Nir Brand
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Nir Brand (born June 6, 1961) is an Israeli conductor and a musician.
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[edit] Early life
Nir studied piano and double bass while growing up in Beer Sheva. His first big break came when he was 17 when Chick Corea invited him to join Chick on stage at Binyanei Ha'uma in Jerusalem at the piano. Nir wowed the audience, critics and Mr. Corea himself. During his army service, Nir performed with the famous Army Entertainment Group working with musicians such as Rita and Rami Kleinstein, Hanokh Rosen and others. After leaving the army, Nir studied conducting and composition at the Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University.
[edit] Nir's one man show
A chance meeting at a restaurant with Yuval Dor, member of the band Hakol Over Habibi and a unique solo artist himself, led to building Nir's own enormously successful one man show Life Is A Concert which he has presented to a wide range of audiences and just now marked its 2,000 performance. During 2001, Brand made his American debut performing of Life Is A Concert in New York City and Washington, D.C..
[edit] Classikid
In 2001 more and more people came to Brand at the end of his one-man show, suggesting that he creates a similar programme for children, and Classikid was established. Classikid is a musical experience that is simultaneously entertaining and educational. Its main purpose is to help develop a child's own sense of self and then build on that individuality to encourage mutual respect and understanding of others and encourage teamwork. Throughohut the programme children are given a guided tour of the history of music with a variety of different classical musical styles and pieces being utilised within the classes to emphasise the lessons being imparted by the musician. Each year of the programme is based on 7 separate events, varying in size from those for each individual class to those for the whole school. Classikid is becoming bigger and bigger every year and over 17,000 students have joined the programme so far.
