Israeli-born conductor Dalia Atlas is a specialist in the music of Ernest Bloch. Her research and insights into Bloch’s music have resulted in worldwide performances of many of his major compositions. She has also made acclaimed recordings of twenty-five neglected orchestral works by Bloch for ASV and Naxos. She was recently invited by Maestro Valery Gergiev to conduct Bloch with the Mariinsky Orchestra in St. Petersburg. Dalia Atlas is the founder and the head of The Ernest Bloch Society in Israel as well as an Honorary Vice President of the International Ernest Bloch Society.

Natalie Clein’s long-standing passion for Bloch’s music has seen highly acclaimed performances and recordings with major orchestras of Voice in the Wilderness, Schelomo and From Jewish Life. She performs Bloch’s cello solo suites and other works worldwide. Her consummate musicianship first emerged when she won both the BBC Young Musician of the Year, and the Eurovision Competition for Young Musicians in Warsaw at the age of 16. Natalie’s wide-ranging musical activity encompasses teaching (She is Professor of Cello at the Royal College of Music and the Huchschule in Rostock and and curating a music festival in Dorset.

Hungarian-Israeli violist, Rivka Golani has greatly contributed to the advancement of viola technique and inspired many composers to write for the instrument. More than 350 works have been composed specially for her, including a matchless record of over 80 concertos. She is an inspiring teacher drawing students the world over to her classes at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Rivka has performed as a soloist with many of the world’s most prominent orchestras including three times at the London Proms and has recorded countless acclaimed albums. She is an ardent exponent of Bloch’s viola works.

Praised by The Strad Magazine as a ‘violinist of superior natural talent, an exceptionally sensitive interpreter and a phrase maker of uncommon expressivity’ Miriam Kramer has also received critical acclaim for her six CDs, including Editor’s Choice for her recording of the violin music of Ernest Bloch, from Gramophone Magazine who said, ‘Kramer’s playing could hardly be more heartfelt… her musicianship is irresistible.’ This disc is in the 2017 guide for the ‘1001 Classical Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die’. Miriam has made several radio and TV broadcasts and maintains a busy teaching practice.

‘Jack Liebeck possesses flawless technical mastery’. He is a renowned soloist and chamber musician who has performed with all the major British orchestras and made many acclaimed recordings. He programmes his own annual festival ‘Oxford May Music’ around the themes of music, science and the arts. A professional photographer, (like Bloch) he loves film and can be heard on the soundtracks of The Theory of Everything, Jane Eyre and Anna Karenina. Liebeck is also a dedicated educator holding a professorship at the Royal Academy of Music, London. As a chamber musician he is a member of Trio Dali.

Robert Max is a conductor, solo and chamber-music cellist and teacher. Robert has played and conducted Ernest Bloch’s music, working tirelessly to give it its true place in the music canon. He has encouraged students at the Royal Academy of Music and MusicWorks chamber music courses to include Bloch in their repertoire, thus introducing a new generation to this great music. After performing Bach’s Six Cello Suites throughout the UK in 2019 Robert recorded them and they have been released to great critical acclaim.

Raphael Wallfisch is one of the most celebrated cellists performing on the international stage. He was born in London into a family of distinguished musicians. His mother is the cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch and his father was the renowned pianist Peter Wallfisch. Whilst studying with the great Russian cellist Gregor Piatigorsky in California he was chosen to perform chamber music with Jascha Heifetz in the informal recitals held by Piatigorsky. Raphael has recorded the major cello and orchestra works by Bloch including the only version of the Cello (trombone) Symphony. Teaching is also one of Raphael’s passions.

Benjamin Wolf is a conductor, composer, pianist and academic, specialising in Jewish music. He is Musical Director of the Zemel Choir, the choir of Belsize Square Synagogue, the Wallace (Chamber) Ensemble and the Royal Free Music Society and is the founder of the bOYbershop quartet. He has been involved in organising and conducting at two major interfaith services at Westminster Abbey featuring his choirs. He arranges and has performed at other Jewish and interfaith choral festivals and events in the UK and Europe and in BBC documentaries and broadcasts. He is a Senior Lecturer in Music at Regent’s University, London