Inbal Segev

Cellist Inbal Segev has had an internationally significant career that has included performances of both traditional and contemporary works. Segev was born in Israel around 1974 into a musical family. Drawn to a miniature cello in a music shop when she was five, she made rapid progress on it and gave a concert the following year. When she was eight, she played for Israel's president. At 15, she was heard by Isaac Stern, who asked her who she wanted to study with, and upon hearing her answer -- Aldo Parisot at Yale University -- picked up the phone and arranged for her to enro...