Young Soloists, a digital concert, will be hosted for free by the American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (AFIPO) on Sunday, featuring students from the orchestra's music education programs Sulamot and Keynote. The concert will premiere on the AFIPO website.
The event will feature ten musicians representing various groups in Israel, including Jews, Arabs, Christians, children of immigrants, veterans, and people with disabilities.The orchestra has maintained a regular performance schedule during tumultuous periods in Israeli history, from the 1948 Independence War, the Six-Day War, the Yom Kippur War, and the Lebanon War, to the Gulf War, when it was forced to perform in Jaffa instead of Tel Aviv due to the threat of Iraqi ballistic missile strikes.
After reopening to live audiences last September following the longest hiatus in the orchestra's history, the Israel Philharmonic once again closed its doors following the implementation of new coronavirus restrictions.
The world-renown Israel Philharmonic Orchestra has produced countless virtuosos who eventually became household names, such as Itzhak Perlman and Lahav Shani, who currently serves as the orchestra's director.
Sarah Hershenson and Miriam Hartman-Beazley contributed to this report.