Haim Tukachinsky

Haim Tukachinsky was born in 1987 in Haifa

Haim Tukachinsky was born in Haifa in 1987 and grew up in Kiryat Motzkin. He was the fourth child in an Orthodox Jewish family. He studied at Chabad institutions and later at a small yeshiva in the Krayot area.

He wrote his first documented work at age 9 and began studying at the Kiryat Motzkin conservatory at age 11. After passing his matriculation exams, he studied at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. He specialized in piano, composition and conducting, and earned a piano teaching certificate.

He began working as a freelance musician at 16. He accompanied singers and cantors, taught piano, conducted, and served as musical director of many musicals. In 2010 he won second place in the 11th Carlo Tavasani Piano Competition and in the Rose Choron Chamber Music Competition.

He composed more than 50 works, some performed by the Israeli Sinfonietta Beer Sheva. He toured as a soloist in England, France and Norway and lived and worked in Jerusalem. He was killed in a hit-and-run accident on the eve of Sukkot in 2018 and was buried on the Mount of Olives.