Elai Grisaru Drori

Elai Grisaru Drori

Elai Grisaru Drori has performed as a soloist with the Israel Chamber Orchestra conducted by Ariel Zuckermann and with the IDF wind band conducted by captain Rom Shamir. He is a freelance musician in Israel with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and with many orchestras in Germany.
In the summer 2022, Elai participated in the Pacific Music Festival in Japan, where he played alongside musicians of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and San Francisco Symphony, under the batons of Ken-David Masur and Lahav Shani.
In September 2022 Elai participated in the ARD international music competition in Munich. He is currently studying for his Bachelor’s degree in music performance at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hannover, Germany, with Professor Jonas Bylund and Tomer Maschkowski.
Elai has been supported by America-Israel Cultural Foundation since 2015 on both baritone and trombone. In 2022 Elai won the brass category in the Spring Competition as well as the Israeli instrumental piece category.