Astrith Baltsan (Hebrew: אסתרית בלצן; born 24 October 1956) ,is a concert pianist, winner of Israel Culture Prize for lifetime achievement in music 2024,[1] known for her Beethoven interpretations and her concert style, mediating classical music to large audiences.

Her concerts, some in collaboration with leading Israeli orchestras, were described as a "revolutionary multisciplinary approach to presenting classical music".

She won the America Israel Cultural Foundation scholarships and graduated with honors from Tel Aviv University with both BA and MA in piano (with Mindru Katz and Arie Vardi) and musicology.

[11] Astrith Baltsan returned to Israel in 1985 to join the faculty of the Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University.

[10][4] Her combination of performance and narration is exemplified in her lecture-recital covering, among others, Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata and Debussy's Clair de Lune, different versions of which are available on Youtube (in English)[16] and on CD (in Hebrew).

[20][21] Baltsan appears in solo recitals, and as a soloist with several orchestras, in Europe, the US, Canada, Central America, Australia and South Africa.

[23] In 2009, Baltsan completed her book Hatikvah – Past, Present, Future, commissioned by the Israeli Ministry of Education.