Bio

Adi Ivgi (he/him) is a Violinist, Arranger, Conductor and Composer. 

Adi was personally invited to play the Schumann Piano Quintet with Violinist Maxim Vengerov in ICM Chamber Music Center, as well as Violinist Christian Tetzlaff's workshop at the Swiss International Music Academy, where he was selected by Maestro Tetzlaff himself to perform alongside him in the workshop's final concert. He is currently finishing his violin performance degree in the class of Dr. Guy Figer. As well as studying Baroque Violin with Prof. Kati Debretzeni and orchestral conducting with Maestro Dan Ettinger. 

Adi’s praise has been recorded in writing by international baroque virtuoso Ms. Kati Debretzeni, one of the finest period specialist violinist in the world, praising Adi as: 

“an excellent violinist who has very Good command of his instrument, but beyond that - possesses an uncommon affinity with style, Harmony, counterpoint and general musicianship, Which in many years of teaching I have never seen in someone so young.”

Among the many solo and chamber masterclasses and projects Adi has taken part in, he has worked with and under the guidance of artists such as Maxim Vengerov, Christian Tetzlaff, Alexandra Conunova, Grigory Kalinovsky, Menachem Pressler, Guy Braunstein, David Kim, the Austrian based "Simply Quartet", Miriam Fried, Philip Draganov, Jose Flores and Chaim Taub.

Adi has won the first prize in the BMSM Chamber Music Competition 2024 playing the Ravel Trio. He has also been chosen to lead in the Buchmann Mehta Symphony Orchestra under the Baton of Maestri Zubin Mehta and Lahav Shani in Goethe University's 110 Anniversary in Frankfurt, Germany tour, and at the 2025 IPO BMSM Gala. Adi is a member of the University’s Quartet in residence, the Gertler String Quartet. Adi is also an avid interpreter of historically informed music and has been studying baroque with Maestra Kati Debrezeni, he is the first Israeli to play chamber music on A Graf Fortepiano in Israel.

Adi is a been a recipient from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation since 2019-2025. He has won a number of competitions, including scholarships from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation (with distinction), the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Scholarship after Dalia Maroz, the Israeli Conservatory of Music Competition, the Leah Porat-Gur Prize Competition and the Sarney Foundation Competition. Adi has been a Ronen Foundation recipient since 2021, and has also been an active participant in the Musethica Chamber Music Program since 2022 

Adi studied composition with Dr. Marina Geller, Mr. Udi Perlman, and Mr. Shimon Cohen, as well as reciving guidance from Emeritus Prof. Ruben Serrousi, Prof. Josef Bardanashvilli and Dr. Eliav Kohl. Adi is actively engaged in composition, arrangement, and orchestration, his works have been featured in the America-Israel Cultural Foundation competitions, the Paul Ben-Haim Competition, and in public recitals throughout Israel. Adi is scheduled to take part in the “Beating Heart” contemporary concert series for the 2025–2026 season. His Cello Sonata is to be premiered in early November 2025 by the winners of the 2025 Aviv Competitions and the Chamber Music Competition of the BMSM.  Adi has been commissioned in 2025 by the IMI to write a piece for the national KAN11 Radio Festival.

His original works and arrangements have been commissioned and performed by most leading ensembles and orchestras in Israel, including the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Camerata, the Tel Aviv Soloists Ensemble, the Israel Chamber Orchestra, the Buchmann-Mehta Symphony Orchestra, the Israeli Chamber Project, the Polyphony Foundation, ‘Keshet Eilon’, and the Israel Conservatory of Music. Adi collaborates regularly with these institutions, as well as with prominent composers and arrangers such as Yonatan Keret and Shimon Cohen. 

Born in Be'er Sheva, Israel 2002. Adi began studying violin and composition at the age of 5 at the Conservatory of Music in Be'er Sheva with the support of the Edna & Albert Sarney scholarship award. After graduating from the Israeli Conservatory of Music in Tel Aviv and starting his studies with Prof. Hagai Shaham at the Buchmann - Mehta School of Music at Tel Aviv University, he now finishes his degree in the class of Dr. Guy Figer. 

Adi was recognized as an “outstanding musician” in the IDF, and served as the primary musical arranger of the military bands from the very start of his service. A post previously held by Maestro Lahav Shani only.

Adi has played practicums in the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, he has graduated all the major excellence programs of the Jerusalem Music Center. including the Young Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the David Goldman Program for Outstanding Young Musicians, and the Huberman Soloist Project. He has led the Buchmann-Mehta Symphony Orchestra as concertmaster under the baton of conductor Ilan Volkov. Adi has performed as a soloist with a number of Israel's most prominent orchestras, such as the Israel Camerata, the Israel Sinfonietta in Be'er Sheva and the Tel Aviv Soloists. He also has extensive experience in orchestral playing in various orchestras such as the Israel Philharmonic and the Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra.

Adi plays on a Carl Becker Violin (Z33 Chicago, 1949) generously loaned to him from the Zisapel Violin collection, as well as a Maussiell Baroque Violin (L. Maussiell, Nuremberg 1752) amazingly lent to him by Ms. Kati Debretzeni.

Adi currently resides in Tel-Aviv, his favorite TV show is most certainly "Heartstopper", he enjoys making various types of soups and spending quality time with his friends and his dear partner.