Artistic Director - Yariv Aloni
Israeli born conductor and violist Yariv Aloni has been the music director of the Victoria Chamber Orchestra since 1995. He is also the founder and music director of the Galiano Ensemble of Victoria, an associate music director for the Greater Victoria Youth Orchestra.
Acclaimed by critics for his sensitivity and virtuosity, he performs in major concert halls around the world. He received his early training in Israel where he studied viola with David Chen at the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem and subsequently with the late Daniel Benyamini, principal violist of the Israel Philharmonic. His Chamber music studies took him to the United States where he studied with Michael Tree of the Guarneri String Quartet at the University of Maryland. A former member of the Aviv and the Penderecki Quartets, he can be heard on CDs issued by the United, Marquise, Tritonus, and CBC labels, and has recorded for the CBC, the BBC, National Public Radio, Radio-France and the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation.
Mr. Aloni studied conducting with the Hungarian conductor János Sándor and participated in conducting workshops with Gustav Mayer and Helmuth Rilling. As a conductor, he has received praise for conducting his impassioned, inspiring and "magnificently right" interpretations of major orchestral and choral repertoire. Reviewers also describe him as "a musician of considerable insight and impeccable taste."
Acclaimed by critics for his sensitivity and virtuosity, he performs in major concert halls around the world. He received his early training in Israel where he studied viola with David Chen at the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem and subsequently with the late Daniel Benyamini, principal violist of the Israel Philharmonic. His Chamber music studies took him to the United States where he studied with Michael Tree of the Guarneri String Quartet at the University of Maryland. A former member of the Aviv and the Penderecki Quartets, he can be heard on CDs issued by the United, Marquise, Tritonus, and CBC labels, and has recorded for the CBC, the BBC, National Public Radio, Radio-France and the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation.
Mr. Aloni studied conducting with the Hungarian conductor János Sándor and participated in conducting workshops with Gustav Mayer and Helmuth Rilling. As a conductor, he has received praise for conducting his impassioned, inspiring and "magnificently right" interpretations of major orchestral and choral repertoire. Reviewers also describe him as "a musician of considerable insight and impeccable taste."