Avi Ostrowsky

At the age of 17 he met conductor Gary Bertini and with his encouragement studied for two years at the Music Teachers College in Tel Aviv.

He then went on to study conducting and composition at the Rubin Music Academy in Tel Aviv with Maestro Gary Bertini and Professor Mordechai Seter.

In 1966 he received a scholarship from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation which allowed him to study with the renowned Professor Hans Swarowsky at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna.

In 1973 he founded the Israel Sinfonietta Beer Sheva and directed it until 1978 when he was named music director and permanent conductor of the Antwerp Philharmonic Orchestra.

In 1998 Ostrowsky was asked by the management of the Israel Netanya Kibbutz Orchestra to return and serve again as the music director and permanent conductor.

He recorded many concerts that were transferred to CDs and DVDs, including works by Mozart, Beethoven, Berlioz, Schubert, Brahms, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Mahler, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, and many more.