A unifying force on the podium.

As assistant conductor, Alon worked on productions including Carmen, The Marriage of Figaro, Rigoletto, La Traviata and Cavalleria Rusticana. He covered many rehearsals, at times conducting from the pit in the principal conductor’s absence — and as a singer, covered leading roles including Don José in Carmen and the Duke in Rigoletto.

He began piano at six and joined his first orchestra at twelve, where he found his greatest joy. The French horn became his instrument — but studying orchestral scores revealed his true calling: shaping the whole orchestra rather than a single voice within it.

Building an orchestra from nothing meant running rehearsals, coordinating soloists and choir, and learning to delegate. It taught Alon that a conductor is both artistic leader and a unifying force.

1. 2021

   Mozart Requiem

   The orchestra’s debut, with the Jerusalem Academy Chamber Choir — and Alon’s first large-scale engagement.

2. 2022

   Dance & Drama

   Copland’s Appalachian Spring (chamber version), Saint-Saëns’ Danse macabre, Márquez’s Danzón No. 2 and Rossini’s La gazza ladra Overture.

3. 2023

   World premiere: Rem

   A new chamber opera by Israeli composer Noga Kedem.

4. 2024

   Silenced Voices

   A program honoring Jewish composers who were deliberately silenced, including Pavel Haas’ Study for Strings.

Alon earned his Bachelor’s degree at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, including an exchange at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, studying conducting with Georg Fritzsch and Markus Bosch. In Munich he conducted Weber’s Der Freischütz Overture, Brahms’ First Piano Concerto and Brahms’ Second Symphony.

He is now pursuing a Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting at the Peabody Institute with Marin Alsop and Joseph Young. His philosophy centers on letting the music emerge through the orchestra’s layers, in close contact with the players.