Symphony

Paul Ben-Haim’s war symphonies get just deserts

Performed at Carnegie Hall in the aftermath of the October 7 massacre, Ben-Haim’s two symphonies are foundational works within the Israeli art music tradition.

|ByLIRAN GURKIEWICZ
CONDUCTOR LAHAV SHANI with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
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.

Battling cancer, famed Jewish conductor Michael Tilson Thomas prepares for his last concert

Facing a return of his brain cancer, Tilson Thomas says goodbye with one final concert in San Francisco.

|ByPENNY SCHWARTZ/ JTA
UKRAINIAN CONDUCTOR Nazar Yakobenchuk.

Lord of the Rings and Hans Zimmer concerts coming to Israel

Experience Zimmer and Shore’s music live in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Beersheba.

|ByBARRY DAVIS
DAN BIRON: Beloved television director and cultural figure.

A tribute concert for musical icon Dan Biron

Dan Biron’s legacy as both a television innovator and cultural icon is deeply tied to our orchestra.

|ByNERIA BARR

An act of defiance

Conductor Murray Sidlin leads the JSO in his concert-drama ‘Verdi at Terezin.’

MAY 24, 2012ByMAXIM REIDER
Conductor Murray Sidlin

Musical Ra'anana

The Ra’anana Symphonette Orchestra has announced its 2011-12 season program.

JUNE 24, 2011ByMAXIM REIDER
Conductor Omer Wellber 311

Concert Review: JSO charity concert

At the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra on behalf of lone, wounded soldiers.

DECEMBER 8, 2010ByURY EPPSTEIN
Jerusalem Baroque orchestra