International Piano Masterclasses In The Israeli Desert?

Two pianists during the Master Class Gala Concert at the Tel Aviv Museum in 2022. Each year, for two and half weeks in August, dozens of young pianists from all over the world gather in Midreshet Sde Boker, an educational center and boarding school in the Negev desert in southern Israel, to practice their craft with the world’s most celebrated piano teachers. PHOTO BY ALEX HANIN/ISRAEL21C

Each year, for two and half weeks in August, dozens of young pianists from all over the world gather in Midreshet Sde Boker, an educational center and boarding school in the Negev desert in southern Israel, to practice their craft with the world’s most celebrated piano teachers.

This year is the 32nd anniversary of Tel-Hai International Piano Master Classes, and the initiative is showing no signs of slowing down.