Gal Nyska

Gal Nyska, Principal Cellist of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra since 2016, has appeared on many stages across the world as an orchestral musician, chamber musician, and soloist. He made his solo debut with the Juilliard Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall…

Linor Katz

Linor Katz serves as Assistant Principal Cellist of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and has performed around the world as a member of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, conducted by Daniel Barenboim. Linor has performed as a soloist with the Prague Radio…

Dmitri Golderman

Dmitri Golderman was born in Russia in 1961 and studied cello for about ten years in Moscow before immigrating to Israel in 1979. He studied with Prof. Uzi Wiesel at Tel Aviv University. In 1986, he graduated with a Master…

Simon Hoffmann

Born in Hamburg, German cellist Simon Hoffmann has given concerts throughout Europe and the United States. He has appeared at some of the world’s leading festivals, such as Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele in Germany. As a guest artist, he has played…

Lior Eitan

Lior Eitan, one of Israel’s most senior flutists, has been active for many years as a soloist and chamber musician. In addition to the flute, he also plays the piccolo, alto flute, and bass flute, and often combines all four…

Iakov Kashin

Kirill Mihanovsky

Kirill Mihanovsky, cellist, was born in 1973 into a family of musicians in St. Petersburg, where he studied at the music school of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory with Prof. E. Fishman and Prof. A. Nikitin. With his family, he moved…

Enrique Maltz

Cellist Enrique Maltz was born in Argentina. At age fifteen, he was principal cellist of the Orchestra Juvenil in Argentina and three years later was offered a scholarship to study in Israel. After receiving the America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship in…

Uri Arbel

Uri Arbel was born in Israel in 1986 and began studying Contrabass at the age of 15 with Ran Ben Naftali. He is currently studying for an undergraduate degree at the Michael Kulferhofer Music Academy. Attend master classes with Uzi…

Felix Nemirovsky

Felix was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, in 1963. He started playing cello and piano at the age of six in a school for gifted children, the Uspensky Music School for Gifted Children. His teacher was Principal Cellist of the opera,…

Miriam Hartman

Miriam Hartman, Susan and Elihu Rose Endowed Chair, is Principal Violist of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, which she joined in 1984. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from Yale University cum laude, winning the Joseph L. Selden prize, and a…

Roman Spitzer

Roman Spitzer was born in 1969 in St. Petersburg, Russia, where he began his violin studies at the age of six with Prof. Sergei Zabejinsky and continued in the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Prof. Maazel’s class. While studying he won…

Amir van der Hal

Born in Jerusalem, Amir van der Hal is a graduate of the Israel Arts and Science Academy high school. He studied the viola with Prof. David Chen and with Prof. Yuri Gandelsman among others. During his service as violist of…

Dmitry Ratush

Dmitry Ratush, assistant principal violist of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra since 2004 and founding member of the IPO Richter string quartet, made his debut in New York at the Merkin Concert Hall in 1991. Dmitry, among the leading string players…

Gili Radian-Sade

Gili Radian-Sade is a recipient of Rachelle-Goldberg scholarship. As a concertmaster of the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music Symphony orchestra, she was awarded the best student of the year. After her education in Israel, she has taken many masterclasses with renowned…

Evgenia Oren

Born in 1967, Moscow. She first studied at the Moscow Conservatory and continued her studies at the Rubin Academy of Music in Tel Aviv after immigrating to Israel in 1991. Member of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra since 1993. She is…

Lotem Beider Ben Aharon

Jonathan Gertner

Aharon Yaron

Aharon Yaron was born and raised in Haifa. He is a graduate of Tel Aviv University. He studied the viola with Zeev Steinberg and Gad Levertov. He was a member of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and of the Israel Chamber…

Klara Nossevitsky

Klara Nossevitsky immigrated to Israel in 1990 from Kemerovo in Siberia. Her family was only the second family to be awarded exit visas in 1989. While plans were made to immigrate, the IPO was making its first visit to the…

Matan Noussimovitch

Matan Noussimovitch has been a member of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra’s viola section since 2012. Born in Haifa, Israel, he is a graduate of Tel Aviv University and a recipient of America-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarships, during which time Matan served…

Vladislav Krasnov

“Vlad” Krasnov was born in Kiev, Ukraine. In 1991 he immigrated to Israel and began his music studies at Tel Aviv University with former Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Principal Viola Prof. Yuri Gandelsman. For six years, starting the year he arrived…

Semion Gavrikov

Semion Gavrikov, Principal Second Violin of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, was born in Russia and immigrated to Israel in 1998, where he studied at Tel Aviv University with Irina Svetlova. He has performed throughout the United States, Europe, China, Russia,…

Yevgenia Pikovsky

Yevgenia Pikovsky, winner of the 1993 Vittorio Gui and Vercelli competitions, has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician in concert halls in the US, Israel, Russia, Poland, Italy, and France. In 1993, she made her debut with the Israel…