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Zubin Mehta, Israel Philharmonic Return to Chicago with Program of Beethoven and Bardanashvili

The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra has been a welcome visitor at Symphony Center five times since 1996. On Sunday, the orchestra, celebrated as Israel’s foremost cultural ambassador, will bring a program to Chicago that includes Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 “Eroica,” Ravel’s La Valse and a work by contemporary Israeli composer Josef Bardanashvili. Zubin Mehta, the orchestra’s music director for life, will lead the program at Symphony Center on November 15 at 7:00 p.m.
By Louise Burton

  • Zubin Mehta, Conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic 2015 New Year's Concert, Hopes to Bring Peace Through Music

    Zubin Mehta, the Indian Maestro who was chosen as the conductor for the illustrious Vienna New Year’s Concert, hopes that this year's concert music will bring harmony into the world.
    By Jaime Prisco

  • 28-Year-Old American Violinist David Radzynski Has Been Voted Concertmaster of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    American violinist David Radzynski, 28, has been announced as the new concertmaster of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.Radzynski is from Columbus, Ohio, and was selected following an audition that ended Dec. 19 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Radzynski will assume his position in March 2015. Thirty violinists were invited to compete for the position through a pre-screening process by the orchestra.He was one of the four finalists and earned the appointment after performing Johannes Brahms’s “Violin Concerto” alongside the Israel Philharmonic and maestro Zubin Mehta. After only five minutes of deliberation, the jury voted him the unanimous winner.“I am still trying to digest all that is happening. It is such an incredible honor,” said Radzynski, a graduate student who was pursuing an artist diploma in violin performance at Park University’s International Center for Music.
    By Jaime Prisco