Chen Halevi is regarded as one of the world’s leading clarinetists, performing with equal success in solo recitals, orchestral concerts, and chamber music. He is acclaimed for the remarkable breadth of his repertoire, which ranges from the most demanding contemporary works to early music performed on period instruments.

At the age of fifteen, his debut as a soloist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Zubin Mehta caused a sensation. Since then, he has appeared with some of the most prestigious orchestras in the United States, Europe, and Japan, including the Israel Philharmonic, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, European Soloists, Heilbronn Chamber Orchestra, Moscow Virtuosi, Jerusalem Radio Orchestra, Leipzig MDR Philharmonic, NDR Symphony Orchestra Hamburg, and the Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin.

Born in the Negev Desert, Israel, Halevi studied clarinet with Yitzchak Kazap and Richard Lesser, and pursued chamber music studies with Mordechai Rechtman and Chaim Taub.

He is a frequent guest at major summer festivals such as Marlboro, Ravinia, and Santa Fe (USA), Schleswig-Holstein, Colmar, Forcalquier, Prussia Cove, Davos, Rolandseck, Aldeburgh, and Verbier, as well as the PMF Festival in Japan and the Perth International Arts Festival in Australia.

A passionate chamber musician, Halevi has performed with artists such as Pinchas Zuckerman and Christoph Eschenbach, and with numerous renowned string quartets including the Keller, Szymanowski, Fine Arts, Miró, Prazák, St. Lawrence, Arcanto, Vogler, and Kronos Quartets.

He is internationally acknowledged as a master specialist in the performance of contemporary music.

Teaching and giving masterclasses are central to his career. He is currently Professor of Clarinet at the Hochschule für Musik in Trossingen, Germany, and travels the world to offer masterclasses, sharing his teaching and performance method. Since 2007, he has been a faculty member at the Banff Centre Summer Masterclasses in Canada.