Born in 2000 in Tel Aviv to a musical family, Bar studied horn with Sharon Polyak and Chezy Nir. He has played with orchestras throughout Israel and participated in the Jerusalem Music Centre’s Outstanding Musicians chamber music programmes, the Young Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and the Luzern and Moritzburg Festival Academy programmes. Prizes include First Prize …
Dmitry Sitkovetsky is a prolific recording artist, violinist, conductor and transcriber of orchestral and string trio versions of J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations and fifty other repertoire gems. Born into a family of musicians, he studied at the Moscow Conservatory and then at the Juilliard School, New York. Sitkovetsky has made more than fourty recordingse with …
First Prizewinner of the Krzystof Penderecki International Cello Competition, Astrig has performed as a soloist with leading orchestras under conductors including Daniel Barenboim, Sir Simon Rattle and Zubin Mehta. Among her music partners are Martha Argerich, Yo-Yo Ma, Sol Gabetta and Daniel Ottensamer. Her solo recording with the Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra received high praise and …
Jerusalem-born Gaby Shefler is Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the Sigmund Freud Professor of Psychoanalysis at the Hebrew University. He is the Dean of the School for Advanced Studies at Achva Academic College. He studied piano with Rika Zarai, Tova Berlin-Papish and Professor Haim Alexander, and carillon with …
Music Director of the IPO Since 2020, Lahav Shani was born 1989 in Tel Aviv. He studied piano with Hannah Shalgi and Arie Vardi, continuing in Berlin where he studied conducting with Christian Ehwald and piano with Fabio Bidini. Lahav has performed as a soloist with many orchestras including the IPO with whom he has also …
Born in Kibbutz Ein-Dor in 1961, Uzi Shalev studied bassoon with Sara Tzur, Walter Meroz, Zeev Dorman and Mordechai Rechtman. After completing his IDF service as an officer, he continued his studies at the Juilliard School in New York. Since 1987, he has been Assistant Principal Bassoon of the IPO, performing with various chamber ensembles …
Born in Russia, Anna Samuil studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory (Moscow), graduating with honours in 2003. She has been a soloist at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin since 2004. Awards include prizes at the Tchaikovsky and Glinka Competitions (Russia) and competitions in Italy, Estonia and Germany. She has performed at La Scala (Milan), …
Israeli-born clarinettist Miri Saadon-Shani has been a member of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra since 2014. She has performed under the baton of such conductors as Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta, François-Xavier Roth and Franz-Welser Möst, in venues including Carnegie Hall, La Scala and the Paris and Berlin Philharmonie. With the Divan Orchestra, conducted by Barenboim, Saadon-Shani …
Yamen Saadi was born in 1997 in Nazareth where he began violin studies at the Barenboim-Said Music Conservatory, continuing with Haim Taub. At age 11, Saadi joined the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra under Daniel Barenboim. Awards include AICF scholarships, the Prince von Hessen Award and 1st Prize at the Paul Ben-Haim and Aviv Competitions. As a …
Born in Flensburg, northern Germany, Dorothea Röschmann was a member of the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin ensemble for many years and in 2017 was awarded the title of Kammersängerin. She has been a frequent guest at the Salzburg Festival since 1995 and works regularly at the Wiener Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, Semperoper Dresden, the Royal Opera …
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