In April 1999, the Aviv Quartet was awarded the first prize, the "Amadeus Quartet Prize", in the international competition (Charles Hennen competition) in Heerlen, Holland.
In May 1999, the Aviv Quartet was awarded the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Germany Prize and a special prize of the Ministry of Education of the State of Israel.
In May 1998, the Aviv Quartet won second prize at the International String Quartet Competition at the Prague Spring Festival.

Aviv Quartet starring in the International Chamber Music festival in Jerusalem. Since their debut tour to Paris (Auditorium Louvre), London (Wigmore Hall) and New York (Weill Recital Carnegie Hall) brought them immediate repeated invitations. The Aviv Quartet tours regularly in Great Britain & Ireland, France, Germany, Holland, Switzerland, South africa, China, Israel the USA & Canada.

During June 2001 the Aviv Quartet participated in the Alban Berg Quartet Anniversary concert series in Tel Aviv to a great public and critic acclaim.

During March 2001 The Aviv Quartet performed again in Paris at the Midis Musicaux in Theatre du Châtelet and toured the UK and Ireland (Wigmore Hall, Warwick Arts Festival, Dublin and St. John’s Smith Square) with Pianist Louis Demetrius Alvanis. After participating in the Upper Galilee Chamber Music Festival they were invited to the Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival 2001 and to debut in the Dubrovnik Festival and December 2001 in Wien Konzerthaus. Following their first recording for NAXOS they will tour the USA, South America, South Africa and Australia.

The Aviv Quartet was founded in 1997 and has appeared at many venues throughout Israel, including the Jerusalem Music Center (Mishkenot Shaananim), the Jaffa Music Center, and the Tel-Aviv Museum of Arts. In 1998, the quartet participated in the summer course given by members of the Amadeus Quartet at the Royal Academy of Music in London.


In July 1998, it performed as the resident quartet at the Kfar Blum Festival (Upper Galilee Music Days). In addition to participating in the Amadeus Quartet Week, the Aviv Quartet has participated in master classes given by Ivri Gitlis, Levon Chilingirian, Henry Meyer, Arnold Steinhardt, and Miriam Fried.
In June 1998 the Aviv Quartet was the Israeli representative at the Encounters chamber music course in Jerusalem under the direction of Maestro Isaac Stern and with the participation of members of the Emerson and Juilliard Quartets. The Aviv Quartet was coached by Mr. Chaim Taub and Ms. Irena Svetlova and Gad Kogan.
As of October 1998, the Aviv Quartet studies with the members of the Alban Berg Quartet in Cologne, Germany and in the Royal School of Music at Rotterdam with Ben-Zion Shamir. Presently the Aviv Quartet is collaborating and working with the Ysaÿe Quartet in the CNR Paris.

All members of the quartet are recipients of scholarships from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation & the Art Council of Canada.

General Management ArtPro with cooperation with local agencies and colleagues

* Agent in France:
Mrs. Sylvie Kabina-Clopet. Toccata
* Agent in Spain
Mrs. Aurelie-Jung Moron Arcadia Musica
* Agent in Italy
Paola Castellano Studio Art
* Agent in UK
Ms. Aminah Domloge Pro Artist
* Agent in USA & N. America
Ms. Valerie Bernstein Sempremusica

Sound Gallery
Laureates Concert - Special Award - Graz Schubert international Competition February 2003 Death and the Maiden 1st movement - Allegro

The Aviv String Quartet has regularly performs at the Jerusalem Music Center (JMC).
February 21, 2006 at the JMC can b heard here

Debut concert in Kennedy Center - Washington DC, February 6th, 2002

April 19th, 2005, at the JMC can be heard here
March 28th, 2004. at the JMC can be heard here
January 19th, 2003, at the JMC can be heard here.