Itay Talgam, Conductor and TED Speaker

Today, my guest is Itay Talgam, a protégé and disciple of the great Leonard Bernstein, who has conducted many prominent orchestras and ensembles worldwide, including the Orchestre de Paris, the St Petersburg Philharmonic, the Israel Philharmonic and the Leipzig Opera House.

Today, he is a leadership consultant and keynote speaker who finds metaphors for organisational behaviour — and models for inspired leadership — within the workings of the symphony orchestra. His 2009 TED Talk, Lead Like the Great Conductors, has been viewed over 4 million times. Imagining music as a model for all spheres of human creativity, Talgam created the Maestro Program of seminars and workshops. A native of Tel-Aviv, Talgam received his Artist Diploma in conducting from the Jerusalem Rubin Academy. He then studied in France, Italy, and the US. He is also a graduate of General Philosophy studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.