ICM Artists
	Steven J. Sherman

Since its inception in 1936, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (originally named the Palestine Orchestra) has been dedicated to presenting the world’s greatest music to audiences in Israel and the world. Founded by the outstanding Polish violinist, Bronislaw Huberman, the IPO represents the culmination of his dream “to unite the desire of the country for an orchestra with the desire of the Jewish musicians for a country.” Huberman spent countless hours arranging for first-chair musicians of Eastern European and German orchestras, who had lost their jobs as a result of Nazism, to migrate to Palestine. In doing so, Huberman created an “orchestra of soloists” that under the esteemed leadership of Maestro Zubin Mehta, Music Director for Life, continues to provide vital inspiration to the people of Israel.

From the outset, world-renowned soloists and conductors have performed with the IPO. Its inaugural concert was played under the baton of Arturo Toscanini who felt his participation was a means to demonstrate his opposition to Fascism. Since that time, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra has enjoyed associations with such renowned artists as Leonard Bernstein, Laureate Conductor of the IPO, and Kurt Masur, Honorary Guest Conductor of the IPO. Other celebrated artists to perform with the Orchestra are Daniel Barenboim, Yefim Bronfman, Yo-Yo Ma, Midori, Shlomo Mintz, Itzhak Perlman, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Arthur Rubinstein, Gil Shaham, Isaac Stern, Maxim Vengerov, Pinchus Zukerman and many others. Their contributions of time and talent have enriched the cultural life of Israel and have helped the Orchestra to maintain the highest artistic standards.

Often said to have more heart than other orchestras, the IPO is Israel’s finest cultural emissary and travels throughout the world, particularly to countries where there is little or no Israeli representation. In some cases, performances of the IPO are the only example of Israel’s existence. The goodwill created by these tours, which have included historic visits to Japan, Argentina, Poland, Hungary, Russia, China and India, is of enormous value to the State of Israel. As a result, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra maintains its position at the forefront of cultural diplomacy and the international music scene

Discover why the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra touches the hearts and lives of so many people throughout the world.

Click here for the IPO website

KEYNOTE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAM

The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra’s KeyNote Program brings classical music and its glorious history to the audience of the future through music education and community involvement. Classical music is used as a vehicle for teaching compassion, nurturing our youth and enriching the cultural life of Israel. KeyNote has a wide array of programs, bringing classical music into Jewish, Arab-Israeli, and religious and secular schools, from kindergartens to high schools, throughout Israel. By using music as the common denominator, KeyNote can encourage a shared interest that has infinite possibilities for the next generation.

KeyNote I
This is the largest program in the KeyNote Education and Outreach project, reaching over 6,000 students in the Tel Aviv-Yaffo School System.
Starting in elementary school each child receives:

• Four in-classroom preparatory sessions with IPO orchestra members, some accompanied by moderators from the Levinsky Teacher’s College, and other musicians preferring direct contact with the students, performing and teaching at the same time.
• Once the students are familiar with the musical basics, they experience two full IPO concerts at the Mann Auditorium in Tel Aviv.
• All of these children continue in this program for a total of three years.

High School Program
The High School program consists of two different segments.

• The Music Majors Program reaches 1,200 High School students who have a special interest in music. Classes of music majors attend regular IPO subscription concerts by purchasing subsidized tickets and an IPO member treats them to a pre-concert talk designed specifically for them.
• The second High School Program reaches 2,000 juniors and seniors who have no musical orientation. They participate in a two years program attending two morning concerts designed for them, after having had preparatory classes at their school.

Bar Ilan University: Institute for the advancement of integration in the school system

• This program reaches 1,700 students from religious public schools. Preparation is conducted in the schools as part of Bar Ilan University’s “What’s to be Heard” program. The IPO musicians do not participate in the in-school preparation, they perform in a specially produced program at the Mann Auditorium.
• Another 2,500 kindergarten and first grade students attend concerts performed by up to eight IPO members at the Tel Aviv Museum.

KeyNote in the Kindergarten
KeyNote’s kindergarten program has 720 children from South Tel Aviv, Yaffo and Ramat Aviv participate in “Living Music Between the Generations”, a project of the Levinsky Teacher’s College that coordinates high school ensembles with instruction in the kindergartens. A visit by an IPO ensemble, such as the KeyNote Brass, is the culmination of the program.

Arab/Jewish Ensemble
The ensemble is composed of three IPO musicians; violin, flute and double bass; three Arab musicians; oud (oriental violin), nieh (oriental flute) and darbukkah (percussion) and one vocal. They are a model of mutual respect and tolerance as they deal with musical and performance problems. The Arab/ Jewish KeyNote Ensemble performs in classrooms throughout Israel, at the Circle of Peace forum for music educators in the Jezreel Valley and in the United States at the AFIPO Berkshire Weekend in Massachusetts and in New York City.

These types of curriculum based activities are the basis for the Orchestra’s education and outreach program. A gift to endow KeyNote will further create new interactive learning experiences from chamber ensembles playing popular and jazz music that young adults will enjoy, as well as, reaching out to the larger segment of the population that currently do not participate in the world of classical music.

KEYNOTE PROGRAM GIVING OPPORTUNITIES

The KeyNote Education and Outreach Program fills a tremendous void in the music instruction of the children of Israel. It is supported by the American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra with proceeds from the annual Berkshire Weekend, the Midwest Chairmen’s Council Chicago events and a major grant from the UJA-Federation of Los Angeles.

Funding opportunities for this program are:

$1,000,000 Endow the KeyNote Education and Outreach Program
$ 500,000 Endow the KeyNote Education and Outreach Manager Position
$ 250,000 Endow a series of outreach Programs at the Mann Auditorium
$ 100,000 Endow an annual outreach concert in a school or development community
$ 50,000 Sponsor a musician for additional educational/outreach concerts
$ 25,000 Sponsor the “Music Majors” Program that reaches 1,200 high school students with a special interest in music
OR the “KeyNote in the Kindergarten” Program with performances that reaches 720 children
OR the “Circle of Peace” Program, a forum of Arab and Jewish musicians and music educators for Jezreel Valley.

If you are interested in supporting this valuable program with any of the above options please call the AFIPO office at (212) 697-2949.

Click here for the IPO KeyNote website

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Fredric R. Mann Auditorium
P.O. Box 23500
Tel Aviv 61231
Israel

Telephone: 011-972-3-621-1751
Fax: 011-972-3-629-0097
Website: www.ipo.co.il


Box Offices
Tel Aviv 011-972-3-621-1777
Jerusalem 011-972-2-624-0896
Haifa 011-972-4-810-1558

Zubin Mehta and the IPO rehearsing with Principal Flutist Yossi Arnheim, presenting the German premiere of the Josef Bardanashvilli Flute Concerto	KeyNote	Picture 1	IPO with Zubin Mehta in Mumbai	Picture 1
Backstage at the IPO concert at NJPAC (l-r): Amy Schechner, Catherine Mayer, Jordan Selig, Martin Selig, Avi Shoshani, Maestro Gustavo Dudamel, Schecky Schechner	The IPO with conductor Gustavo Dudamel at Carnegie Hall	Picture 1	Fanya Gottesfeld Heller and AFIPO Executive Director, Suzanne K. Ponsot
Hollywood Bowl evite	Picture 1	Co-chairs Lydia Shorenstein, Varda Rabin, Maribelle Leavitt	AFIPO Young Associates Sarah Sandler, Tommy and Anna Finkelstein, Avner Dorman	Picture 1
Mary Beck, Suzanne Ponsot, Emanuel Ax	Picture 1	Jillian Merns, Martha Brown, Marissa Beck and Morgen Beck	AFIPO Executive Director Suzanne Ponsot, IPO Secretary General Avi Shoshani, Co-Chair and Host Eta Somekh	Vintage Monday 2009
Amnon and Yael Landan	Co-Chairs Sarah Sperling Renée Fishman, Ben and Jessie Harris, W. Michael Weinstein and Oshrat Carmiel	Jordana Sandler Manzano, Suki Sandler, David Manzano	Picture 2	Tom Beck, Emanuel Ax, Ana P. Lopes
Picture 2	Nitzan Bartana and Pinchas Zukerman with the IPO	Eli Glassman and Joan Holland and Joyce and Mel Keefer	Irving Rabin, Barbara and Jeff Farber, Maribelle and StephenLeavitt, Bernard Osher	Picture 2
Richard Cohen and Mona Ackerman	Maestro Dudamel, Pinchas Zukerman and the IPO	Picture 2	Picture 2	American and International friends of the IPO sharing a meal in Mumbai
4,500 children enjoy Fiesta! an IPO KeyNote education program at the Mann Auditorium in Tel Aviv, June 2007	IPO on Tour	Picture 2	German President, Horst Köhler greeting Zubin Mehta	Shelomo Shohat and Peter Marck hiking on the glacier
Picture 3	Fiesta! IPO KeyNote Program	Michael and Felicia Crystal	AFIPO Pre-concert dinner at the Kennedy Center prior to the IPO performance (l-r): Ambassador of Israel Sallai Meridor, AFIPO President Elaine Wolfensohn, Dr. Ronald Dozoretz	Pinchas Zukerman and Gustavo Dudamel with the IPO
Picture 3	Lucy Lang and Elaine Wolfensohn	Picture 3	Picture 3	Consul General Tor, Varda Rabin, Naomi Tor, Irving Rabin
Shulamit Katzman, Abigail Katzman, Michal Saad	Jim and Karen Wolfe	Helgard and Irwin Field	Picture 3	Ann Corcoran, Marilyn Thomson and Emanuel Ax
Picture 3	Vintage Monday 2009	Vintage Monday 2009	Sheneya Mehta, Zubin Mehta and Mona Ackerman	Phyllis Cook and Ron Cohn
Picture 4	Brooke Milstein, Jason Hirsch, Jennifer Mahl, Jason Schwalbe, Chloe Cohen	Picture 4	Lois Rosen and Marjorie Pressman	Dana Corvin and Harris Weinberg
Picture 4	Gustavo Dudamel and the IPO	AFIPO Pre-concert dinner at the Kennedy Center prior to the IPO performance (l-r): Ambassador of Israel Sallai Meridor, Debra Lerner Cohen and Edward Cohen	Picture 4	Tali Gottlieb and Annette Bollag
Picture 4	Picture 4	Shelomo Shohat on the glacier	Waiting for the bus in Weimar	Picture 5
Picture 5	Daniel Barenboim with Zubin Mehta and the IPO	Backstage at the IPO concert at the Kimmel Center (l-r): Jeanette Lerman, Maestro Gustavo Dudamel and Joseph Neubauer	Picture 5	David Hirsch and Penny Pincus
Richard and Doris Davis	Penny Pincus and Lynn Syms	Richard Ziman and Stanely Gold	Picture 5	Gustavo Dudamel and the IPO
Picture 5	Picture 5	Suzanne Ponsot, Ron Prashker, Jill Keiser, Jason Hirsch	Irving and Varda Rabin, Fern and William Lowenberg	IPO Woodwind Octet performs in private home in Los Altos Hills, CA
Soraya and Younes Nazarian and Ilene and Stanley Gold	Olivia Merns, Jillian Merns, Marissa Beck	Stacey and Matthew Bronfman, Mona Ackerman, James Wolfensohn, Zubin Mehta, Sheneya Mehta, Elaine Wolfensohn, Richard Cohen and Suki Sandler	Picture 6	Yariv Ben-Ari and Sara Rubenstein
Picture 6	Rita Moreno and Dick Wollack	Picture 6	Backstage at the IPO concert at the San Diego Civic Theatre (l-r): Eloisa Dudamel, Irwin Jacobs, Maestro Gustavo Dudamel and Joan Jacobs	Gustavo Dudamel and the IPO
Shuttle ride to the boats to the Elphanta Caves	Picture 6	Zubin Mehta on the train	Picture 6	Picture 7
Our group exploring the Elephanta Caves	Gabriel Vole, M. Bach and S. Dobrinsky hiking in the Alps	Maestro Dudamel and the IPO at Walt Disney Concert Hall	Lynn and Sy Syms	Picture 7
Picture 7	Ronald and Anita Wornick	Picture 7	Jillian Merns and Sy Syms	Picture 7
IPO Woodwind Octet performs in private home in Los Altos Hills, CA	IPO Woodwind Octet performs at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA	Jessie and Ben Harris	IPO Musician Tamar Narkiss-Melzer	Jennifer Sidel and Jonathan Art
Picture 8	Tamar Rudich, Phyllis Korff, Suki Sandler	Picture 8	Jessica Fishman, Andrew Levinson and Renée Fishman	Picture 8
Sue Wollack, Bernard Osher, Maribelle Leavitt	Picture 8	International friends at the IPO concert	Maestro Dudamel and the IPO at Walt Disney Concert Hall	Picture 8
Yehoshua Pasternak, Carol Patterson and Naomi Enoch hiking in the Alps	Lenore Ruben and Suzanne Ponsot	Picture 9	Chinese dinner between trains	Picture 9
Sam Jesselson and Morris Offit	Picture 9	IPO Woodwind Octet performs in private home in Tiburon, CA	Una Chae Zucker and Jonathan Zucker	Picture 9
Nathan Lewin and Randi Rahm	Picture 9	Shulamit Katzman, Abigail Katzman and Fern Schad	Picture 10	Jason Feldman and Inon Barnatan
Picture 10	IPO Musician Dudu Carmel	David Hirsch, Suki Sandler, Zubin Mehta, Avner Dorman	Picture 10	(L-R) Lydia Shalem, Pinchas Zukerman, Amanda Forsyth, Peter Marck, Daniele Morandini, (front) Dalia Meroz)
Picture 10	Picture 10	Chinese dinner on trumpet cases between trains	Avi Shoshani and Zubin Mehta between trains	Lillian Vernon and Paolo Martino
Picture 11	Mumbai train station	Ambassador Gabriela Shalev and Zubin Mehta	IPO Musician Yoel Abadi	Picture 11
Picture 11	Picture 11	Jennifer Falk, W. Michael Weinstein, Oshrat Carmiel and Sarah Sperling	Mona Ackerman welcoming guests	David Hirsch, Jason Hirsch, Brooke Milstein, Jason Schwalbe, Jennifer Mahl, Arik Roshanzamir
Vintage Monday 2009	Picture 12	Picture 12	Group with Indian artist Jehangir Sabavala (front center) at the Sakshi Art Gallery	Picture 12
Picture 12	Changing trains	Picture 13	Looking for the right track	Picture 13
IPO celebrates the centenary of Mehli Mehta	Avner Dorman (center) with PercaDu, Tomer Yariv (left) and Adi Morag (right)	Picture 13	Elaine Wolfensohn speaking to guests	Vintage Monday 2009
Picture 13	Pianist Yefim Bronfman performing	Vintage Monday 2009	Picture 14	Picture 14
Tirtza Dorman, Avner and Jenny Dorman, Zeev Dorman	Group at gala dinner	Picture 14	Picture 14	Award presentation for IPO 1954 Mahler recording
Picture 15	Searching for wireless connection	Picture 15	Zubin Mehta speaking to guests	Zubin Mehta and Placido Domingo
Picture 15	Picture 15	Vintage Monday 2009	Vintage Monday 2009	Picture 16
At the airport on the way to Delhi	Picture 16	Picture 16	Concert pianist Rudolf Buchbinder, music director of the festival was on hand to greet the orchestra and Zubin Mehta	Agra, India
Picture 17	Ram Oren at the Grafenegg Castle	Picture 17	Polina Bronfman, Yefim Bronfman, Zubin Mehta, Michael and Linda Jesselson, Sam Jesselson	Picture 17
Picture 18	Picture 18	Picture 18	Zubin Mehta and the IPO at the Grafenegg Musik Festival, Austria	At the Taj Mahal
Carol Patterson running on the roof of "The Ligotto"	Picture 19	Elephant ride to the Amber Fort	Picture 19	Picture 19
Picture 20	Elephant ride to the Amber Fort	Carol Patterson on the roof of “The Ligotto”	Picture 20	Picture 20
Picture 21	Zubin and Nancy Mehta hosted a reception for the orchestra in the Palazzo Bricherasio	Picture 21	Picture 21	Group in Udaipur
Picture 22	Picture 22	La Scala renovated	Picture 22	Picture 23
La Scala concert - Milan, Italy	Picture 23	Picture 23	Picture 24	Picture 24
Picture 24	Teddy Kling at La Scala	Zubin at La Scala	Picture 25	Zubin at La Scala
Picture 25	Picture 25	Picture 26	Picture 26	Picture 26
Picture 27	Zubin and Nancy Mehta waiting with the Orchestra	Picture 27	Picture 27	Picture 28
Picture 28	Lunch bags for the train	Picture 28	Picture 29	Playing cards on the train
Picture 29	Picture 29	Picture 30	Picture 30	Yehoshua Pasternak at Remini
Picture 30	"Esaurito" Sold Out in Verona - Concertmaster Ilya Konovalov and violist Vlad Krasnov	Picture 31	Picture 31	Picture 31
Picture 32	Picture 32	Playing tuba and alpin horn on the beach of the Adriatic	Picture 32	Picture 33
Picture 33	Picture 33	Picture 34	Picture 34	Picture 34
Picture 35	Yakov, Avi and Uzi - Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen	Picture 35	Picture 35	Picture 36
Felix and Alex - Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen	Picture 36	Picture 36	Picture 37	Picture 37
Picture 37	Picture 38	Rhine at dawn	Picture 38	Beethoven Fest - Bonn, Germany
Picture 39	Picture 39	Picture 40	Bonn Synagogue	Picture 40
Luxembourg by bus	Picture 41	Picture 41	Picture 42	Picture 42
Hebrew inscription, Barcelona	Picture 43	Picture 43	Hebrew scholar with ancient inscription, Barcelona	Picture 44