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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 620

classical music

Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood, in Beethoven's 9th Symphony, the Ode to Joy, on August 28, 2022. It was Tilson Thomas's last concert with the BSO, where he began his career in 1969, as its assistant conductor and pianist. (Hilary Scott/Courtesy Boston Symphony Orchestra via JTA)
April 25, 2025, 9:37 am
Battling cancer, Jewish conductor Michael Tilson Thomas prepares for his last concert
The scion of Yiddish theater royalty announces a ‘coda’ this weekend to a spectacular career leading orchestras and writing music
By Penny Schwartz
Lucca Züchner as Herbert von Karajan, left, and Helen Schneider as Leonard Bernstein in 'Last Call.' (Maria Baranova)
March 17, 2025, 10:55 pm
A Jewish and an ex-Nazi conductor walk into a bar… and inspire an off-Broadway play
Running through May 4, ‘Last Call’ reimagines a true late-in-life meeting between musical peers and rivals Leonard Bernstein and Herbert von Karajan, providing much food for thought
By Jordan Hoffman
Adam Abeshouse in an undated photo. (Abeshouse Productions via JTA)
October 16, 2024, 12:39 am
Adam Abeshouse, decorated Jewish producer for A-list classical musicians, dies at 63 
Triple-Grammy winning violinist worked with roster of A-list musical artists including Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell and Russia’s St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Israeli conductor Bar Avni poses during a photo session at the Philharmonie in Paris on March 18, 2024. (Stephane De Sakutin/AFP)
March 22, 2024, 3:12 pm
Israeli conductor Bar Avni wins women’s international competition in Paris
32-year-old beats out 197 competitors from 47 countries to earn the title of ‘La Maestra 2024’
By Andrew M. Rosemarine
Violinist Nabil Abboud Ashkar pushes forward with fifth annual Nazareth's Liturgical Festival, December 14-16, 2023 (Courtesy Yoel Levy)
December 12, 2023, 8:58 am
Nazareth’s Liturgical Festival to go ahead, shorter than usual
Annual Christmas event to be held despite war; music is the basis for an improved, harmonious life, says festival founder
By Jessica Steinberg
A bird sits on a monument of composer Ludwig van Beethoven in Bonn, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
July 21, 2023, 10:46 am
Jewish businessman returns Beethoven skull pieces to Vienna
Paul Kaufmann inherited composer’s 10 skull parts, brought by his family to the US upon fleeing the Nazis
By AFP
Israel's Revolution Orchestra performing at the Sibiu Festival in Romania, June 2023 (Courtesy Daniel Basin)
June 27, 2023, 2:55 pm
Israel’s Revolution Orchestra befriends Iranian theater group
Representatives from each organization speak of friendship and peace at Sibiu Festival in Romania
By Jessica Steinberg
Conductor Ido Marko (far left) during an early June 2023 rehearsal of the Integrative Orchestra, comprising students from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance and Shekel, a Jerusalem program for adults with special needs (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
June 11, 2023, 7:26 am
Budding musicians jam in Jerusalem integrative orchestra
Conservatory president Michael Klinghoffer talks about making music meaningful, in community programs for people with special needs, the elderly and musical kids in the periphery
By Jessica Steinberg
Rescuer Chiune Sugihara as the consul of Japan in Kaunas, Lithuania, in 1940. (Courtesy Yad Vashem Righteous Among the Nations Archive)
April 19, 2023, 3:36 am
Musical tribute to ‘Japanese Schindler’ Chiune Sugihara has US debut in Carnegie Hall
The story of the Japanese consulate worker who saved thousands of Jewish refugees in Lithuania in 1940 is now being told in concert halls around the globe – and in NYC on April 19
By Rich Tenorio
Israeli-Argentine pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim talks with The Associated Press during an interview, at La Scala theatre in Milan, Italy, February 14, 2023. (AP/Luca Bruno)
February 15, 2023, 4:31 pm
Argentine-Israeli maestro Barenboim lives day by day, balancing music with illness
Conductor troubled by current situation in Israel; says that en route to Jewish state at age 10, parents prevented him from playing in Germany due to memory of Holocaust
By Colleen Barry
This file photo taken on September 29, 2017 shows conductor Daniel Barenboim posing for a photo at the State Opera in Berlin (Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)
January 6, 2023, 7:44 pm
Israeli-Argentine conductor Barenboim resigns from Berlin opera over ill health
Storied maestro has been acclaimed for a stellar career that saw him begin performing internationally as a pianist aged 10
By Deborah Cole
Musical director and conductor Daniel Barenboim stands in the main concert hall of the newly renovated Staatsoper Opera House in Berlin, Germany, September 29, 2017. (Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa via AP/File)
December 10, 2022, 11:25 am
Israeli-Argentine conductor Barenboim to take up baton again after health break
80-year-old known for promoting ties between young Israeli and Arab musicians will perform twice in Berlin after halt due to ‘serious neurological condition’
By AFP
Achinoam Nini and her musical partner Gil Dor will perform at the 4th Liturgical Festival in Nazareth, December 16, 2022 (Courtesy PR)
December 7, 2022, 4:23 pm
Noa to perform Bach interpretation at Nazareth Liturgical Festival
Annual holiday season festival is a celebration of classical music and of musical education for Arab and Jewish youth from the region
By Jessica Steinberg
Cate Blanchett stars in 'Tár.' (Screenshot from YouTube/ via JTA)
November 2, 2022, 4:02 pm
Critics sing praises of ‘Tár,’ a surprisingly Jewish new film about classical music
While the brilliant and terrifying fictitious protagonist played by Cate Blanchett isn’t explicitly shown to be Jewish, the world around her is undeniably influenced by Jews
By Andrew Lapin
Lahav Shani, artistic director and chief conductor of the Israel Philharmonic, which will head to the US in November 2022 for its first US tour post-pandemic (Courtesy IPO)
October 7, 2022, 11:51 am
Podcast: IPO’s Lahav Shani compares orchestra conducting to film direction
The 33-year-old Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conductor speaks to ToI ahead of a nine-city US tour in November, the symphony’s first since the pandemic. NEW: Full transcript
By Jessica Steinberg
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