Buchmann-Mehta School of Music

Buchmann-Mehta School of Music
בית הספר למוזיקה ע"ש בוכמן-מהטה
Former names
  • Israel Conservatory and Academy of Music
  • Samuel Rubin Israel Academy of Music
Typemusic college
Established1945 (1945)
Parent institution
Tel Aviv University
DirectorDr. Uri Binyamin Rom
Honorary presidentZubin Mehta
Location,
Websiteen-arts.tau.ac.il/Music

The Buchmann-Mehta School of Music (BMSM) is an institute of higher education in Tel Aviv, Israel. The school is a part of the Faculty of the Arts of Tel Aviv University and is operated in collaboration with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO). The school is named after German Jewish philanthropist Josef Buchmann [de] and conductor Zubin Mehta, then music director of the IPO. Mehta is the honorary president of the school and has conducted the school's orchestra regularly in Israel and on tours abroad. The BMSM mission is to train elite young musicians in performance, composition and research in music and prepare them for professional careers in these fields. The BMSM's orchestral training program is an integral part of the school and aims to educate orchestral musicians to supply the artistic future of the IPO and other orchestras.[1]

  1. ^ "First chair: After years of hardship, the Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University is finally playing a new tune". The Jerusalem Post. 15 April 2005.