Buchmann-Mehta School of Music

The school is named after German Jewish philanthropist Josef Buchmann [de] and conductor Zubin Mehta, then music director of the IPO.

The BMSM mission is to train elite young musicians in performance, composition and research in music and prepare them for professional careers in these fields.

[1] The school's origins were as the Israel Conservatory and Academy of Music, founded in 1945 by senior members of the IPO (until 1948 named the Palestine Symphony Orchestra) who had fled Europe on the brink of World War II.

[6] In 2009 he was succeeded by conductor and bassoonist Zeev Dorman, who had served as the IPO's principal bassoon player as well as chairman of the orchestra's executive board for nearly 25 years.

[8][12] Israeli composer, and former BMSM school director, Ami Maayani designed and supervised the building of Clairmont Concert Hall, both architecturally and acoustically.