{{Short description|Israeli orchestra based in Tel Aviv}} [[File:TelAM.jpg|thumb|Home of Israel Chamber Orchestra, Recanati Hall, Tel Aviv Museum]] '''Israel Chamber Orchestra''' (abbreviation '''ICO''', Hebrew: [https://web.archive.org/web/20080401171400/http://ico.co.il/index.php?new_lang=en התזמורת הקאמרית הישראלית]) (''Hatizmoret hakamerit'') is an Israeli orchestra based in Tel Aviv. Primary funding comes from the Israel Ministry of Education and the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality.
==History== Gary Bertini founded the orchestra in 1965 and was its first artistic director, for 10 years. The ICO's first US appearance was in New York in 1969.<ref>{{cite news | author=Allen Hughes | title=Israel Ensemble In American Debut | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/01/27/archives/israel-ensemble-in-american-debut.html | work=New York Times | date=27 January 1969 | access-date=2009-09-13}}</ref> Luciano Berio was the ICO's artistic director in 1975.<ref>{{cite news | author=Martin Anderson | title=Luciano Berio | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/luciano-berio-548240.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090406010055/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/luciano-berio-548240.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=April 6, 2009 | work=The Independent | date=29 May 2003 | access-date=2009-09-13}}</ref> Rudolf Barshai led the ICO from 1976 to 1981.<ref>Erik Eriksson, Biography of Rudolf Barshai, from ''All Music Guide to Classical Music: The Definitive Guide To Classical Music''. Backbeat Books ({{ISBN|0-87930-865-6}}), p. 84.</ref> Other leaders of the orchestra have included Uri Segal, Yoav Talmi<ref>{{cite news | author=Allan Kozinn | title=Vienna, the Israel's Way | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/23/arts/review-orchestra-viennathe-israel-s-way.html | work=New York Times | date=23 March 1988 | access-date=2009-03-23}}</ref> (1984-1988), and Shlomo Mintz<ref>{{cite news | title=Violinist Named Adviser | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/11/arts/violinist-named-adviser.html | work=New York Times | date=11 March 1989 | access-date=2009-03-23}}</ref> (1989-1993). Philippe Entremont was artistic director from 1995 to 1998, and is now the ICO's conductor laureate.
Salvador Mas Conde was the ICO's music director from 1998 to 2002 and Noam Sheriff from 2002 to 2005. Gil Shohat succeeded Sheriff as artistic director and chief conductor from 2005 to 2008. In 2009, Roberto Paternostro was appointed as the ICO's musical adviser, and Elizabeth Wallfisch was named the orchestra's baroque program adviser. In February 2013, Yoav Talmi returned to the ICO as its music director, but resigned in 2014. In 2015, Ariel Zuckermann became the ICO's music director, and held the post until his dismissal by ICO management in 2023.<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=Israel Chamber Orchestra Musicians Protest Dismissal of Music Director | url=https://theviolinchannel.com/israel-chamber-orchestra-musicians-protest-dismissal-of-music-director/ | work=The Violin Channel | date=2023-08-03 | access-date=2024-04-26}}</ref> In April 2024, the ICO announced the appointment of Ruben Gazarian as its next chief conductor and artistic leader.<ref>{{cite news | author= | title=Generalmusikdirektor Ruben Gazarian wird zusätzlich neuer Chefdirigent und Künstlerischer Leiter des Israel Chamber Orchestra in Tel Aviv | url=https://www.nmz.de/menschen/personalia/generalmusikdirektor-ruben-gazarian-wird-zusaetzlich-neuer-chefdirigent-und | work=NMZ | date=2024-04-24 | access-date=2024-04-26}}</ref>
The ICO has recorded with such labels as Chandos, Naxos (music of Alberto Ginastera), Musicmasters,<ref>Erik Eriksson, Biography of Shlomo Mintz, from ''All Music Guide to Classical Music: The Definitive Guide To Classical Music''. Backbeat Books ({{ISBN|0-87930-865-6}}), p. 860.</ref> Koch and Teldec (music of Schoenberg and Tchaikovsky).
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.ico.co.il/en}} * [http://www.chandos.net/details06MP3.asp?CNumber=CHAN 8593 Chandos CHAN 8593, information on ICO recording of Ernest Bloch, Samuel Barber, Edvard Grieg, and Giacomo Puccini string works] * [https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572249 Naxos 8.572249, information on Ginastera recording]
==See also== *Music of Israel *Culture of Israel
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Category:Israeli orchestras Category:Musical groups established in 1965 Category:Centaur Records artists