Yair Kless, violin: Born in Israel, Yair Kless studied with Israel Amidan in Tel-Aviv and with André Gertler at the Royal Conservatory and the Chapellle-Musical Reine-Elisabeth in Brussels, from which he graduated with the highest distinction. Yair Kless performs regularly in Israel, Western and Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, USA, South America and Australia. His repertoire is large and embraces various styles, from the Baroque to contemporary. He has premiered many new compositions, some of them were written for him. The former first violin of the "Sol-La-Re" String Quartet (1980-85) and the Israel Baroque Players, he is currently active with the Tel Aviv Piano Quartet, the Modus Trio, the New Arts Trio and is a frequent sonata partner of pianists Shoshana Rudiakov (Germany), Rebecca Penneys (USA), Victor Derevianko (Israel), among others. Many students from different countries join his violin class at the S. Rubin Academy, Tel Aviv Universit...