Keyboard Instruments
Keyboard Instruments, the largest music department at The Conservatory, caters to students of varying ages and proficiency levels, ranging from beginners to seasoned concert pianists and harpsichordists.
Our practice studios are equipped with grand pianos to provide an unparalleled acoustic experience, thereby optimizing the quality of learning. In addition to being taught by our own outstanding faculty, our students enjoy master classes given by artists of international standing.
Award-winning students
A significant number of our students attain the prestigious status of Outstanding Musician in the IDF, while many others garner accolades from the America Israel Cultural Foundation.
Most of our students undertake the Ministry of Education's matriculation exam, which includes a recital and a research paper, and several of them choose to continue their studies at the Academy.
What's included:
- Weekly 60-minute lesson
- Weekly music theory lesson
- Piano accompaniment when needed
- Twice a year assessment
- Performing in at least 2 concerts a year
- Participating in an ensemble (determined by playing level)
Extended route
Students are also entitled to receive a 90/120 minute individual lesson at a reduced price, an hour of theory in a group and participation in chamber ensembles and orchestras (for those who are eligible).
Events
Students take part in a number of events and performances through out the year. Many are open to the public. Take a look at the calendar of events to see what is coming up and experience the magic of the Conservatory!
Department Head:

Dr. Assaf Sommer
Department Head:
Dr. Assaf Sommer
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Dr. Assaf Sommer serves as the head of the piano department where he grew up and was educated since childhood. Assaf Sommer completed his undergraduate studies at the Jerusalem Academy of Music with Vadim Monsticksky and Benjamin Oren. He then went to graduate studies at the Manhattan School of Music where he studied with the international pianist Eugene Assaf Sommer completed his doctorate at the University of Cincinnati where he studied harpsichord and was invited to Cornell University to study hammer piano with Malcolm Bilson.
Sommer performed his piano recital debut at Carnegie Hall in 2006. He has appeared as a soloist with piano and harpsichord orchestras and in concerts throughout the US, Israel and the Netherlands. Between 2010 and 2016 he taught at the Faculty of Music at Ohio Northern University. Since his return to Israel, Sommer appeared in a series of concerts in which he played the first book from the comparative piano and other works by Bach, in a solo recital at the Israel Festival dedicated to Mozart, with the players of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestras at the Voice of Music Festival in Kfar Bloom, and at the Bach Festival.

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