Background
He is the son of noted bassoonist, conductor and arranger Mordechai Rechtman.
He is the son of noted bassoonist, conductor and arranger Mordechai Rechtman.
He gave his first performance with the Israel Philharmonic at age 11, performing Mozart Concerto in Doctorate minor K. 466. As a recitalist and chamber musician, Rechtman traveled in over 50 countries and performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Town Hall, 92nd Saint Y, Avery Fisher, Alice Tully, Weill and Merkin halls, Symphony Hall and Jordan Hall, Orchestra Hall (Chicago), Barbican Center and Wigmore Hall, Salle Pleyel and the Louvre Museum, Suntory Hall, and Seoul Arts Center. During the 6 years Rechtman lived in Brazil (2001-2007), he performed as soloist with the State Orchestra of São Paulo, Campinas and Riberão Preto symphonies, and was director of the "Um Certo Olhar" chamber music series at Sala São Paulo.
He has recorded several CDs on various labels, among them Naxos, Bis, Well-Tempered Productions, Centaur, Meridien, Omega-Vanguard, Cembal d"Amour, and others
His solo recording of Villa-Lobos’ Chôros Number. 5 was awarded the Gramophone Magazine’s Editor’s Choice.
As a composer, some of Rechtman"s works have been published by the Theodore Presser Company, United States of America, Hofmeister Musikverlag in Leipzig, Germany and Bottle Cello Publishing in San Francisco, United States of America. His compositions "Rondo Operation 5" and "Fanfare by the Red Sea" have been commissioned and conducted by Maestros Zubin Mehta and Lorin Maazel, respectively.
Rechtman was also commissioned to compose a special work for the 125 years celebration of the Chautauqua Institution Music Festival.
Rechtman"s orchestral compositions have been performed by the Boston Pops, Pittsburgh, New World, Augusta, Grand Rapids & Cape Cod symphonies. His music was also used in the 20th season (2015) of “Dancing with the Stars” in the United States of America
In 2007, Ilan Rechtman was nominated as music director of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art concert programs, a position Rechtman holds presently. In this capacity, Rechtman is responsible for presenting about 70 concerts per season.