Piano

Arthur Rubinstein’s piano competition: A rich tale of two cities and one legacy

While the competition is traditionally held every 3 years in Tel Aviv, the 18th edition features a unique bifurcated structure due to ongoing security concerns in Israel.

Jinhyung Park.
‘The event is not over’: An innovative new way to see art at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

Tel Aviv Museum of Art reimagines exhibitions amid wartime conditions

MAO concert (see Thursday)

Jerusalem highlights: February 13-19

Pianist Ido Shalom takes his seat at the keyboard

Pianist Ido Shalom on music, meaning, and playing beyond the concert hall


Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition is back for 17th edition

This year’s edition features 36 contestants, aged 18-32, from 18 countries. The lineup reflects that broad spread of genes, cultural baggage and citizenship.

 ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN prepares for a performance.

Special concert in Australia celebrates friendship between Israel and Germany

 The Israeli ambassador Amir Maimon on the right

World-Renowned Israeli Piano Prodigy Yoav Levanon Performs in Boston

The 18-year-old dynamic Israeli pianist’s two-week U.S. tour brought him to Kehillath Israel in Brookline, in collaboration with the Consulate General of Israel to New England.


Guangdong Technion celebrates Israeli-Sino friendship with piano concert


Fight the blues with some tunes - study

The researchers found that within just a few weeks of starting lessons, subjects' ability to process multisensory information – sight and sound – was enhanced.

Tuomas Lauri Johannes Holopainen, Nightwish concert at The Palais, Melbourne, January 2008.

This year's Piano Festival has much more than piano to offer

This year’s four-dayer will focus primarily on works from the late Romantic period, taking in charts from the likes of Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Dvorak and Grieg.

 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Michael Wolpe continues to steer the Pianos Festival into rich unchartered waters.

Veteran pianist Garrick Ohlsson keeps his musical options open

A rewarding, pleasurable and heartwarming listening experience, with a consummate open-minded professional, is clearly in store for the Tel Aviv and Jerusalem audiences.

AMERICAN CLASSICAL pianist Garrick Ohlsson

Tel Hai Master Classes return to the tranquility of Israel's Sde Boker

The latest program of one-on-one instruction, masterclasses and concerts kicks off on Sunday, July 31, and will continue for almost three weeks through to August 18.

 A PARTICIPANT IN the Tel Hai International Piano Master Classes.

Why do pianos and guitars sound different?

Even when playing the same exact notes, each musical instrument sounds differently due to a variety of conditions.

 A guitar lies across a piano.

Completely Mozart: The Pianos Festival tickles Jerusalem’s ivories

The program features three original works inspired by Mozart, specially written for the Jerusalem East-West Orchestra by Wolpe, Nizar Elkhater and jazz-leaning Guy Mintus.

 THE ISRAEL Chamber Orchestra, with conductor Ziv Cojocaru, team up with soloists Malachi Rosenbaum and Oxana Jablonska