Classical music

Matti Caspi laid to rest as family and artists gather to honor his legacy

In an emotionally charged ceremony, hundreds of family members, friends, and figures from the cultural world arrived today at the Kfar Saba cemetery to accompany Matti Caspi on his final journey.

Family members and friends attend a funeral service for Israeli singer and composer Mati Caspi, who passed away after a prolonged battle with cancer, in Tel Aviv, February 9, 2026.
Pianist Ido Shalom takes his seat at the keyboard

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

Ensemble finale

Keshet Eilon’s homecoming gala

DAVID GRIMAL: Music is about listening before you do anything else.

Renowned French violinist David Grimal brings harmony to Eilat


An intimate evening with Schubert

Schubert’s “gatherings” attracted the best artists. Solomon Sultzer – the cantor of Vienna’s main synagogue, the Stadttempel – had the reputation of having the finest baritone voice of his time.

Anna Huntley

In the footsteps of Betty Knut

The Ra’anana Symphonette presented the history of this dynamic woman who lived only 38 years – and made her story come alive.

THE WARM, velvet voice of mezzo soprano Yonit Tobi was a perfect vehicle for Edith Piaf songs

All about love

Opera singer Tali Ketzef will perform at Kfar Blum as part of an opera weekend.

Opera singer Tali Ketzef

Israel Chamber Project Jerusalem Music Center

This work was the program’s centerpiece, performed brilliantly by German violinist Antje Weithaas, clarinetist Tibi Cziger and pianist Assaff Weisman.

Paternostro conducts the Israel Chamber Orchestra

In Kontakt with Yuri Gandelsman

YURI GANDELSMAN: They say that playing in a quartet is like marrying it.

Forward movements

Young Israel Philharmonic Orchestra double bassist Omar Farjoun Bishara keeps his options open

OMAR FARJOUN BISHARA: From a very young age I liked to listen to Mozart piano sonatas, on my headphones.

The fearlessness and experimentation of tenor Wolodymyr Smishkewych

Early music expert performs Purcell’s ‘The Indian Queen’ with the Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra.

WOLODYMYR (VLAD) SMISHKEVYCH: What caught me first is how uniquely early music tells the story

Andreas Scholl performs together with the Tel Aviv Soloists Ensemble

But what does an internationally acclaimed classical musician with many albums to his credit have to do with folk music?

ANDREAS SCHOLL: The connecting factor are the musicians

Keeping low in Haifa

Sefi Zisling performs at the SoLow music festival in Haifa.

Keeping low in Haifa

Concert review: A musical extravaganza at the Salzburg festival

The innovative 2018 program featured 206 performances of music and drama over six weeks this summer.

ASMIK GRIGORIAN as the title character in Strauss’s ‘Salome'