Haran Meltzer is the principal cellist of the Israel Philharmonic. He has appeared as soloist with the Israel Philharmonic under the baton of Zubin Mehta and other conductors, as well as with the Israel Chamber Orchestra, the Israel Camerata Jerusalem Orchestra, the Israel Simfonietta Beer Sheva, the Tel-Aviv Soloists Ensemble and the Ashdod Symphony Orchestra. Haran Meltzer won the first Prizes in the Aviv Competition (Israel 2018), Davidov Competition (Latvia 2018) and Gabrielli Competition (Germany 2019). He has received Scholarships from the America-Israel cultural foundation since 2007 and from “Zfunot Tarbut” foundation since 2009. As a chamber musician, he collaborated with Itzhak Perlman, Miriam Fried, Guy Braunstein, Hagai Shaham, Amihai Grosz, Zvi Plesser, Ohad Ben-Ari and Alon Goldstein. Haran Meltzer Studied with Luba Rabin in the Kfar Saba Conservatory, Zvi Plesser in the Israel Conservatory of Music and Claudio Bohorquez in Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin. He also studied with Emanuele Silvestri and Felix Nemirovsky. He plays on a cello loaned by the Israel Philharmonic and a bow loaned to him by the America-Israel Cultural Foundation.