Ram Oren has been Associate Principal Trumpet with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra since 1991. Previously, he was Principal Trumpet with the Israeli Opera Orchestra and Principal with the Jerusalem Symphony, with which he recorded the Arutjunjan Trumpet Concerto.

Ram has performed as a soloist with the IPO, the Jerusalem Symphony, and the Jerusalem Camerata chamber orchestra among others, appearing in Israel as well as in Switzerland, France, Germany, Russia, the United States, Canada, and Armenia.

In 1988 he joined the Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Vladimir Spivakov on their first concert tour to Israel, playing Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with pianist Evgeny Kissin. Later, Ram appeared as a soloist with the Moscow Soloists, conducted by Maestro Yuri Bashmet, on their first visit to Israel.

Ram is a graduate of Indiana University Bloomington. He later studied with Philip Smith of the New York Philharmonic, Arnold Jacobs of the Chicago Symphony, and Vincent Chicowitz.

He teaches at Tel Aviv University and the Israel Music Conservatory and serves as presenter and lecturer of the IPO’s children’s educational program, KeyNote.

In 2002, he was invited as guest professor to Manitoba University School of Music in Winnipeg, Canada, where he taught trumpet, chamber, and orchestral music and masterclasses across Canada.

Ram is a member of the IPO brass ensembles — quartet, quintet, and brass octet — and performs recitals and chamber music concerts for trumpet with strings as well as masterclasses in Israel and abroad.