Falk String Quartet

Ofer Falk - 1st violin

Born in Israel in 1967, Ofer studied with the legendary pedagogue Ilona Feher in Tel-Aviv and later with Professor Dora Schwarzberg in Vienna. Awarded annual scholarships by the America-Israel Cultural Foundation (1981- 1992) for solo and Chamber Music Studies, Ofer has also won numerous prizes in International competitions including the Henryk Szerying special prize in 1993 and top prizes in the Tchaikovsky 10th International Competition in Moscow 1994 and in the Montreal International Violin Competition 1995. Ofer is a professor of Violin at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London as well as a Violin professor at Trinity College of Music in London, where he also teaches chamber music.