., Diploma in Piano Performance; Piano, Piano Literature, Chamber Music; has performed extensively as a soloist and chamber musician in Romania, Israel, Germany, Hungary, United States and Canada. Hailing from Israel, he was the recipient of the Paul Collins Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship for Excellence at UW-Madison. He was an enthusiastic artist in-residence at the Chamber Music Festival at Banff, Canada where he has performed for three consecutive years in the Art of the Ensemble concert series. Dr. Kalman performed at the Token Creek Festival, the Emmanuel Music-Schumann Chamber Series in Boston, the Connoisseur Series at Wichita State University and as a part of the acclaimed Myra Hess Memorial concerts in Chicago, with cellist Amit Peled. He also performed repeatedly on the Faculty Concert Series at UW-Madison with cellist Parry Karp. In 2001, he recorded on CD the works for solo piano and cello and piano by Erwin Junger and lately Robert Schumann’s Sonatas for Violin and Piano with violinist Rose Mary Harbison. Other recordings of his recitals have been heard on Jerusalem Radio and for the most part on Wisconsin National Public Radio. His research interests include neglected repertoire for strings and piano and the compositions of Romanian pianist Dinu Lipatti and Israeli composer Erwin Junger.
In 2005, Dr. Kalman joined the piano faculty at the Young Artist Seminars at Rocky Ridge Music Center, CO. He is also on the piano faculty at the association “Maestro“, which is a non-profit organization in Israel that provides a home base for accomplished Israeli musicians living abroad. “Maestro” members work with qualified academic trainees on the pedagogy of teaching instrumental music.
Dr. Kalman earned the Diploma in Piano Performance at the Academy of Music
“G. Dima” in Cluj, Romania, the Master of Music and Doctor of
Musical Arts degrees at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.