Concert Season / 2026-2027

With Saida Bar-Lev – violin
Hillel Zori – cello

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Piano trios featuring the competition winners

Guy Figer, Maayan Shasha – violin
Yotam Baruch – cello
Ron Trachtman – piano
Shirli Brill – clarinet
Miri Manasherov – viola

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Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes
Khachaturian Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano
Arensky Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op.32
Bardanashvili The Glass Half Full for Two Violins, Viola, Cello, Clarinet and Piano

Guest musicians join the Trio for a program combining beloved masterworks with contemporary compositions

Nitzan Bartana, Alon Soler – violin
Yuval Wolfson – bass trombone
Guy Ben-Ziony – viola
Michal Korman – cello

An extraordinary encounter between strings and trombone, blending classical music and jazz

Rachel Ringelstein, Tali Goldberg – violin
Yoel Greenberg – viola
Tami Waterman – cello
Sivan Silver, Gil Garburg – piano
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Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14 No. 1
Schubert – Symphony No.8 in B Minor D. 759 (Unfinished) (arr. Yishai Shaer)
Beethoven Grosse Fuge, Op.133
Schubert Sonata in B-flat Major, D. 960

Roy Shiloah – violin
Matan Porat – piano
Blythe Teh Engstroem – viola
Amir Eldan – cello
Brendan Kane – double bass

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Schubert Fantasy in C Major, D. 934
Ben-Haim Sonata in G Minor for Violin Solo, Op. 44
Schubert Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 "Trout"

Anna Lipkind-Mazor – violin
Dmitry Prokofiev – cello
Andrey Gugnin – piano

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Debussy Sonata for Cello and Piano in D Minor, L.135
Honegger Sonatine for Violin and Cello, H. 80
Szymanowski Nocturne and Tarantella for Violin and Piano
Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in A Minor, Op.50

Janáček In the Mists
Liszt Piano Sonata in B Minor, S.178
Tchaikovsky The Sleeping Beauty Suite (arr. Pletnev)
Prokofiev Sonata No. 7 in B-flat Major, Op. 83 (Stalingrad)

Andrey Gugnin, one of the concert series’ beloved artists, returns for a festive recital celebrating his birthday

Yevgenia Pikovsky, Asaf Maoz – violin
Dmitry Ratush – viola
Felix Nemirovsky – cello
Special guest Mischa Maisky – cello

The Quartet, whose members are musicians of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, is distinguished by its diverse collaborations with artists from a wide range of artistic fields

Edoardo Grieco – violin
Francesco Massimino – cello
Lorenzo Nguyen – piano

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Rachmaninov Trio Élégiaque No. 1
Schumann Trio No 2 in F Major, Op. 80
Weinberg Trio, Op. 24

Concept Trio, one of the most compelling piano trios of its generation, features the Romantic voices of Rachmaninoff and Schumann with the distinctive musical language of Weinberg

Maya Belsitzman, Tamar Deutsch – cello
Matan Ephrat – percussion
Tali Goldberg, Sharon Cohen – violin
Maayan Shasha – viola
Salit Lahav – accordion, flute
With the Israel Camerata Jerusalem string ensemble

The Maya Belzitsman & Matan Ephrat Duo combines original compositions, jazz, world music and Hebrew song. In this concert they are joined by an expanded instrumental ensemble. The Israel Camerata Jerusalem enjoys an international reputation for artistic excellence.

Together and separately, the ensembles perform a program that bridges classical music and jazz, contemporary Israeli music and modern repertoire, alongside original songs and compositions

Yuval Cohen – soprano saxophone
Esther Valladares – cello
Hagar Maoz – violin
Shay Alon – guitar
Gilad Dobrecky – percussion
Katia Toobool – piano
Tamar Shawki – singer
Anat Atzmon – actress and singer

Saxophonist and composer Yuval Cohen, recipient of the Landau Prize for the Performing Arts and the Prime Minister’s Prize for Composers, presents a musical encounter between Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jewish traditions, jazz and Western music. He is joined by Anat Atzmon and Tamar Shawki, together with a special ensemble of seven musicians

With The Israeli Opera
Israel Chamber Ensemble
Singers TBA
Eran Zehavi – piano, music director

Roni Iwryn, Joca Perpignan – percussion
Daniel Iwryn – bass
Salit Lahav – accordion, flute
Marcelo Nami – guitar

Percussionist Roni Iwryn is renowned for his virtuosity and musical innovation, featuring natural and unconventional sounds. He has developed a distinctive musical language that encompasses a rich world of sound and emotion, establishing him as one of Israel’s leading musicians

Hip-hop artist Echo hosts a string ensemble

Maya Belsitzman – music director

Original songs, unique cover versions and classical music immersed in electronic beat and a wild string ensemble

Avi Nesher – film producer & director, screenwriter and actor
Tom Oren – piano

Renana Raz – choreographer, dancer, artist
Daniela Spector – singer-songwriter

Meira Barnea-Goldberg – author
Anat Moshkovski – singer, clarinet and piano
Omer Schonberger – guitar