Orchestra

No whining and women: This Witches? Festival returns with a salute to female musicianship

The event was initiated by Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra (JBO) founder-conductor-artistic director David Shemer, with the JBO performing predominantly baroque scores.

ILLUSTRATIVE: A woman's face is pictured behind a violin.
MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS

A master musician: Michael Tilson Thomas’s compositional legacy

Tom Cohen conducts the youth program of The Jerusalem Orchestra East & West in Tel Aviv, May 2026.

Arab-Jewish youth orchestra builds a unifying ‘East-West’ sound together

The Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra forms the backbone of the Bach Festival.

Bach Festival features contemporary dance and live baroque performances


Tom Cohen: Crossing the east-west lines, and back

The orchestra is also due to perform at the Jerusalem Theatre on November 11 (9 p.m.), as part of this year’s Pianos Festival.

 TOM COHEN, the founder-conductor of The Jerusalem East and West Orchestra.

International arts festival ‘Regarding...’ debuts in TA

The international arts festival “Regarding...”, backed by the Riga, Latvia-based LOUD Foundation nonprofit, will take a bow in Tel Aviv next week, with the inaugural edition running October 21-23.

 BRITISH-CANADIAN soprano Jessica Muirhead  will headline the world premiere of ‘Kundry.’

Tel Aviv Soloist Ensemble celebrates 20 years

Barak Tal founded the Tel Aviv Soloist Ensemble 20 years ago when he was 25.

 BARAK TAL, the founder of the Tel Aviv Soloists Ensemble.

New Haifa Symphony director Yoel Levi eager to return home

Levi arrived in Israel as a small child and settled with his family in Haifa. He was quickly recognized as a musical wunderkind, studying at the Tel Aviv Academy of Music.

 YOEL LEVI: My goal for this season is to rebuild the Haifa Symphony Orchestra.

Israeli pianist talks about his love of Mozart

David Greilsammer will conduct the curtain-raiser of the Israel Symphony Orchestra's performance that will contain an overture from Mozart.

Swiss-based Israeli conductor David Greilsammer will be on the podium for this week’s concerts by the Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon Lezion.

Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra wins over Dubai

The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra collaborated with various renowned soloists and conductors in four shows performed in Dubai.

 CONDUCTOR Dmitry Yablonsky leads the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra in Dubai.

Jerusalem highlights: Week of September 10-16

Don't know what to do in Jerusalem the coming week? Here's a list of suggestions.

Jerusalem Cinematheque

Jerusalem highlights: Week of August 27 – September 2

Don't know what to do in Jerusalem the coming week? Here's a list of suggestions.

FAMED CANTOR Yitzchak Meir Helfgot sings at a Tel Aviv concert, with philharmonic orchestra and choir, conducted by the late Dr. Mordechai Sobol.

‘Queen Shoshana’ with Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra brings Damari to life

Although Damari passed away in 2006, Queen Shoshana managed to convince those gathered that she was there, performing in front of the National Library and telling her story.

 ‘QUEEN SHOSHANA’

Israel Netanya Kibbutz Orchestra to perform last concert

This Sunday at 8 p.m., the orchestra will perform its last concert at the Tel Aviv Museum after shutting down due to COVID-19-induced financial straits.

YARON GOTTFRIED conducts the Israel Netanya Kibbutz Orchestra.