Meet The IPO
Learn more about the individual musicians of the IPO.
Music Directors
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Lahav Shani Music Director
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Zubin Mehta Music Director Emeritus
First Violins
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Ilya Konovalov Concertmaster
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Dumitru Pocitari Concertmaster
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Alexander Stark Asst. Concertmaster
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Sharon Cohen
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Adelina Grodsky
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Genadi Gurevich
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Saida Bar-Lev
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Eleonora Lutsky
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Sivan Maayani
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Robert Mozes
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David Radzynski Concertmaster
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Yelena Tishin
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Polina Yehudin
Second Violins
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Semion Gavrikov Principal
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Yevgenia Pikovsky Principal
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Alexander Dobrinsky
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Avital Steiner
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Shmuel Glazer
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Asaf Maoz
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Hadar Cohen
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Kalman Levin
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Maria Rosenblatt
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Marianna Povolotzky
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Olga Stern
Violas
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Miriam Hartman Principal
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Roman Spitzer Principal
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Amir van der Hal Asst. Principal
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Dmitry Ratush Asst. Principal
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Lotem Beider Ben Aharon
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Jonathan Gertner
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Vladislav Krasnov
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Klara Nossevitsky
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Matan Noussimovitch
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Evgenia Oren
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Gili Radian-Sade
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Aharon Yaron
Cellos
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Gal Nyska Principal
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Emanuele Silvestri Principal
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Linor Katz Asst. Principal
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Dmitri Golderman
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Simon Hoffmann
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Iakov Kashin
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Enrique Maltz
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Kirill Mihanovsky
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Felix Nemirovsky
Basses
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Nir Comforty Asst. Principal
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Brad Annis
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Uri Arbel
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Noam Massarik
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David Segal
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Omri Weinberger
Flutes
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Guy Eshed Principal
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Lior Eitan Piccolo
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Boaz Meirovitch
Oboes
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Dudu Carmel Principal
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Dmitry Malkin
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Tamar Narkiss-Melzer
English Horn
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Dmitry Malkin
Clarinets
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Ron Selka Principal
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Yevgeny Yehudin Principal
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Rashelly Davis
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Jonathan Hadas Bass Clarinet
Bassoons
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Daniel Mazaki Principal
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Uzi Shalev Asst. Principal
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Gad Lederman
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Carol Patterson Contrabassoon
Horns
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James Madison Cox Principal
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Dalit Segal Asst. Principal
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Michael Slatkin Asst. Principal
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Yoel Abadi
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Michal Mossek
Trumpets
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Yigal Meltzer Principal
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Ram Oren Associate Principal
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Eran Reemy
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Yuval Shapiro
Trombones
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Nir Erez Principal
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Tal Ben Rei
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Micha Davis Bass Trombone
Tuba
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Shemuel Hershko Principal
Percussion
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Alexander Nemirovsky Principal
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Elliot Beck Asst. Principal
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Ayal Rafiah
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Dan Moshayev Principal Timpani
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Ziv Stein Timpani
Harp
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Julia Rovinsky
Piano
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Israel Kastoriano
Librarians & Production
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Amit Cohen Operational Stage Manager
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Doron Amitay Technical Assistant
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Michal Bach Personnel Manager
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Yuval Broner Assistant Librarian
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Rachel Daliot Principal Librarian
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Tal Rockman Assistant Principal Librarian
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