Franck, whose chamber music he has recorded (NAXOS) with violinist Shmuel Ashkenasi and pianist James Tocco. He has also been at the forefront of thematic programming and has directed the innovative chamber music series Close Encounters With Music, based in the Berkshires, since 1990 in cities across the U.S. and Canada, including Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Scottsdale, Omaha, Calgary, and at the Frick Museum in New York City. Major composers who have written works for him include: Lera Auerbach, Robert Beaser, Kenji Bunch, Osvaldo Golijov, Jonathan Keren, Owen Leech, Jorge Martin, John Musto, William Perry, Bernard Rands, and Paul Schoenfield. Yehuda Hanani has been the subject of hundreds of feature stories, interviews, and reviews in the national and international press, including The New York Times, London Daily Telegraph, Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald, Detroit Free Press, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Baltimore Sun, Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, Cincinnati Enquirer, Arizona Republic, Buffalo Evening News, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, American Record Guide, Stereo Review, Musical America, Strings, Strad, Fanfare, newspapers throughout Europe, Israel, Central and South America, and has been a contributor to Chamber Music Magazine, Strings, and Strad. He has presented over 200 original lectures on music and culture, including appearances at museums: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Detroit Museum of Art, Phoenix Art Museum, Norman Rockwell Museum, Berkshire Museum, Frick Collection, and the Joslyn Art Museum. Aimed at outreach for classical music, his weekly program on NPR affiliate station WAMC Northeast Radio, "Classical Music According to Yehuda," has gained thousands of fans for the direct broadcast and podcast. An addition to his educational mission is the founding in 2010 of the Catskill High Peaks Festival in Hunter, NY. Born in Jerusalem, Hanani was brought to the United States from Israel by Leonard Bernstein and Isaac Stern at the age of 19. Bernstein was in the country to guest conduct with the Israel Philharmonic and heard Hanani perform. He currently serves on the faculty of the Mannes School in New York City. Discography J.S. Bach — Six Suites for Cello Solo Suite No. 1 in G major Suite No. 4 in E flat major Suite No. 5 in C minor Suite No. 3 in C major Suite No. 2 in D minor Suite No. 6 in D major Dazzle and Nostalgia: Cello Favorites (with Michele Levin, piano) "Song Without Words", Op. 109 — Mendelssohn "Serenade" — Schubert "Rondo" — Weber "Suite Populaire Espagnole" —