Israeli violinist, Dr. Guy Figer is a passionate chamber musician, soloist, concertmaster and pedagogue. Hailed for his "exciting, assertive playing" (Fanfare Magazine) and for his "excellent playing" (American Record Guide), he is the first prize winner at the Paul Ben Haim competition, twice in a row, in violin and in chamber music. Among his other awards are the Thomastik Infeld Prize of the Prague / Vienna / Budapest summer academy and annual scholarships from the America Israel Cultural Foundation.
Figer has appeared as a soloist with numerous orchestras in Israel and abroad and has been broadcast on Israeli radio, Vienna Radio, on WFMT Chicago and on WQXR New York. He often performs in Europe, North America and his native Israel. Guy's debut CD was released under the label New Focus Recordings and is distributed by Naxos of America. He is a founding member of "Trio Ben Haim" with whom he performs throughout Israel and abroad. Since 2012 Guy is the concertmaster of the Galilee Orchestra with whom he also performed as a soloist.
An avid pedagogue, he serves as a faculty member at the Buchman – Mehta School of Music at the Tel Aviv University and at the Israeli Conservatory Tel Aviv where he is the head of the strings department. He teaches regularly at the” Keshet Eilon” national violin seminars.
Figer holds a D.M.A degree from Rutgers University, USA. Among his teachers are Shmuel Ashkenasi, Arnold Steinhardt, Hagai Shaham and Irina Svetlova.