In cooperation with the orchestra’s director general, Ofer Sela, we recently raised a millions of dollars from a large philanthropic foundation.
These funds were solicited in order to enable the orchestra to bring back to Israel a select group of Israeli musicians of the first rank, incorporate them in the orchestra, and thus complete various instruments that the orchestra needs, due to the retirement of veteran musicians.
The donation will be made over the course of seven years. In each of the first three years auditions will be held, and every year four Israeli musicians, who currently play in orchestras abroad, will be invited to join the ISO (for a total of 12 musicians).