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The Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion (ISO) was founded in 1988 by the Rishon LeZion mayor Meir Nitzan and municipality, and since 1989 the ISO has also served with great success as the resident orchestra of the Israeli Opera. The ISO conductors were Shimon Cohen, Noam Sheriff, Asher Fisch and Mendi Rodan.
The current Musical Director and chief conductor is Dan Ettinger (who also serves as assistant to Daniel Barenboim in Berlin) and the Director General, since 1999, is Ehud Gross.
Within a short period of time, the ISO found itself at the top of the artistic pyramid amidst the leading and innovative musical institutes in Israel. Of the variety of musical cultures, the musicians represent, ISO has created a “personal” sound, which is warmly accepted by the audience and the music critics alike.
The ISO offers its audience a variety of symphonic works, vocal works and operas from all the musical eras, performed by internationally acclaimed conductors and soloists, in subscription series, family concerts, and special performances for young people, as well as special concert for the senior members of the music loving community.
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In the year 2005, the ISO performed together with the Beijing Opera in Tel Aviv. For its outstanding achievement and excellence in performance, dissemination and advancement of original Israeli works, the ISO was awarded the 1991 ACUM Prize. At the same time, the orchestra was first in Israel to publicly perform works by Richard Strauss, Alexander Zemlinsky and other composers. The ISO has undertaken European tours highlighted by performances at the prestigious festivals and concert series, all very well received by public and press. ISO records regularly for radio and TV channels and issued a series of CDs of live recordings, among others Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring”, Richard Strauss’s “Also sprach Zaratustra”, “Metamorphosen” “Don Juan”, Berlioz’s “Symphonie Fantastique”, Liszt's "A Faust Symphony", Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, Mahler’s Symphony No.5, Mozart's Reqiem, Mahler's Symphony No. 2 and Israeli works like Oded Zehavi’s “Israeli War Requiem” and Menachem Wiesenberg’s Cello Concerto. The last live recording is a DVD with Leaden Sky by H. Permont (Israeli) and Eroica by Beethoven. |
