Liav Kerbel, cellist, as born in Belgium. He graduated from the Manhattan School of Music and the New England Conservatory and currently continues post graduate studies as the Mozarteum in Salzburg. He has won prizes in several important international competitions most recently in the Classical Strings international cello competition in century to contemporary compositions. thDubai. His repertoire spans works from he 18He performed as a soloist with many orchestras including the Belgian National Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Bulgaria, Nuove Musiche, the Belorussian National Philharmonic Orchestra, the Pleven Symphony Orchestra, the Flemish Symphony Orchestra and others. He plays o a 1798 Giovanni Battista Cerruti cello made in Cremona and generously granted on an extended loan from the Bank DELEN in Belgium and a private donor.