About
The Israeli Chamber Ensemble (ICE), established in 2025, operates within the framework of the Music & More Association. It was founded by leading musicians, including international conductor Ariel Zuckerman. The ensemble is a dynamic ensemble of first-class musicians, committed to artistic excellence, to making music accessible to wide audiences, and to promoting culture and musical education in Israel.
ICE operates in a modular and flexible structure, allowing it to adapt to any project – from intimate chamber ensembles to large-scale orchestral productions. The ensemble performs in concert halls, museums, and educational and cultural institutions, as well as in alternative spaces throughout the country. Alongside classical concert series, the ensemble initiates and collaborates with musicians from the worlds of rock, jazz, and electronic music, and also integrates interdisciplinary projects in collaboration with creators from the fields of art, theater, design, and dance.
Alongside its stage activities, the ensemble leads educational and community initiatives, including educational concerts, pedagogical programs and performances for children and families. Its activities are based on values of creativity, excellence, collaboration and innovation, and on a belief in the power of music to connect, move and influence.
The ensemble’s grand launch concert marked the beginning of a new artistic path, combining classical tradition with creative and contemporary openness.
Ensemble members

Avner Shalem
Chairman of the board
Avner was a General Partner at Ascend Technology Ventures, a venture capital fund that invested in early-stage technology companies. He was also the General Manager of Gasonics International (NASDAQ: GSNX) and the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of AG Associates in San Jose, California. He previously held senior management positions at Intel, both in Silicon Valley and in Israel.

Hila Tzabari-Peleg
Oboe
Director
Hila Tsabari-Peleg is an Israeli oboist, who works as a soloist and musician in leading orchestras, alongside chamber, educational and managerial activities in the cultural scene in Israel. She began her oboe studies with Michal Amit, Oded Pintos and George Haas, and later studied at the Rubin Academy of Music in Tel Aviv under the guidance of Eliyahu Turner. She participated in master classes with Maurice Burg, Hans Schellenberger and Ingo Goritzky, and won scholarships from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation. As a principal oboist and soloist, she has performed with the Haifa Symphony Orchestra, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the Israeli Chamber Orchestra, the Jerusalem Camerata and the Netanya-Kibbutz Chamber Orchestra, and since 2010 she has been a member of the 21st Century Ensemble. Her chamber activities span Collaborations with ensembles in Israel and abroad, including the "Concertium Musicum", the "Kibbutz Ensemble" and the "Villa-Musica" ensemble (Germany-Israel), as well as participation in festivals and projects such as the Music Days in Kfar Blum. Hila has recorded several albums, including as a soloist with the Ramat Gan Chamber Choir and the "Triple-Etz" wind ensemble. Alongside her artistic activity, she is engaged in musical education and leading educational projects in collaboration with the Institute for Integration at Bar Ilan University, combining teaching, developing musical programs and broad educational activities. At the same time, she manages the Israeli Chamber Ensemble (ICE) and the association within which the ensemble operates—a creative and flexible body that combines classical repertoire, contemporary music and interdisciplinary collaborations.

Ariel
Zuckermann
Founder, Chief Conductor & Musical Advisor
An acclaimed international conductor, known for his charisma on stage and his ability to create a unique connection between the orchestra and the audience. His artistic curiosity leads him to a wide repertoire, and his programs combine creative freedom with stylistic rigor and enjoy international success. Since 2020, Zuckerman has served as the Music Director of the Ingolstadt Kammer-Philharmonie, and since 2023 he has served as Principal Guest Conductor of the Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra. From 2015 to 2023, he headed the Israel Chamber Orchestra, and in the last year, he was a co-founder of the Israel Chamber Ensemble, where he serves as musical advisor and conductor. Zuckerman has conducted some of the world's most important orchestras, including the London Symphony, the Vienna Radio Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic, the Budapest Festival Orchestra, the Salzburg Camerata and many others. He began his career as an internationally award-winning virtuoso flutist and has performed as a soloist around the world. In 2024, his debut album as flutist and conductor was released, featuring the three flute concertos by K.F.E. Bach - a recording that was praised by Yossi Arnheim and Moshe Korat. Zuckerman began his flute studies with Uri Shoham, Epstein, and later with Paul Meisen and Anders Adorien in Munich, and completed his conducting studies with Jorma Penola in Stockholm and Bruno Weil in Munich.

Gonen Rosenberg
Drummer, percussionist and educator.
Graduate of the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem. During his studies, he won scholarships from the America- Israel Cultural Foundation and the Musicians' Union. He studied jazz drumming with Michael Carvin in New York. Gonen was a principal timpani and percussion player in the Israel Chamber Orchestra for 27 years (1997-2024). Since 1996, he has been performing regularly as a drummer and percussionist with various ensembles and orchestras at many events, including jazz and classical music festivals in Israel and around the world. He has also participated in many recordings with many artists in the fields of classical music and jazz, as well as film music. In 2017, he participated in the Red Sea Jazz Festival in Eilat as part of Uri Bracha's ensemble. With him, he also recorded the CD "Dance of Life".
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Christiane Peterseim
Flautist
Founder & member
Christiane Peterseim, born in Weimar in 1973, is a flautist by passion and profession. Music is a bridge to the world for her. She lived in Tel Aviv as principal flautist of the Israel Chamber Orchestra for more than 20 years, and she was a member of the orchestra when it won the Echo Klassik music prize in 2012. Her musical training began in Erfurt during the GDR era. She studied music in Frankfurt am Main, Jerusalem, and Weimar. During this time, she was a member of the Young German Philharmonic and the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra. For more than three decades, she has toured the world as a musician, from Germany to the United States, from the Berlin Philharmonie to the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. She loves music of all eras and plays pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach with the same joy as contemporary works.
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Semion Ositiansky
Clarinet
Founder & member
Semion Ositiansky began his clarinet studies at the age of 10 in his hometown of Odessa, Ukraine. In 1992, he immigrated to Israel. In 1999, he graduated from the Jerusalem Rubin Academy of Music and Dance, where he studied under Professor llan Schul and Evgeny Yehudin. Since then, he has performed as a clarinetist and bass clarinetist with most of Israel's leading orchestras, including the lsrael Sinfonietta Beer Sheva, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion, the Ensemble 21st Century, the Israel Camerata Jerusalem, and the lsrael Philharmonic Orchestra. Semion frequently participates in concerts and recordings with various chamber ensembles. In 2007, he joined the Israel Chamber Orchestra as a permanent member, and since 2014, he has served as the orchestra's Principal Clarinetist. Since 2025, he has been a clarinet and bass clarinet player with the Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion. Alongside his performing career, Semion has been teaching music at various educational institutions across Israel since 2003.

Ori Wissner Levy
Violin
Receiver of the "Diploma d'Onore" from the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, Italy, Ori Wissner Levy is one of Israel's most prominent violinists. He currently divides his time between solo appearances, his job as Concertmaster of the Israel Sinfonietta Be’er Sheva and as a guest concertmaster with internationally renowned orchestras. Born in New York in 1990, he started playing the violin at age 5. He attended the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied with Patinka Kopec,Ludmila Feldman of the Buchmann Mehta Academy of Music in Tel Aviv, and Kolja Blacher at the HFM Hanns Eisler, Berlin, later with Mihaela Martin at the Barenboim Said Akademie and Christophe Horak of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Ori has performed as a soloist with the Israel Sinfonietta Beer Sheva, the Israel Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Netanya Kibbutz Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional de Colombia and the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto.He has been a recipient of the America- Israel Cultural Foundation awards since 1999. In 2012, Ori performed as a soloist alongside Julian Rachlin in Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante.Ori won first prizes in the Lions-Israel Violin Competition, the BMSM Chamber MusicCompetition, the UNO Competition, Paul Ben-Haim Competition and the ClairmontCompetition. Recent performances include the Beethoven Violin Concerto in Israel, solo recitals in Israel as well as in Spain, and guest concertmaster appearances with the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra. Ori has appeared in the Salzburg, Schleswig Holstein, Kfar Blum, Gotland, Schirmonnikoog and Jerusalem chamber music festivals. Ori is an aluminus of the Keshet Eilon Violin Mastercourse, and the Karajan Akademie of the Berliner Philharmoniker. He performs on a Gagliano Violin made in Naples, Italy in 1790, generously loaned to him by Yehuda Zisapel.

Noa Chorin
Cello
Noa Horin, born in Kibbutz Ayelet-Hashahar, is one of the leading cellists active in Israel. She served as the first cellist of the Israeli Chamber Orchestra until 2021. She began her studies at the age of nine with Mr. Uri Chen and then continued her studies with Mr. Hillel Tzri, under whose guidance she completed her first degree (B.M.) at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at Tel Aviv University. She later completed her master's degree (M.A.) with distinction at the Hans-Eisler Hochschule für Musik in Berlin, under the guidance of Professors Josef Schwab and Stephan Forck. Noa has participated in master classes with great cellists, including: Prof. Uzi Wiesel, Prof. Bernhard Greenhaus, Prof. Franz Helmerson, Prof. Wolfgang Becher, Prof. Philipp Müller, Prof. Janusz Starker and more. As an active chamber musician, Noa has performed at numerous festivals in Israel and Europe; the "Voice of Music in the Upper Galilee" Festival, the Eilat Festival, the Rolandsack Chamber Music Festival (Germany), the "Serenade Berlin" Festival in Spain, the "Chamber Music Days in the Pearl" (Germany) and the Wiesel Chamber Music Festival (Germany), where she also performed as a soloist with the festival orchestra.

Itamar Leshem
French Horn
Itamar is an internationally active horn player, performing as an orchestral musician, chamber musician, and soloist. A regular performer with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, he has appeared throughout Israel, the United States, Asia, Europe, and South America. As a soloist, he has performed under the baton of Maestro Zubin Mehta in Israel and on international tours, and has also appeared with orchestras in China. During the 2019–2020 season, he served as Guest Principal Horn with the BBC Philharmonic. A graduate of the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Roosevelt University in Chicago, where he studied with Dale Clevenger, Itamar's studies were supported by the America-Israel Cultural Foundation. He has performed at leading international festivals and venues including the Salzburg Festival, Lucerne Festival, the BBC Proms, Carnegie Hall, Teatro Colón, and La Scala. He is a member of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra under Maestro Daniel Barenboim and teaches at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at Tel Aviv University.

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