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Isaac Harari

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10 March 2025 / 1st PRIZE IN FANNY MENDELSSOHN COMPETITION

Isaac Harari wins first prize in the Fanny Mendelssohn International Online Competition IV edition in the Marimba, Xylophone and Vibraphone category.
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28 Feb - 02 March 2025 / UPRISING AT GLYNDEBOURNE

Onstage percussion in the community opera at Glyndebourne - 
Uprising​ by Jonathan Dove (world premiere)
"TEMPLE" - MARIMBA SOLO BY ISAAC HARARI
Temple for solo marimba is now available from Tapspace publishing as both digital download and physical score.
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(UK) BUY SCORE
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25 August & 1 September 2024 / BBC PROMS & HELSINKI FESTIVAL,
RCM SO & Sibelius Academy SO

Principal percussion Isaac Harari & Donatien  Conversat
Conductor Sakari Oramo
Jean Sibelius - The Wood Nymph
Lara Poe - Songs from the Countryside (WP)
Gustav Holst - The Planets
Royal Albert Hall, London & Musiikkitalo, Helsinki

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2023-24 / YMEF SCHOLARSHIP WINNER
Isaac Harari wins a prestigious Yamaha Music Europe Foundation Scholarship at a live final in the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester.
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6 July 2024 / NYJO LATIN COLLECTIVE
DEAL MUSIC FESTIVAL
14-piece NYJO ensemble performs a high-tempo Latin-infused programme, exploring everything from Salsa sounds to Afro-Cuban Jazz

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 13 June 2024 / THE STRAND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC SERIES
Isaac Harari, percussion
Jasper Eaglesfield - ‘Never Safe‘ for solo snare drum
Jasper Eaglesfield - ‘Never Asleep‘ for solo vibraphone
St Mary le Strand, London

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THE PABLO BARRIOS QUARTET
Live Latin jazz at Piano Bar Soho or Alfie's Soho each week.
18 April 2024 / WORLD PREMIERE
"MANY HANDS IN HIGH PLACES"

Sirocco Duo (Isaac Harari & Toril Azzalini-Machecler) with the RCM Philharmonic premier Jasper Eaglesfield's new double percussion concerto. ​
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1 March 2024 / NEW COMPOSITION "TECHNIUM"
PREMIERED BY PERCUSSION QUARTET PERC'M

"Technium" by Isaac Harari 
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Percussion Showcase, Royal College of Music, London
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Oct & Nov 2023 / TOUR - UK, SPAIN & PORTUGAL WITH THE WORLD PERCUSSION GROUP
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5 Oct 2023 / "NIGHTWALKER" PREMIERE,
RCM JAZZ ORCHESTA

"Nightwalker" for Big Band by Isaac Harari
Britten Theatre, London
28 June - 3 July 2023 / "BARNUM'S BIRD"
OPERA by LIBBY LARSEN 
Conductor: Michael Rosewell
Percussion Principal: Isaac Harari
Britten Theatre, London.
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16 June 2023 / IC BIG BAND
Jazz Cafe Posk, London
Drums: Isaac Harari
Director: Chris Dean
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16 May 2023​ / SIROCCO DUO, REICH'S QUARTET
Steve Reich Quartet
Vibraphone: Isaac Harari, Toril Azzalini
Piano: Alexander Doronin, Francisco Couto
Royal College of Music, London
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April 2023​ / PEGASUS OPERA
Philip Hagemann Ruth & The Six of Calais
Isaac Harari, Toril Azzalini-Machecler Percussion 
Susi Sainsbury Theatre, Royal Academy of Music, London
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23 & 24th March 2023 / RCM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conductor: Vasily Petrenko
Bacewicz Overture
Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto no 1 in A minor op 33
R Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra op 30
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2 March 2023 / RCM PHILHARMONIC
Percussion Principal: Isaac Harari
Joan Tower Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman
John Adams A Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Barber Adagio for Strings
Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
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15 Feb 2023 / RCM JAZZ ORCHESTRA
BASIE AND BEYOND - Swing, blues, and funk-inspired music from the 1950's to the present day. With trumpet player and jazz singer Georgina Jackson.
Britten Theatre, London

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11 Feb 2023 / SIROCCO DUO
ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC CHAMBER FESTIVAL

Dave Maric Shapeshifter
Ravel (arr Safri Duo) Alborada Del Gracioso
Benjamin Holmes Crossing
Toril Azzalini-Machecler and Isaac Harari Improvisation
Steve Reich Quartet
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12 Nov 2022 / JAM DIVISION - LIVE IN OXFORD ​
St. John's College Bar, Oxford
Bassist Ozan Erder, Drummer Isaac Harari & Pianist Gabriel Margolis play two sets of original compositions.
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11 Nov 2022 / PERCUSSION SHOWCASE​
Royal College of Music, London​
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Oct 2022 / RCM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Principal percussion Isaac Harari
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Conductor Adrian Partington

Liszt Piano Concerto no 2
​Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony


Oct 2022 / BBC YOUNG JAZZ MUSICIAN
Selected through to the semi-finals of ​the BBCYJM competition ​on drum-kit.
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Aug 2022 / LEGALLY BLONDE, SLYT
South London Youth Theatre.
Isaac Harari Percussion

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June 2022 / SIROCCO DUO - CUCKFIELD MUSIC FESTIVAL
Isaac Harari & Toril Azzalini-Machecler (Sirocco Duo) play works by  Tomer Yariv, Nebojša Jovan Živkovic, Maurice Ravel, Paco de Lucía, Jack Ledger-Dowser.
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June 2022 / ROTHKO COLLECTIVE LIVE
Recording at The state51 Conservatoire, Shoreditch.
June 2022 / JONATHAN DOVE'S "FLIGHT"
Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music.

"The busyness of the bustling was complemented by the vivacity of the instrumental playing which was bursting with energy and colour ... from the nineteen-strong RCM Orchestra."  ​Claire Seymour, OPERA TODAY
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May 2022 / SWALEDALE FESTIVAL
HIGH WIRE BAROQUE: Improvisation on Purcell, Bach and Vivaldi.
50th ANNIVERSARY GALA CONCERT: Handel's Messiah
Isaac Harari Timpani.
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Feb 2022 / SIROCCO LIVE IN AID OF CHERUBIM
Sirocco Duo (Isaac Harari & Toril Azzalini-Machecler) debut with a recital at St Mary's, Barnes. 
https://www.cherubimtrust.org/post/sirocco-duo-sizzle-in-south-london-debut
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Feb 2022 / ROTHKO COLLECTIVE WINS NON-CLASSICAL BATTLE OF THE BANDS
MOTH Club, Hackney
Caroline Shaw - Boris Kerner for cello and flower pots.
​Dominic Stokes - Origami
Adjudicated by: Rebeca Omordia, Mira Calix, Alan Davey, Natalia Franklin Pierce and Gabriel Prokofiev.
WATCH HERE
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Jan 2022 / RCM JAZZ ORCHESTRA
Guest: Clare Teal
Conductor: Mark Armstrong
Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music.
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Dec 2021 / JAZZ CAROLS
With saxophonist Dan Forshaw and the Jazz Vespers group with the London Jazz Choir. Methodist Central Hall.​
Isaac Harari Drum-kit

LISTEN HERE
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​June 2021 / SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MARIMBA
International Artist Competition Semi-finalist.
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Sept 2021 / WORLD PERCUSSION GROUP
World Percussion Group 2021 artists' roster.
TRAILER
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​Sept 2021 / JAM DIVISION - LIVE IN CHISWICK
Bassist Ozan Erder, Drummer Isaac Harari & Pianist Gabriel Margolis play two sets of original compositions.
WATCH FULL PERFORMANCE
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​March 2020 / BBCYM
Percussion Finalist at the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition.
WATCH FULL PERFORMANCE
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Jan 2020 / ELGAR ROOM, ROYAL ALBERT HALL
Solo recital. Works by Guy G. Gauthreaux II, Sergei Golovko and Michio Kitazume.
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