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Resume

Music Director/ Conductor

  • Israel Stage Orchestra - Music Director/Conductor, 2006 - Present

  • The Campus Symphony Orchestra Ramat- Hasharon – Music Director/Conductor, 2001 - Present

  • HaSharon Orchestra - Conductor/ Music Director, 1999- 2000 

 

Resident Conductor/ Assistant Conductor/  Musical Advisor

  • Conductor and co-founder of the "Classical Women" Orchestra, 2013 - Present

  • Israel Stage Orchestra – Resident Conductor, 2000-2006

  • 'Reflex' Ensemble - Conductor, Musical Advisor and clarinetist, directed by composer Keren Rosenbaum, 1997 - Present

  • Matan Summer Music Camp (Israel) - Assistant conductor , July 1997

  • The Jerusalem Rubin Academy's Chamber and Symphony Orchestras, reading and performing new pieces and orchestrations, 1995-1999

 

Guest Conductor

  • Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

  • Haifa Symphony Orchestra

  • Israel Chamber Orchestra

  • Israel Sinfonietta Be'er Sheva

  • Ashdod Symphony Orchestra 

  • Ra’anana Symphonette Orchestra

  • Galilee Chamber Orchestra

  • Israeli Andalusian Orchestra Ashdod

  • Janáček Philharmonic (Czech Republic)

  • Moravian Philharmonic (Czech Republic)

  • Ischia Music Festival (Italy)

  • Macao Orchestra (China)

  • Qingdao Symphony Orchestra (China)

 

Education

  • Jerusalem Rubin Academy of Music and Dance – Master of Music  and Artist Diploma in Orchestral Conducting (1997-1999)

  • Jerusalem Rubin Academy of Music and Dance – Bachelor of Music in  Orchestral Conducting with Prof. Mendi Rodan (1994-1997)

 

Awards

  • First Prize winner by the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra (CZ) at the International Conducting Masterclass and Competition, 2001

  • First Prize winner by the Janácek Philharmonic Orchestra (CZ) at the Leoš Janácek Conducting Masterclass and Competition, 2000

 

Recordings and Radio broadcasts

  • Reflex Ensemble - 10 Years Live.  Label: KR Productions, ASIN: B001L7XFFS,  Live recording from Symphony Space, NY, October 2008

  • “Shades… to Colours”/Ayal Adler – Yuval Admony, piano, and the Israel Contemporary String Quartet (ICSQ), live recording from the Jerusalem Music Center, March 2003

  • Mozart Piano Concerti– live recording. Pianists: Lahav Shani, Alon Goldstein and Iddo Bar-Shai,  Israel Stage Orchestra, Recanati Hall, Tel Aviv Museum, December 2001

  • “Games”/Nurit Jugend - the Israel Contemporary Players, radio broadcast, the Jerusalem Music Center, May 2000

  • “Osa Ruach”/Dikla Baniel - radio broadcast, “Kolot Hadashim” Festival, August 1998

  • “Mechanizm”/Keren Rosenbaum - "Young Composer's Concert" in a live radio broadcast, the Jerusalem Music Center, December 1997

Academic Teaching and Research

  • Conducting teacher at the Ono Academic College, 2000 -

  • Conductor, “Alon” high school Orchestra, Ramat Hasharon, 2002 -2005

  • Assistant conducting teacher at the Jerusalem Rubin Academy, teaching 'Fundamentals of Conducting' class at the Theory department, 1997-1998

Conducting Masterclass

  • American Symphony Orchestra League Donald Thulean Conducting Workshops: Michael Tilson Thomas, Gustav Meier, David Loebel, Apo Hsu, Christopher Wilkins, Leif Bjaland: New World Symphony Orchestra, Miami (April 2000, Jan.2001); San Francisco Youth Symphony Orchestra, SF (Jan.1999); Detroit Civic Symphony, Michigan (Jan.1998)

  • Conducting Masterclass – Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra: Zsolt Nagy, 2001

  • The Second International Leoš Janácek Conducting Masterclasses, Janácek Philharmonic Orchestra: Zsolt Nagy, 2000 

  • New Music Conducting Workshop,  The Jerusalem Music Center: The Israeli Contemporary Ensemble: Zsolt Nagy, 2000

  • East Western Divan Workshop for Orchestra and Chamber Music, Weimar, Germany, with Daniel Barenboim and Yo-Yo Ma, 1999

  • Conductor's Institute of South Carolina: Kirk Muspratt, Gisele Ben-Dor, Samuel Jones and Paul Vermel, 1996

 

 Competition Jury

  • Jury member, Paul Ben Haim Competition, 2014

  • Jury member, IDF recipients of Music Excellency, 2014

  • Chairman of the judging panel, The Prime Minister Prize for Composers,  2013

  • Jury member, Haifa Young Musicians Competition, 2012

Talia Ilan
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