Program Director

Ariel Mendelson

Voice Teacher and Coach, Classical and Art Song Singer (Tenor), Musicologist, and Pianist

Ariel MendelsonBorn in Argentina, Ariel Mendelson has been involved with music since age of eight, in which he started to study piano. From his early years he developed a deep passion for teaching, which takes a very important place in his life. He has degrees in Music Education, major in Piano and Voice from the National Conservatory of Music "Carlos López Buchardo" (1981), a Licenciature in Music (Musicology) from the Argentine Catholic University (1984) and a Master of Music from the University of Tel Aviv (1992).

He has received voice lessons from important voice teachers and coaches in Argentina and he participated from the Masterclasses by Hans Hotter and Alfredo Kraus, in Tel Aviv, Israel, where he lived from 1991 to 1992. During recent years, he completed his studies with Drama classes and different languages (English, Italian, French, German, Yiddish, and Hebrew) which allowed him to sing Opera, Zarzuela Española, Art Song, Jewish Traditional and Liturgical Music.

Since 1980 to present, he performed in different countries including Argentina, Uruguay, Mexico, Guatemala, San Salvador, and Israel. His debut in Opera took place in Tel Aviv, in 1992, as Don Pelaggio in "La Canterina", by Joseph Haydn.

During recent years, he has offered many seminars about Opera and Classical Singing (Larreta Museum, Quilmes Physicians Association, Santa Apolonia Odontological Higher Education Academy, Hebraica Argentina, and Joseph Caro Jewish School.) He has also given different Workshops for Group Singing and Choirs in Argentina and Israel and he was Voice Professor in the National Conservatory of Music from 1997 to 2001.

His dedication and passion for the "human voice" allowed him to train different kind of singers from different countries such as USA, Argentina, Canada, Israel, France, England, Turkey, and Bolivia. Several of them are working successfully in Argentina, USA, Israel, Canada, and Bolivia.



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