Symphony

A Metallica tribute band tribute fills Tel Aviv's international music void

Between the thunderous guitars and drums, abetted by the full orchestra, the sound was thunderous and could sometimes be physically felt like sound waves passing through the chest cavity.

Black Metallica Tribute
CONDUCTOR LAHAV SHANI with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.

Paul Ben-Haim’s war symphonies get just deserts

 Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood, in Beethoven's 9th Symphony, the Ode to Joy, on August 28, 2022. It was Tilson Thomas's last concert with the BSO, where he began his career in 1969, as its assistant conductor and pianist.

Battling cancer, famed Jewish conductor Michael Tilson Thomas prepares for his last concert

 UKRAINIAN CONDUCTOR Nazar Yakobenchuk.

Lord of the Rings and Hans Zimmer concerts coming to Israel


How to reinvent an orchestra

The Israel Chamber Orchestra hits all the right notes as it overcomes challenges and wins new audiences.

Ariel Zuckermann, the ICO’s new conductor and musical director

Pianist Boris Giltburg to play Brahms with Rishon Lezion Symphony

They will perform Brahms’s second concerto under the baton of Avi Ostrowsky.

Pianist Boris Giltburg

Jerusalem Symphony pays tribute to Shira Banki

The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra premieres Daniel Markovich’s ‘Holes in Time’ as part of its opening season concert.

A memorial at the 2016 Jerusalem Pride Parade honoring Shira Banki

Classical: Back to where it all began

The Ariel String Quartet will perform in Jerusalem.

Ariel Quartet

Music: Madness, Italian style

Menahem Wiesenberg’s ‘La Folia’ is part of a concert by the Rishon Lezion Symphony.

Menahem Wiesenberg

Symphonic thousand

Mahler’s monumental 8th Symphony will be performed in TA and Rishon Lezion.

Norman Lebrecht

CLASSICAL REVIEW

The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra for presented an altogether off-the-beaten-track work in its concert last week.

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra 311

Classical Review: IPO

Richard Strauss Double Bill Jerusalem ICC, January 16.

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra 311

Dedicated to their artistic director

The Israel Chamber Orchestra performs a tribute to late violinist and conductor Rudolf Barshai.

Rudolf Barshai

Tuning up for next year

The Ra’anana Symphonette opens its animated new season.

Omer Velber