A native of Israel, clarinetist
Gilad Harel is an avid chamber music player, a new music promoter and an active klezmer/world music performer. Co-Artistic director of Fountain Chamber Music Society, New York, Gilad Harel is also the clarinetist of the Proteus and the Fountain Ensembles. He is performing with the Manhattan Sinfonitta, and has performed with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the New Millennium Ensemble, Sospeso Ensemble and the Zephyros Wind Ensemble. He plays Cuban music with the Quinteto Roberto Rodriguez, and Klezmer music with Klezshop. As an instructor, Gilad Harel is on the Faculty at the 92nd Street Y, New York, and the Saint Ann's School, Brooklyn. This summer, he is invited to be on the faculty at the XI International Summer Course in Shropshire, England. Gilad Harel is a graduate of the Juilliard School, the Paris National Conservatory, and the Israeli Conservatory of Music, Tel-Aviv.
