Primary funding comes from the Israel Ministry of Education and the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality.
[3] Other leaders of the orchestra have included Uri Segal, Yoav Talmi[4] (1984-1988), and Shlomo Mintz[5] (1989-1993).
Salvador Mas Conde was the ICO's music director from 1998 to 2002 and Noam Sheriff from 2002 to 2005.
In February 2013, Yoav Talmi returned to the ICO as its music director, but resigned in 2014.
[6] In April 2024, the ICO announced the appointment of Ruben Gazarian as its next chief conductor and artistic leader.