Yossi Arnheim is Principal Flutist of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and head of the wind programs at the Jerusalem Music Centre .
He is a frequent soloist with the Israel Philharmonic and other orchestras in Israel, and has performed as soloist and recitalist in the USA, Canada, Brazil, China, Singapore, Japan, Taiwan, Austria, Switzerland, France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, the Czech Republic and the Ukraine.
Mr. Arnheim also gives Master Classes for flute players all around the globe, and his career as an active chamber musician includes performances with world renowned artists.
Mr. Arnheim's 12 released recordings for international CD labels also feature a variety of styles, from Baroque to World Music.
Yossi Arnheim teaches at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music and at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
From the Press
"The climax of the concert was the UK première of the Flute Concerto by Michael Wolpe, performed with great artistry and beauty of tone by Yossi Arnheim, Principal Flautist of the IPO with the EMFEB orchestra"
'A Celebration of Israeli Music' Duke's Hall, the Royal Academy of Music, London, Ensemble, Malcolm Miller, January 2007
"Yossi Arnheim as soloist was a virtuoso of stylistic pluralism in Bardanashvili's Flute Concerto: Beethoven Festival, Weimar, Germany
Leipziger Volkszeitung, August 2007
"No wishes for program variety, exquisite playing or artistic expression remained unfulfilled"
Konstanzer Kulturleben, Germany, September 2005
"Yossi Arnheim performed the Mozart Concerto with a noble sound and a deep classical ripeness"
Voralberger Nachrichten, Austria, September 2004
"One is amazed at the level of expression he can reach with his instrument.
Arnheim is great Virtuoso of flute playing"
Abendzeitung, Munich, May 2004
"Yossi Arnheim in Ibert`s flute Concerto proved himself to be a perfect artist, knowing to combine flawless technique with beautiful poetical playing, brought a captivating personal interpretation to Ibert`s demanding work."
Al Hamishmar - Israel
First Sonata for flute & piano
Sonata for flute, violin & piano
Madrigal Sonata
Trio for flute, cello & piano
Promenade
With Irit Rub, Elyakum Saltzman and Marcel Bergman
Kontrapunkt 1994
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J.S. Bach Suite in B minor
C.P.E. Bach Concerto in D minor
Yossi Arnheim
Soloist with Capella Istropolitana
Meridian Records 1997
Meridian Records 1996
Dvorak - Sonatine op. 100
Reinecke - Sonata "Undine"
Schubert -
"Trockene Blumen" op. 106
Works for Flute and Piano by:
Debussy, Franck, Faure, Gaubert, Poulenc
With pianist Irit Rub
2004
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East Wind Duo plays
music from Israel, Japan, India, Georgia and China
Brana 2000
Skarbo 2006
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3 Sonatas for flute and continuo
2 Sonatas for flute and Fortepiano
Hamburger Sonata
Solo Sonata in a minor
Yossi Arnheim - flute
Boris Kleiner - fortepiano
Julia Rovinsky - harp
Michael Haran - cello
Meridian Records 2007
SheshBesh
Original as well as traditional works from the Middle East and Israel
Enja Records, 2002
Arab classics, Israeli Music and original compositions.
Featuring vocalist Haya Samir
AFIPO 2009
Concerto in D K. 314
Concerto in G K. 313
Jerusalem Camerata
Avner Biron
Meridian Records 2002
7 Sonatas for Flute and Continuo
with Jochewed Schwartz, Michael Haran & Uzi Shalev
Meridian Records 1998
Music Retailers Assiciation Award winning CD 1998
Concerto for Flute & Harp
Oboe Concerto
Clarinet Concerto
DUX 2005
Featuring soloists of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Julia Rovinsky - Harp
Yossi Arnheim - Flute
Dudu Carmel - Oboe
Yevgeny Yehudin - Clarinet
Southern Cross Soloists
with flutist Yossi Arnheim
Saint Saens
Caprice on Danish and Russian Themes
Ravel - Sheherezade
Poulenc - Sextet
P. Creston
Partita for flute, violin and string orchestra
London Sinfonia, David Amos
Cleos, 1998
Yossi Arnheim is an active performer of chamber music in diverse settings, from recitals to Middle Eastern Music.
He has played chamber music concerts with renowned artists such as Lynn Harell, Tabea Zimmermann, Jeno Jando and Steven Kovacevich.
Yossi Arnheim flute
Irit Rub piano
Saida Bar-Lev violin
Emanuelle Silvestri - Cello
J. Haydn Divertimento for flute, violin and cello
L.v. Beethoven Piano Trio
Jan Freidlin "Expectation"
N. Kapustin Trio for flute, cello and piano
Haydn Cassation in D major
The enchanting combination of flute and harp takes listeners onto a musical journey from some of the jewels of European music, Israeli and Middle Eastern music through the music of China, India and Japan.
Yossi Arnheim plays with IPO's Principal harpist Julia Rovinsky , who is Israels leading harp player of today, and a regular soloist and chamber musician on the Israeli concert scene.
The East Wind Duo performs since 1995, and has appeared in Israel, Europe, the USA and the Far East in recitals for various audiences and in performances of Mozarts Concerto for flute and harp. Their first album Dolury was released in 2001 by Brana Records, a new release of Mozarts Concerto has appeared 2005 under the DUX label.
Yossi Arnheim regularly performs recitals with pianist Irit Rub.
They have performed together in Israel, the USA, Germany, France, Japan and China and made various recordings
Irit Rub is one of Israel`s finest pianists of today. She has performed at the Israel Festival in Jerusalem and in concert tours in South Africa, Austria, Germany, France and Canada.
Eleonora Lutsky violin
Evgenia Oren viola
Marcel Bergman cello
Mozart Divertimento for string trio
Mozart Flute quartet in C
Mozart Flute quartet in D
Amir van der Hal viola
Emanuelle Silvestri cello
Flute quartet in A
Flute quartet in D
Sonata for flute and piano
Piano quartet
SheshBesh brings together Jewish musicians of the first ranks of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra with some of the finest musicians from the Arab Christian and Muslim communities in northern Israel.
It was founded in 1996, and has later become part of KeyNote, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestras program for musical education and community outreach.
As part of the KeyNote educational and outreach program of the IPO, SheshBesh appears regularly in schools both in the classroom, and in concerts for school children.
The IPO has commissioned the work Ode to Happiness by Gil Shochat to feature SheshBesh as a solo ensemble in a series of concerts for 4,000 school children at the Mann Auditorium in Tel Aviv.
Flute Festival, Frankfurt, Germany, 1999
"92 Y" Series - New York, 2000
"First Night" Festival, Boston, USA , 2001
Strings of Autumn Festival Prague, 2001
Berlin Haus der Kultur der Welt, 2001
Knitting Factory - New York City, 2000
Tanglewood Festival USA, 2002
St. Bartholomew Church New York (special concert for the Alliance for Religion and Conservation), 2002
Concerts with the Israel Phil. Orchestra Tel Aviv, 2003
The Biennale for Contemporary Music - Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2004
Zempleni Music Festival - Hungary, 2006
St. Mangkirche Kempten 2005
The L. Nimoy Concert Series, Los Angeles, 2005
Kulturhaus Osterfeld, Pforzheim, 2008
Windsor Castle, London, 2009
Stuttgart Musikfest, 2010
Tour in Switzerland, 2011
Sounds of Israel Festival, Hamburg 2012
SheshBesh on Tour
Concerto for Flute, Electric Guitar
and Symphony Orchestra
By Ronen Shapira
The work has very strong roots in rock music as well as music of the eastern cultures.
For this work the composer has won the ACUM Achievement Award in 2011.
Composed 2009
Premiere: Budapest, 2010
J. Bardanashvili is Israel's prominent composer, an immigrant from the Republic of Georgia, and his works are being performed worldwide. The Concerto for Flute was commissioned by Yossi Arnheim, and composed in 1999-2000.
It has since been performed 11 times and proves to be a great success with audiences, press and musicians.
Weimar: Y. Arnheim & Z. Mehta in rehearsal
Score:
Amplified solo flute (doubles picc. + alto fl.)
Strings, E guitar, bass guitar
1 trumpet, 3 flutes, percussion (3), harp and 1 keyboard player (piano, celesta &harpsichord)
Duration: 19 minutes
January 27, 2012 10:00 - 15:00
Flute Ensemble Flute Day with Eyal Ein Habar
Tivon Conservatory
January 31, 2012 14:00 - 15:45
Teachers' Workshop
Buchmann-Mehta School of Music
March 22, 2012 19:00
Class Concert
The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, hall 221
Beethoven 3.PDF
Carmen entracte.PDF
Bizet Menuet lArlesienne.PDF
Brahms 1 and 4.PDF
Debussy Faune.PDF
Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf.pdf
Hindemith Metamorphoses.pdf
Schumann Symphony 1.PDF
Stravinsky Petrushka.PDF
Prokofiev Classical Sym 4th part.PDF
Flute Trill Chart.pdf
Student repertoire list.pdf
Tone dev p 67.PDF
Reichert no 2.PDF
Blavet Concerto fl part.PDF
YIPO Recordings
The Young Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (YIPO) consists of Israel's finest young talented instrumentalists of ages 14-18. They assemble twice a year for a week long orchestra course where they live and work together, form friendships and go on a challenging and gratifying journey to become an excellent symphony orchestra. The orchestra gives the outstanding young musicians the passion for orchestra playing and exposes them to some of the best symphonic repertoire.
The YIPO is one of the main educational activities of the Jerusalem Music Centre (JMC) .
Yossi Arnheim is a member of the professional management team of the YIPO, responsible for the wind and percussion sections of the orchestra. His responsibility includes tracing of talented players, training them before and during the orchestra course, the choice of repertoire etc.
Instrument Days
In his Capacity as Director of Programs for Wind Instruments at the Jerusalem Music Centre , Yossi Arnheim initiates and supports in collaboration with the "Key-Note" program of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra national meetings for students of various wind instruments. In recent years an annual Horn Day, and special days for flute and trumpet took place. These events are meant to encourage young students to keep on playing their instruments and expose them to the highest level of playing by listening to top Israeli musicians and guests from abroad.
KeyNote is the Israel Philharmonic Orchestras program for Music Education and Community Outreach. Over 20,000 children of all ages and adults take part yearly in a diverse collection of activities centered on Israels finest orchestra.
The IPO reaches out to the young audience with intimate sessions in the classroom, and in specially designed school concerts at Tel Avivs Mann Auditorium, master classes, and private instruction.
Yossi Arnheim is an active participant in the KeyNote activities in classrooms, in the Arab-Jewish Ensemble SheshBesh and by generating ideas and special projects and collaborations.
