Yamen Saadi

Yamen Saadi was born in Nazareth in 1997. He received his first violin lessons at the Barenboim-Said Conservatory in his hometown and later studied with the renowned concert master of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Chaim Taub as well as with Mihaela Martin at the Kronberg Academy near Frankfurt. At the age of eleven he joined Daniel Barenboim's West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and was appointed concert master six years later. Since the 2022/23 season he is concertmaster of the Vienna State Opera Orchestra. Among others, he performed as a soloist with the Staatskapelle Berlin, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra as well as the Orquesta de València under conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Lawrence Foster and Christoph Poppen. Further performances have taken him to Europe, Asia and the USA, to the Rheingau Music Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Festival and New York's Carnegie Hall. He is also an enthusiastic chamber musician. Yamen Saadi is a multiple scholarship winner of the America-Israel Cultural Foundation and winner of numerous competitions. Among others, he won 1st prizes at the Paul Ben Haim Competition and The Aviv Competitions, the 2nd prize at the Clairmont Competition and the Prinz von Hessen Prize. In 2022 he released with Voices from Paris his first CD.

Performances with Yamen Saadi

Saison 2025-26
Sat
04 Oct
11:00—12:45
Konzert Gustav-Mahler-Saal
Kammer­musik

Cast on Saturday 4. October 2025

Klarinette

Alex Ladstätter

Natalia Sagmeister

Viola

Christoph Hammer

Violoncello

Bernhard Naoki Hedenborg
Zyklus »Kammermusik«

Ticket information

Saison 2024/2025

An zehn Samstagen präsentieren Mitglieder der Wiener Philharmoniker im Gustav-Mahler-Saal ausgewählte Kammermusikprogramme. In diesem Zyklus gilt freie Platzwahl.

23. November 2024
30. November 2024
14. Dezember 2024
11. Jänner 2025
22. März 2025
29. März 2025
26. April 2025
3. Mai 2025
17. Mai 2025
14. Juni 2025

Sat
09 May
Konzert Gustav-Mahler-Saal
Kammer­musik

Cast on Saturday 9. May 2026

Klarinette

Matthias Schorn

Fagott

Benedikt Dinkhauser

Horn

Josef Reif

Katharina Engelbrecht

Viola

Sebastian Führlinger

Violoncello

Wolfgang Härtel

Kontrabass

Christoph Wimmer-Schenkel
Zyklus »Kammermusik«

Ticket information

Saison 2024/2025

An zehn Samstagen präsentieren Mitglieder der Wiener Philharmoniker im Gustav-Mahler-Saal ausgewählte Kammermusikprogramme. In diesem Zyklus gilt freie Platzwahl.

23. November 2024
30. November 2024
14. Dezember 2024
11. Jänner 2025
22. März 2025
29. März 2025
26. April 2025
3. Mai 2025
17. Mai 2025
14. Juni 2025

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