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Murray S. Katz Photo Archive
Highlights from the Murray S. Katz Photo Archive
In 2012, thanks to the generous donation of Mrs. Natalie Katz, widow of the late Murray S. Katz, a digital photo archive bearing his name was established.
All still photographs preserved since the orchestra’s earliest days were scanned and uploaded to a dedicated website, which includes details about the events and participants captured in the images.
The highlights presented here are selected from the archive, which contains more than 10,000 photographs.
To explore the full collection, please visit the orchestra’s website using the link below.
Bronisław Huberman, Arturo Toscanini, and William Steinberg with the Palestine Orchestra before the inaugural concert — Exhibition Hall, Tel Aviv, December 1936
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Leonard Bernstein with the orchestra at a special concert in Be’er Sheva, November 1948
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Special concert in the Square of the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, conducted by Zubin Mehta, July 1968
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Prime Minister Golda Meir in a special meeting with Leonard Bernstein backstage at the Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv, March 1970
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Golda Meir at a reception in honor of Mstislav Rostropovich at the orchestra’s guesthouse, Tel Aviv, January 1975
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Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion at the inaugural concert of the Mann Auditorium, October 1957
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The orchestra in concert at the amphitheater in Athens, with the Acropolis in the background, August 1965
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Members of the Orchestra waking up early in Sharm el-Sheikh for a photograph against the backdrop of the bay’s mountains, March 1973
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Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos conducting La Vida Breve by de Falla, concert performance, June 2009
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The database includes the concert details of the Israel Philharmonic, starting from the inaugural concert in Tel Aviv on December 26, 1936.
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