"What you hear and what you see if my dream come true"

- Zubin Mehta

The Music School’s mission is to train outstanding young musicians and music researches and prepare them for a professional career, as solo and chamber music performers, composers, conductors and music scholars.

Program Overview

The Buchmann-Mehta School of Music was founded in 2005 as a unique partnership between Tel-Aviv University (TAU) and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO). The founding of the Music School was made possible thanks to philanthropist Josef Buchmann, the School’s Patron. Maestro Zubin Mehta, the revered former IPO Music Director, is the BMSM’s Honorary President. The Music School’s mission is to train outstanding young musicians and music researches and prepare them for a professional career, as solo and chamber music performers, composers, conductors and music scholars. The BMSM Orchestral Training Program’s mission is to create the future generations of orchestral musicians for the IPO and other orchestras in Israel and worldwide.

Program Highlights

The Buchmann-Mehta School of Music (BMSM) International Program for Outstanding Students offers:

• Partner school of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
• World class faculty including international performers and members of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
• Intimate intensive studies in a family-like atmosphere
• FREE TUITION for all international students; housing and financial assistance for outstanding candidates
• Complete study program in English
• Master Classes with the Israel Philharmonic’s world-famous guest soloists and conductors
• Many professional opportunities to perform at Israel’s most attractive concert venues
• Experience the culture and vibrancy of Tel Aviv

Career Success Stories

The BMSM has been home to many great artists from Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Kati Debretzeni, Yefim Bronfman, Boris Berman and Menahem Pressler to young rising stars such as Maestro Lahav Shani, Boris Giltburg and Gal James.

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