festivalorchestra
'Splendid spirit & quality of sound' (Semyon Bychkov)
festivalorchestra
'Splendid spirit & quality of sound' (Semyon Bychkov)
Mission
Founded in 2021 by conductor Misha Shekhtman, festivalorchestra is unites some of the best orchestral musicians from Israel, Ukraine, Russia, Germany, South Korea, Netherlands and more. Throughout 2021 - 2025, festivalorchestra has made a number of highly-acclaimed recordings including Mahler's 7th Symphony, a premiere of Bernd Richard Deutsch, Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5, Beethoven’s Symphony 7, Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps.
Mission
Founded in 2021 by conductor Misha Shekhtman, festivalorchestra is unites some of the best orchestral musicians from Israel, Ukraine, Russia, Germany, South Korea, Netherlands and more. Throughout 2021 - 2025, festivalorchestra has made a number of highly-acclaimed recordings including Mahler's 7th Symphony, a premiere of Bernd Richard Deutsch, Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5, Beethoven’s Symphony 7, Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps.
Mozart • Le Nozze di Figaro overture • festivalorchestra • Misha Shekhtman
Beethoven • Symphony No. 7 • festivalorchestra • Misha Shekhtman
Bernstein • Candide overture • festivalorchestra • Misha Shekhtman
“Magnificent interpretation in every way”
Semyon Bychkov on Mahler 7

“The way Misha approached the score of my piece Con moto was extraordinary, not only on a technical, but also on a musical level. Mr. Shekhtman's enthusiasm and commitment for music is boundless, and he has a very special ability to transfer this to the orchestra”
Bernd Richard Deutsch, composer

“Shekhtman puts together one hell of a performance - brilliant and cohesive”
David Hurwitz, classicsonline, UK (Mahler 7)

”Splendid spirit & quality of playing”
Semyon Bychkov on Beethoven 7
Gustav Mahler • Symphony 7 • festivalorchestra • Mikhail Shekhtman
Shostakovich / Symphony No. 5, final / Shekhtman / festivalorchestra