Bach:Fahily Motets CD

Born on a kibbutz in Israel, he began studying the violin at the age of eight and turned to the viola when he was sixteen. He studied viola with David Chen at the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem, Daniel Benyamini, principal violist of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Michael Tree, violist of the Guarneri String Quartet. With an emphasis on chamber music he also studied at the Jerusalem Music Centre with distinguished visiting faculty from around the world including Isaac Stern, Ilona Feher, and the Amadeus and Guarneri String Quartets. A finalist of the François Shapira competition in Tel-Aviv, his awards include the Israel Broadcasting Authority award for chamber music performance and numerous scholarships from the American-Israel Cultural foundation.

In 1985 he was invited to join Isaac Stern and Pinchas Zuckerman in a gala concert at Carnegie Hall in New York. As a founding member of the Aviv Quartet and subsequently a member of the Penderecki String Quartet he has performed in major concert halls throughout Europe and North America.

With a special affinity to inspire young people Yariv was the artistic director of the Courtenay Youth Music Centre for ten years and is the associate music director for the Greater Victoria Youth Orchestra. He taught viola and Chamber music at Sir Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, and is currently teaching chamber music at the University of Victoria, British Columbia. Mr. Aloni has recorded for the United, Marquise, Tritonus, and CBC labels as well as independent CD labels. He appears regularly with the Vetta Ensemble in Vancouver and performs in numerous chamber music festivals and recitals series. Also a conductor, he is the founder and music director of the Galiano Ensemble of Victoria and the Victoria Chamber Orchestra.

He is playing on a viola made by Joseph Curtin in 2001.