Concert Programs

Conductor, Soloist

Bar Avni

Israeli · 1989

Bar Avni, born in Israel in 1989, is a fast-rising conductor who began her musical life as a percussionist before turning to the podium. She studied conducting with Yoav Talmi in Tel Aviv, then with Martin Sieghart in Graz and Ulrich Windfuhr in Hamburg. In 2024 she won the prestigious La Maestra competition in Paris (taking several additional prizes), and she served from 2021 to 2024 as Chief Conductor of the Bayer Philharmoniker, the first woman to hold that post in the orchestra’s history. She is in growing demand with major orchestras across Europe.

With

London Symphony Orchestra

Performs in

Past guides

Sources 2

  1. Laura Bowler: The White Book (UK premiere), London Korean Links Cited in Hannigan: Bowler’s The White Book, Ligeti and Also sprach Zarathustra. Accessed 30 September 2026.
  2. Bar Avni, Wikipedia Cited in Hannigan: Bowler’s The White Book, Ligeti and Also sprach Zarathustra. Accessed 30 September 2026.