”Raveh conducted by heart, clearly and persuasively, like he had the scores in his eyes pupils, like he was the music itself. Watching him and his connection with the orchestra was a great experience.”

“The concert was conducted by Gil Raveh, frankly speaking a musical genius, who lives in Berlin.”
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Born in 1977, Gil Raveh is a versatile musician who is internationally recognized for his unique and captivating stage charisma, his approach to the great orchestral sound and the creation of an elevating musical live performance.

Since 2012, Raveh is the principal Guest Conductor of the Berlin Sinfonietta, and in 2013 had his first collaboration with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and his Austrian debut in Brucknerfest Linz.  In September 2012 Raveh was appointed artistic director of the Norddeutsches Philharmonisches AO.

In 2013 Raveh was invited by the great Maestro, Michail Jurowski to serve as his assistant and to accompany him in his international concert seasons and studio recordings. Raveh and Jurowski worked closely throughout the 2013/14 concert season. This introduced Raveh the rare opportunity to further develop his career and talent, specializing in the symphonic works of D. Shostakovich.
He assisted Jurowski in concerts of some of the most renowned European orchestras, such as Staatskapelle Dresden as part of the “4. Internationalen Schostakowitsch Tage Gohrisch“, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Tonkünstlerorchester Wien, Dresden Philharmonic, Oslo Opera, and more. Raveh also assisted in the studio recording for the distinguished German label – Deutsche Grammophone in Teldex Studios Berlin with the DSO Berlin and the Violinist Virtuoso Nemanja Radulovi?.

In 2017 Raveh had his first collaboration with the Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin, where he took part in the orchestra’s “Neue Meister” series as a conductor in a concert and a CD recording, released on Edel Classic Label. Further collaborations included concerts in the Berlin Philharmonie.

In 2012 Raveh initiated and founded “International Masterclasses Berlin ” where he is the artistic and managing director. IMB under Raveh’s direction established itself as a leading organization in the production of conducting masterclasses. Since its conception, IMB organized more than 50 international masterclasses for conductors, cooperating with the Berlin Sinfonietta, and other Berlin Based ensembles, choirs, singers and soloists. IMB invited the most important conductors and musical pedagogues of our time, such as Prof. Colin Metters (RMAC London), Prof. Johannes Wildner (HfM Wien), Maestro Lior Shambadal (Berliner Symphoniker), Prof. Lutz Köhler (UdK Berlin), Prof. Roberto Paternostro, GMD Michail Jurowski and more.

Less than a year since his appointment as its Musical Director, Raveh led the NPAO to its greatest achievement with its debut outside of Germany in Brucknerhaus – Linz, accepting the invitation from the highly acclaimed International Bruknerfest in Linz, Austria.
The performance, presenting very demanding pieces by Bach, Mozart, Bruckner and Stockhausen won praising reviews, and marked the orchestra’s first appearance on the international stage.
In December 2012 Raveh conducted the world premiere of Markus Stockhausen’s “Ein Glasperlenspiel” – a concerto for Trumpet, Harp and accordion orchestra – in “Beethovensaal” in Hannover. The piece was specially commissioned and composed for Raveh’s NPAO. The performance received a superb reviews, and was published two month later on a commercial CD.

Raveh’s repertoire is extensive and varies. It indicates a very broad world view. His work includes conducting pieces from Baroque to the music of our time. His affection to contemporary music is reflected in number of premieres of Israeli composers such as Leon Shidlowsky, Noam Sheriff and more. Some were composed especially for him. Raveh’s long years’ experience in many musical styles such as jazz, electronic and rock, led him to initiate unique cross-over collaborations, including a special concert with the Israel Chamber orchestra and the world renowned Saxophone player, David Murray in the Tel -Aviv International Jazz – Festival, and the successful concert series “Abbey Road – Live!“ – Tribute to the Beatles, which he initiated, produced and was its music director.

Gil Raveh, born in Haifa, Israel. In 2004 he graduated with honors from the Buchmann – Mehta School of Music in Tel Aviv University, where he studied under Prof. Noam Sheriff and Prof. Ami Ma’ayani.  Right after completing his academic studies Raveh was appointed as the assistant of the musical director, Maestro Noam Sheriff, in two of the important orchestras in Israel, the Israel Chamber Orchestra and the Haifa Symphony Orchestra.

Raveh took part in master classes with some of the world’s leading conducting teachers such as
Jorma Panula, Gennady Rozhdestvensky and Collin Metters.

Gil Raveh holds both Israeli and Bulgarian citizenship, and speaks English, German and Hebrew.