About
A pianist, coach, and educator based in Berlin, Yael spends her career doing one thing in many different forms: making music with people and for people — in a variety of spaces and contexts.
Chamber musician and orchestral pianist, performing alongside world-class musicians in leading halls and festivals.
Pairing musical precision with dramaturgical depth in opera productions, Lied recitals, and audition preparation and continuous musical work with singers.
Professor for music pedagogy and mediation, curating and moderating concerts that bring music and audience of all ages closer together.
Yael's performing life spans recital stages to orchestra pits, opera continuo to contemporary scores — alongside artists such as Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta, Omer Meir Wellber, Lahav Shani, Chen Reiss, Sharon Kam, Julian Pregardien, Dorothea Röschmann and many others.
Robert Schumann · Clara Schumann · Mahler · Spohr · Elisabeth von Sachsen-Meiningen · Schubert
R. Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder · Weill: selected songs
Ravel · Schumann · Schubert · Mahler
Korngold: Songs of the Clown, Op. 29 · Schönberg: Brettl-Lieder · Bernstein: "I Hate Music" · Weill: selected songs
As coach, assistant conductor, répétiteur, and Studienleiterin, Yael brings each role its full musical, stylistic and dramaturgical context — precise, text-driven, and attuned to the individual voice and character of the singer.
Teatro Massimo Palermo — 2024
Conductor: Omer Meir Wellber
Director: Barbora Horáková
Berlin Philharmonie — 2025 · World Premiere, Concert Version
Conductor: Karl-Heinz Steffens
Israeli Philharmonic — 2023 · Concert Version
Conductor: Lahav Shani
Akademie-level master classes, Lied and opera workshops, summer courses for singers and pianists.
Production preparation, musical work, studio production, project development.
Yael holds the Leibinger Professorship for Transcultural Music Pedagogy and Mediation at the Barenboim-Said Akademie in Berlin — a position she established, built on equipping musicians to ask what music is for, and who it is for, in an ever-changing cultural landscape.
Messiaen — Quartet for the End of Time
Brahms — Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 26
Borodin — Piano Quintet in C minor
Photography: Peter Adamik, Lars Hübner, Monika Rittershaus, Sebastian Madaj
Get in touch for inquiries about coaching, performances, or collaborations.