The Chamber Music Center has been operating under the auspices of The Ted and Lin Arison Israel Conservatory of music, Tel-Aviv, since 1988, presenting annual series of chamber music concerts and recitals for an audience of subscribers and the general public, featuring leading musicians and ensembles from Israel and abroad. Over the years the Center has become one of the most long-serving, well-known and respected Classical music institutions in Israel.
The Center is one of Israel’s most prominent institutions for new generations of Israeli musicians, and for its ongoing relationship with top local musicians. At the same time, it plays a key role in hosting the best ensembles in the world, while developing partnerships between them and Israeli musicians.
With its original programming, that includes works not frequently played in Israeli concert halls, and also works by Israeli composers, the Center also makes a substantial contribution to expanding the musical horizons of the local public.
Chamber Music Center: 37th Season – 2025-26
Music Director: Dr. Raz Binyamini
For tickets and inquires:
+972-(0)3-5466228
chamber@icm.org.il
We are honored to present to you the Chamber Music Center program for the 2025-26 season, which includes three series:
- The Chamber Music Series
- The Complete Shostakovich Quartets performed by the Jerusalem Quartet
- The Piano Recital Series.
To mark the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Israel Conservatory of Music, we have included in this season’s concert programs a selection of works by prominent composers who were affiliated with the institution over the years, as teachers, students, or members of the board. A musical heritage of which we are proud.
The Chamber Music Series
1. Saturday, 18.10.25, 21:00
Israeli Chamber Project
Daniel Bard – violin
Guy Ben-Ziony – viola
Michal Korman – cello
Sivan Magen – harp
Assaff Weisman – piano
Tibi Cziger – clarinet
Contrasts
Liszt: “Tristia” – for Harp, Violin and Cello
Yehezkel Braun: Songs of the Dove and the Lily – for Clarinet and Harp
De Falla: Suite Populaire Espagnole – for Cello and Harp
Bartok: Contrasts – for Clarinet, Violin and Piano
Mozart: Clarinet Quartet in B-flat (after violin sonata, K. 378)
Turina: Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 67
2. Monday, 17.11.25, 20:00
Aviv Quartet (Switzerland)
Anna Göckel – violin
Brandon Garbot – violin
Noemie Bialobroda – viola
Daniel Mitnitsky – cello
Haydn: String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 76 No. 4, “Sunrise”
Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
Seter: String Quartet No. 4
Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 44 No. 1
3. Saturday, 29.11.25, 20:00
Slavic Roots
Sergei Ostrovsky – violin
Guy Ben-Ziony – viola
Zvi Plesser – cello
Miri Yampolsky – piano
Stutschewsky: Prayer, for Cello and Piano
Arensky: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op.32
Weinberg: String Trio, Op. 48
Dvořák: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 87
4. Saturday, 3.1.26, 20:00
Schubert – The Piano Trios
Shai Wosner – piano
Carmit Zori – violin
Hillel Zori – cello
Schubert: Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 99
Boskovich: Lament, for Cello and Piano
Schubert: Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 100
5. Monday, 19.1.26, 20:00
Belcea Quartet (U.K./France)
Corina Belcea – violin
Suyeon Kang – violin
Krzysztof Chorzelski – viola
Antoine Lederlin – cello
Webern: Langsamer Satz, for String Quartet
Mozart: String Quartet in C major, K. 465, “Dissonance”
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131
6. Saturday, 7.2.26, 20:00
Tel-Aviv Wind Quintet with Pianist Benjamin Hochman
Roy Amotz – flute | Dmitry Malkin – oboe
Danny Erdman – clarinet | Itamar Leshem – horn
Nadav Cohen – bassoon | Benjamin Hochman – piano
Muses between Wars
Milhaud: Sonata for Flute, Clarinet, Oboe and Piano, Op. 47
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin (arr. for wind quintet: Mason Jones)
Leo Smit: Sextet for Wind Quintet and Piano
Verdina Shlonsky: Divertimento for Wind Quintet
Zemlinsky: Humoreske for Wind Quintet
Poulenc: Sextet for Wind Quintet and Piano
7. Saturday, 21.2.26, 20:00
Ben-Haim Trio
Guy Figer – violin
Yotam Baruch – cello
Ron Trachtman – piano
Mozart: Piano Trio in G major, K. 564
Brahms: Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101
Moshe Zorman: Piano Trio No. 2, “Triyoungles”
Schumann: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 63
8. Monday, 16.3.26, 20:00
Jews between West and East
Roi Shiloah – violin
Roman Spitzer – viola
Natalie Clein (U.K.) – cello
Einav Yarden – piano
Bloch: “From Jewish Life”, for Cello and Piano
Partos: Ballade for Piano Quartet
Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90, “Dumky”
Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
9. Saturday, 28.3.26, 21:00
Carmel Quartet with Pianist Daniel Ciobanu (Romania)
Rachel Ringelstein – violin
Tali Goldberg – violin
Yoel Greenberg – viola
Tami Waterman – cello
Daniel Ciobanu (Romania) – piano
Haydn: String Quartet in C major, Op. 54 No. 2
Partos: String Quartet No. 2, “Psalms”
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
10. Sunday, 26.4.26, 20:00
Sextets – From Darkness to Great Light
Yuval Herz – violin
Nitzan Bartana – violin
Shira Majoni – viola
Tomoko Akasaka – viola
Haran Meltzer – cello
Lia Chen-Perlov – cello
Bach: Ricercar a 6, from “The Musical Offering”
Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), for String Sextet, Op. 4
Tchaikovsky: String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70, ” Souvenir de Florence”
11. Saturday, 9.5.26, 21:00
Amatis Trio (Austria)
Lea Hausmann – violin
Samuel Shepherd – cello
Mengjie Han – piano
The Many Faces of Romanticism
Liszt: “Tristia”, for Piano Trio
Smetana: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15
Shulamit Ran: Soliloquy, for Piano Trio
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66
12. Sunday, 31.5.26, 20:00
Israeli Chamber Project
Itamar Zorman – violin
Guy Ben-Ziony – viola
Michal Korman – cello
Assaff Weisman – piano
Tibi Cziger – clarinet
Alon Reuven – horn
Mauricio Paez – bassoon
Bass – TBA
Wonder and Parable
Rimsky-Korsakov: “Scheherazade” (arr. for septet: Jonathan Keren)
Tzvi Avni: “Beyond the Curtain”, for Piano Quartet
Mozart: Divertimento for String Trio in E-flat major, K. 563
13. Sunday, 7.6.26, 20:00
Leonkoro (Germany)
Jonathan Schwarz – violin
Amelie Wallner – violin
Mayu Konoe – viola
Lukas Schwarz – cello
Henriëtte Bosmans: String Quartet
Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13
Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810, “Death and the Maiden”
A special tribute to the 80th anniversary of the Conservatory:
Stutschewsky: Allegro Moderato, from 5 Pieces for String Quartet
14. Saturday, 27.6.26, 21:00
Ariel Quartet with Pianist Daniel Gortler
Alexandra Kazovsky – violin
Gershon Gerchikov – violin
Jan Grüning – viola
Amit Even-Tov – cello
Daniel Gortler – cello
Discovering America – In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence
Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, “American”
Amy Beach: Piano Quintet in F-sharp minor, Op. 67
Bernstein: Andante. Tempo di sarabande, for String Quartet
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major, Op. 127
15. Monday, 6.7.26, 20:00
The New Generation
Mark Karlinsky – violin
Anna Siegreich – violin
Natanel Laevsky – viola
Katrin Spiegel – viola
May Endy – cello
Alona Milner – piano
Martinů: Serenade No. 2, for Two Violins and Viola
Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
Partos: Fantasia for Piano Trio
Dvořák: String Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 97
The Jerusalem Quartet
Dmitry Shostakovich’s Complete String Quartets
5 Concerts in December 2025 (Hanukkah)
30th Anniversary of the Jerusalem Quartet
50th Anniversary of Shostakovich’s Death
Jerusalem Quartet
Alexander Pavlovsky – violin
Sergei Bresler – violin
Ori Kam – viola
Kyril Zlotnikov – cello
1. Monday, 15.12.25, 20:00
Shostakovich
String Quartet No. 1 in C major, Op. 49
String Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 68
String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73
2. Tuesday, 16.12.25, 20:00
Shostakovich
String Quartet No. 4 in D major, Op. 83
String Quartet No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 92
String Quartet No. 6 in G major, Op. 101
3. Thursday, 18.12.25, 20:00
Shostakovich
String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp minor, Op. 108
String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
String Quartet No. 9 in E-flat major, Op. 117
4. Friday, 19.12.25, 11:30
Shostakovich
String Quartet No. 10 in A-flat major, Op. 118
String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122
String Quartet No. 12 in D-flat major, Op. 113
5. Saturday, 20.12.25, 20:00
Shostakovich
String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat minor, Op. 138
String Quartet No. 14 in F-sharp major, Op. 142
String Quartet No. 15 in E-flat minor, Op. 144
The Piano Recital Series –Andras Schiff’s chosen pianists
The Piano Series presents this season some of the pianists who have been selected over the years to participate in the prestigious “Building Bridges” program, founded by Sir Andras Schiff in 2014
1. Friday, 9.1.26, 11:30
Roman Rabinovich (Israel/Canada) – piano
Goldberg
Yoav Talmi: “Longing”, from “Moods”
Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
2. Friday, 13.2.26, 11:30
Shir Semmel – piano
Lights and Shadows
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10 No. 2
Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6
Janáček: Piano Sonata 1. X. 1905, “From the Street”
Tzvi Avni: Capriccio
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57, “Appassionata”
3. Friday, 20.3.26, 11:30
Itai Navon (Israel/Germany) – Piano
Hidden Secrets
Haydn: Andante & Variations in F Minor, Hob.XVII:6
Chopin: Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
Mordecai Seter: Sine Nomine
Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24
4. Friday, 29.5.26, 11:30
Adam Golka (U.S.A./Poland)
New Horizons
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp major, Op. 78, “à Thérèse”
Schoenberg: Drei Klavierstücke (“Three Piano Pieces”), Op. 11
Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 2 in F-sharp minor, Op. 2
Yehezkel Braun: “Encounters in a Mist” and “Seascapes” – from “Strange Landscapes”
Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 25
5. Friday, 19.6.26, 11:30
Itamar Carmeli (Israel/Germany) – piano
Homages and Departures
Bach: Capriccio on the departure of a beloved brother, BWV 992
Gideon Klein: Piano Sonata
Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 10 in E minor, BWV 855 – The Well-Tempered Clavier I
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue in E minor, Op. 35 No. 1
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue in B minor, Op. 35 No. 3
Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 24 in B minor, BWV 869 – The Well-Tempered Clavier I
Partos: Prelude for Piano
Bartok: 3 Burlesques, Op. 8
Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 1