Yishai Steckler graduated from the singing and conducting departments at the Rubin Music Academy at the Tel Aviv University and the Royal College of Music, London. He conducted most Israeli orchestras including the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Rishon LeZion Symphony Orchestra, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Camerata Jerusalem and more. He also conducted orchestras and opera houses in France, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Romania and South Korea. He conducted the opera La Gioconda (Foncailli) at the opera house in Salerno, a performance that was released on CD by Brilliant Classics. He received the AICF, the Wingate (London), AVI (Geneva) and Berkovic scholarships and the International Gary Bertini young conductors award. Steckler was the conductor in residence and the chorus conductor of the . .Israeli Opera for ten years and since 2014 has served as the musical director and chief conductor of the Tel Aviv Collegium Singers. Serves as conductor and conducting teacher at the Jerusalem Music Academy.
