Ofra
Yitzhaki
PIANIST
Her playing is physical, sensual, ecstatic.
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Known for her emotive power, clarity of interpretations, and captivating programming, pianist Ofra Yitzhaki has performed in recitals at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, Germany's Klavierfestival Ruhr, Taiwan National Concert Hall, and the Vilnius Palace of Arts. She has performed over thirty concerti—from Bartok and Haydn, to Ligeti and Messiaen with the Berlin Symphony, the Romanian Radio Orchestra, as well as both the American and Jerusalem Symphony Orchestras. She recently completed a premiere recording of the piano music of Josef Tal, co-produced by the Hessischer Rundfunk and the Culture Radio of Berlin.
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December 31, 2025
Schoenberg - Piano Concerto
A rare performance of Schoenberg's Piano Concerto, with conductor Bar Avni and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. Performed at the 'Pianos' Festival, Jerusalem Theatre.
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December 16, 2025
New Album Release
Mordecai Seter: Late Works - Solo and Chamber Music with violinist Yael Barolsky and clarinetist Tibi Cziger. Produced by the Israel Music Institute.
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December 13, 2025
The ‘Voice of Music’ Festival celebrates its 40th Anniversary
Led by Ofra Yitzhaki as pianist and artistic director, the week-long festival culminated in a performance of Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 1, with violinist Roi Shiloah, violist Tali Kravitz-Parag, and cellist Amir Eldan.
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November 28, 2025
New Solo Album on NEOS
A landmark release, featuring premiere recordings of piano works by the eminent German-Jewish composer Josef Tal. Spanning nearly seven decades of creative output, the album is a prestigious co-production of Deutschlandfunk Kultur and Hessischer Rundfunk.
November 27, 2025
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
In November 2025, Ofra Yitzhaki performed the first twelve Preludes and Fugues from Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, in a series of recitals at venues including Jerusalem’s Dormition Abbey and Tel Aviv University.
September 21, 2025
World Premiere - Bardanashvili's 'Letters to Ofra'
Josef Bardanashvili’s 'Letters to Ofra'—a collection of ten piano miniatures composed in 2025 and dedicated to Ofra Yitzhaki—was premiered by her at Studio Annette in Tel Aviv.
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December 21, 2024
Voice of Music in the Upper Galilee Festival - in Tel Aviv!
Due to the prolonged war situation in the Upper Galilee, the festival, now in its 39th year, has moved to Tel Aviv for 2024. At the closing concert, festival's Artistic Director Ofra Yitzhaki performed Bach's D minor Concerto with the festival's players.
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November 14, 2024
New Album on TYXart
Ofra Yitzhaki's premiere recording of the complete piano music of Georgian-Israeli composer Josef Bardanashvili has been released on TYXarts 'Modern Classics' Series.
April 12, 2024
World Premiere in Chicago
By invitation of the University of Chicago, Ofra premiered Betty Olivero's new work for piano and electronics - 'Over the Face of the Waters' - at CHIMEFest, Chicago Contemporary Music Festival. Chopin, Debussy, Schoenberg, and Berio all appear here, on waves of real and imagined sounds.
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with festival musicians Roi Shiloah, Hagai Shalom, Yael Barolsky, Tibi Cziger and Gad Lederman
Since 2021, Ofra Yitzhaki has been the artistic director of “Voice of Music in the Upper Galilee”, Israel’s oldest and most substantial chamber music festival. Hailed by critics as “The ultimate classical music vacation”, each festival season that Yitzhaki curates is designed around a musical or cultural theme, offering audiences well-known, beloved masterpieces next to discoveries from the Israeli and international repertoire.
Ofra Yitzhaki has long been a star in her field, but nevertheless retained her modest manner. This likable woman can afford to go without any pompous attitude and formal trivialities. She does not need to put on airs. As soon as she sits at the piano, she gives herself fully to the music.
