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Itay Talgam

Itay Talgam is an Israeli conductor and business consultant who uses the symphony orchestra as a model for leadership.

born 1958Conducting orchestras in Israel and Europe1987 debut chosen by Leonard BernsteinLeadership seminars based on orchestras

Occupation: conductor, pianist
Education: Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
Founded: 1990)

Itay Talgam was born in 1958 in Tel Aviv

Itay Talgam was born in Tel Aviv on 24 March 1958. His son Imri Talgam is a pianist and composer.

He studied at the Rubin Academy in Jerusalem and earned a degree in philosophy from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He also took a summer course with Leonard Bernstein in Fontainebleau, France.

Talgam began as a pianist and moved to conducting after his service in the Israel Defense Forces. In 1987 Bernstein chose him for a special concert with the Orchestre de Paris, and Bernstein conducted its second half. He went on to conduct many orchestras in Europe and was the first Israeli conductor to appear with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra and the Leipzig Opera.

In Israel he conducted and recorded with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the New Israeli Opera and other orchestras. He was music director of the Tel Aviv Symphony Orchestra and of Ensemble Musica Nova, and won a prize from the National Council for the Arts for a performance of Israeli orchestral music.

Talgam also gives seminars and workshops on how a symphony orchestra works. He presents it as a metaphor for organizational behavior and a model for leadership.