The winner of the Grand Prix and 4 special prizes
at the 3rd Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition
(1999,Australia), 1st Prize “Amadeus Prize” at Charles Hennen
Competition ( Holland 1999), Schubert Prize at Schubert Competition (2003, Graz,
Austria) ,2nd Prize (no 1st Prize awarded) and the
International Critics Prize at Bordeaux String Quartet Competition
(2003,France).
The Aviv Quartet has performed at leading venues throughout the world , including Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall (New York), Kennedy Center and The Library of Congress (Washington), Sydney Opera House ,Cologne Philharmonie, Vienna Konzerthaus, Wigmore Hall and Royal Festival Hall (London) , Louvre Auditorium,Theatre du Chatelet and Theatre de la Ville (Paris), Beethovenhaus (Bohn).As well , The Aviv Quartet performed in Brazil, China, Australia, Ireland, Netherlands, Italy, Sweden, Croatia, Portugal, Spain, South Africa, Canada, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and Belgium.
In 1999-2003 The Aviv Quartet was awarded several government prizes, such as Israeli Ministry of Culture Prize (2001), German Ministry of Education Award (1999), Prize of Israeli Lottery Foundation- Mif’al ha Pais (2003)
The Aviv Quartet studied with Gad Kogan, Irina Svetlova and Chaim Taub, than continued its studies with the members of the Alban Berg Quartet at Cologne Hochschule (1998-2000), and Daniel Quartet at Rotterdam Conservatory.During 2002-2003 they collaborated with the Ysaye Quartet at CNR de Paris.
In addition, the Aviv Quartet participated in courses and master-classes with such musicians as the members of Amadeus Quartet, Emerson Quartet ,Julliard Quartet, Isaac Stern, Walter Levin, Henry Mayer, Leon Fleisher, Joseph Kalichshtein, Wu Han, Ivry Gitlis, Arnold Steinhard and Paul Katz.
The Aviv Quartet’s repertoire comprise approximately 100 pieces, from Haydn , up to contemporary composers.
In 2003 Naxos Label released the Quartet’s Debut CD of Franz Anton Hoffmeister’s three string quartets op 14.
Between 2004 and 2006, the Aviv Quartet recorded several Shostakovich quartets for the Israeli Label “Dalia Classics”.
In March 2008, the quartet is going to record a new CD on Naxos Label, which will inclube String Quartets by Erwin Schulhoff.