EYAL LERNER
Israeli born Eyal Lerner is an eclectic artist who loves in Italy from 1995 and works as a recorder player, singer, choir and theatre director, coach for teachers, young amateurs, professional actors and musicians.
Already as a young recorder player he won prestigious competitions playing in chamber and solo music formations and as a soloist with orchestras (including the Israeli Philharmonic) while making his first steps as a music teacher.
He is the creator of representations for the spread of Jewish culture and for the development of a culture of peace through intercultural and interreligious musical dialogue.
He proposes laboratory activities for schools through shows about the themes of classical music, Jewish music and history of the last century. The international seminar "MEMORY AND TEACHING FOR THE KNOWLEDGE OF HOLOCAUST AND PEACE EDUCATION" organized in 2016 by the Regional Ministry of Education of Tuscany and the University of Florence, with the participation of 200 professors, is particularly remembered.
From 2002 to 2006 he took part in some famous Musicals as an actor, singer and musical director: "Fiddler on the Roof", "Fame" and "Gian Burrasca" (a 4 year long tour of about 400 shows).
In 2009 he wrote and realized the theatrical performances "Sparks of Glory" for the commemoration of the Day of Remembrance and "Flautino", a musical fairy tale in rhymes about the (true) story of the recorder.
Since 2000 he has directed classical and ethnic choirs, including the Shlomot Choir of Genoa, which he created in 2011, dedicated to Jewish music.
In 2013 he was a teacher of recorder and ethnic music at the Valbonne Conservatory (France).
In recent years he has been touring all of Italy with his "Progetto Memoria", already sponsored by numerous institutions, proposing various seminars and educational shows about the Memory of the Jewish people, the Political non Jewish Deportation, the Resistance, the IIWW and the Holocaust dedicated mostly to schools, involving so far around 50,000 pupils (also in Germany, Poland and Austria) of which numerous as witnesses and protagonists through singing, playing, narrating and dancing. The particular personal and professional path of Lerner that led him to dedicate himself to the Remembrance, helping youngsters become protagonists of a new future was presented by him at TedXGenova.
Recently he has resumed his experience in the field of classical music both as an interpretation coach and as a performer forming the "Sweet Airs Duo", with the well-known accordionist Nadio Marenco. At the same time he resumed his long collaboration with the Lebanese musician Ghazi Makhoul with the show "Voices of Peace" which debuted in the year 2000.
He offers courses for teachers on the enhancement of the Voice, on the teaching of the recorder, on choral singing and on the didactic power of the multi disciplinarity of the arts. All his courses include active participation in the deepening of the various disciplines.
His activity and his personal growth path have always been motivated by a strong sense of harmony and sharing among many collaborators, creating bridges between different disciplines, generations, ethnic groups and religions, professionals and amateurs, where each project is an opportunity to bring upon positivity, dynamism and hope.
Between 2020 and 2023 he was a German resident teaching the Performing Arts in the Neue Schule Wolfsburg. In these years he has developed, produced and staged 8 different theatrical Shows with numerous local students as actors and musicians.
