General Director

Ofer Amsalem
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A resident of the southern city of Ashdod (52), Ofer began his Hi-Tech career at Eurocom as a programmer, later as a team leader, and then at the age of 26 he was appointed as CTO at Internet Zahav, one of Israel’s largest internet providers.

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In 2001 he had initiated internet counselling company IP21. Among its customers at the time was the Andalusian Israeli Orchestra Ashdod, where he embarked on his personal cultural journey while taking charge of the orchestra’s marketing/info systems – which resulted in the orchestra being awarded the Israel Prize in 2006.
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In 2007 he became CEO of the Ashdod Orchestra, and in 2009, after the orchestra’s management decided to terminate the contracts of the entire staff as well as of all its musicians, he founded, together with a group of musicians and employees, The Ashkelon Andalusian Orchestra, later known as the Jerusalem East-West Orchestra, leading the orchestra from no budget at all to a budget of 11 million Shekels as CEO of the orchestra, he later retired at the end of 2019.
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In 2020 Ofer was appointed CEO of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, working according to his vision in which the JSO represents the perfect mosaic of Jerusalem’s culture and music.
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Between technology and culture, he is also a member of the academic staff at the Ashkelon College Academy (in the fields of computer uses/statistics/ E-trade…)
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Has an B.A. from the College of Management Academic Studies and an EMBA from the Bar-Ilan University.
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