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Giorgi Gigashvili playing Ravel's Piano Concerto

Short | 2 months ago

Sulamot Program: A Journey to Mitzpe Ramon

Video | 2 months ago

Four musicians from the Israel Philharmonic set out to meet the students of Sulamot – Music for Social Change. In Mitzpe Ramon, around 120 children learn to play music, rehearse together, and perform as an orchestra as part of the program. For us, it was an...

Inside Bartók’s Darkest Opera: "Bluebeard's Castle" Rehearsal

Short | 2 months ago

You won’t believe the scary sounds these musicians are making! We caught up with the orchestra and Lahav Shani, along with singers Dorottya Lang and Robert Bork, rehearsing Bartók’s dark opera Bluebeard's Castle

Lahav Shani Unlocks the Mystery of Bartók’s Bluebeard's Castle

Video | 2 months ago

Lahav Shani opens the door to Bartók’s mysterious castle for us – 5 minutes on the piano with the music and story of the opera Bluebeard's Castle, premiering here on July 1st. Tickets: https://www.ipo.co.il/program/bluebeards-castle

כוכבי הלכת של הולסט וסוויטה מתוך "מלחמת הכוכבים" של ג'ון וויליאמס

Short | 3 months ago

You Won’t Believe This Orchestra Instrument 🔨

Video | 4 months ago

Anvils and hammers in an orchestra? Absolutely. “Feuerfest” (“Fireproof”), the French polka by Josef Strauss (Johann’s brother), who actually became an engineer, was commissioned by a safe company to celebrate the sale of its 20,000th safe. Ziv Stein on the...

הכנר גיל שחם על קונצ׳רטו ״הנודד״ של מייסון בייטס שנכתב במיוחד בשבילו

Short | 4 months ago

Happy 90th Birthday Zubin! 🥳

Short | 4 months ago

Happy 90th birthday, Zubin 🥳 Thank you for the music, for the journey, and for the inspiration – we love you and look forward to celebrating with you the orchestra’s 90th with you next season ❤️

Israel’s 30th Independence Day Concert

Video | 5 months ago

Israel’s 30th Independence Day Concert 1978 Zubin Mehta, conductor Isaac Stern, violin Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute Mstislav Rostropovich, cello Leontyne Price, soprano Ben-Haim: Fanfare to Israel Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1, second and third movements Bach: ...

A Song for the Holiday Eve - Lihi Toledano and the Israel Philharmonic

Video | 5 months ago

“A Song for the Holiday Eve” by Tirza Atar has, over the years, become an anthem of collective memory. It manages to capture the impossible dissonance between personal loss and national festivity. Atar wrote the song about three years after her father, the ...

Lahav Shani, Rom Shani & Israel Philharmonic – Smile (Charlie Chaplin, Modern Times)

Video | 5 months ago

Smile Charlie Chaplin From the film Modern Times Arrangement: Lahav Shani ------------------------------------- 🎹 Lahav Shani, piano 🎷 Rom Shani, saxophone ------------------------------------- Filming and editing: BONAMAZE Sound recording: Rafi Eshel – E...

An American in Paris, The Story Behind the Sounds

Short | 8 months ago

Car horns, pedestrians, and an American in Paris 🥐 Come discover everything you might have missed in Gershwin’s piece, with principal trumpeter Yigal Meltzer 🎺 Starting this week! Through January 27. Thanks to our little sister, The Young Israel Philharmo...