August 11th - August 13th 2025
Tel-Hai International Piano Master Classes - The Music Plays On Despite a very difficult year, the Tel-Hai International Piano Master Classes will go on - in a special format. We are pleased to announce a three-day event taking place August 11-13 at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music in Tel Aviv.

In Memoriam

We cherish the memory of Tel Hai faculty members who are no longer with us:

 

Dmitri BASHKIROV (1931 - 2021)
Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia, Madrid; Mozarteum, Salzburg

Aquiles DELLE VIGNE (1946 - 2022)
Codarts - University of Rotterdam; Mozarteum, Salzburg

Zvi HARELL (1932 - 2023)
Jerusalem Academy of Music

Benjamin KAPLAN (1929 - 2012)
London

Phillip KAWIN (1956 - 2021)
Manhattan School of Music

Jacob LATEINER (1928 - 2010)
The Juilliard, New York

Alexander MNDOYANTS (1949 - 2024)
Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory

Nikolai PETROV (1943 - 2011)
Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory

Pnina SALZMAN (1922 - 2006)
Tel Aviv University

Nina SVETLANOVA (1932 - 2024)
Manhattan School of Music

Yahli WAGMAN (1925 - 2001)
Jerusalem Academy of Music

Dame Fanny WATERMAN (1920 - 2020)
Founder/Artistic Director, the Leeds International Piano Competition

Jonathan ZAK (1932 - 2024)
Tel Aviv University

 

They lit the flame of uncompromising excellence at our Master Classes and tended to it with love and enthusiasm.

Their priceless formative contributions remain an inexhaustible source of wisdom and inspiration.