Meet The IPO

Learn more about the individual musicians of the IPO.

Music Directors

Lahav Shani Music Director

Zubin Mehta Music Director Emeritus

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

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Dmitry Malkin

Tamar Narkiss-Melzer

English Horn

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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

Netta Pniny Asst. Personnel Manager

It’s not like playing with any orchestra, it’s like playing with family.
Itzhak Perlman

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