Avner Dorman (left) takes a bow on the stage of the Teatro Verdi in Pisa, Italy, with conductor Andrea Gottfried (center) and mandolin soloist Avi Avital after the Rostov State Orchestra's 19 December 2006 world premiere of Dorman's new Mandolin Concerto. On 1 January, Avital traveled to Israel and performed the concerto again — this time in its piano reduction, and received top prize at the Aviv Competitions. It was the first time that a contemporary work was featured as the concerto in the final stage of the Aviv Competitions.
