Meet The IPO
Learn more about the individual musicians of the IPO.
Music Directors

Zubin Mehta Music Director Emeritus

Lahav Shani Music Director Designate
First Violins

Ilya Konovalov Concertmaster

Dumitru Pocitari Concertmaster

Alexander Stark Asst. Concertmaster

Sharon Cohen

Adelina Grodsky

Genadi Gurevich

Saida Bar-Lev

Eleonora Lutsky

Sivan Maayani

Robert Mozes

David Radzynski Concertmaster

Yelena Tishin

Polina Yehudin
Second Violins

Semion Gavrikov Principal

Yevgenia Pikovsky Principal

Alexander Dobrinsky

Avital Steiner

Shmuel Glazer

Asaf Maoz

Hadar Cohen

Kalman Levin

Maria Rosenblatt

Marianna Povolotzky

Olga Stern
Violas

Miriam Hartman Principal

Roman Spitzer Principal

Amir van der Hal Asst. Principal

Dmitry Ratush Asst. Principal

Lotem Beider Ben Aharon

Jonathan Gertner

Vladislav Krasnov

Klara Nossevitsky

Matan Noussimovitch

Evgenia Oren

Gili Radian-Sade

Aharon Yaron
Cellos

Gal Nyska Principal

Emanuele Silvestri Principal

Linor Katz Asst. Principal

Dmitri Golderman

Simon Hoffmann

Iakov Kashin

Enrique Maltz

Kirill Mihanovsky

Felix Nemirovsky
Basses

Nir Comforty Asst. Principal

Brad Annis

Uri Arbel

Noam Massarik

David Segal

Omri Weinberger
Flutes

Guy Eshed Principal

Lior Eitan Piccolo

Boaz Meirovitch
Oboes

Dudu Carmel Principal

Dmitry Malkin

Tamar Narkiss-Melzer
English Horn

Dmitry Malkin
Clarinets

Ron Selka Principal

Yevgeny Yehudin Principal

Rashelly Davis

Jonathan Hadas Bass Clarinet
Bassoons

Daniel Mazaki Principal

Uzi Shalev Asst. Principal

Gad Lederman

Carol Patterson Contrabassoon
Horns

James Madison Cox Principal

Dalit Segal Asst. Principal

Michael Slatkin Asst. Principal

Yoel Abadi

Michal Mossek
Trumpets

Yigal Meltzer Principal

Ram Oren Associate Principal

Eran Reemy

Yuval Shapiro
Trombones

Nir Erez Principal

Tal Ben Rei

Micha Davis Bass Trombone
Tuba

Shemuel Hershko Principal
Percussion

Alexander Nemirovsky Principal

Elliot Beck Asst. Principal

Ayal Rafiah

Dan Moshayev Principal Timpani

Ziv Stein Timpani
Harp

Julia Rovinsky
Piano

Israel Kastoriano
Librarians & Production

Amit Cohen Operational Stage Manager

Doron Amitay Technical Assistant

Michal Bach Personnel Manager

Yuval Broner Assistant Librarian

Rachel Daliot Principal Librarian

Tal Rockman Assistant Principal Librarian
