Tenor Itamar Hildesheim completed his master’s degree at the Mozarteum University Salzburg, where he studied with Prof. Christoph Strehl, Prof. Pauliina Tukiainen, and Prof. Andreas Schmidt. He previously studied at the University of Music and Theatre in Rostock with Prof. Karola Theill and Prof. Klaus Häger, and studied his bachelor’s degree from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, studying with Jeffrey Francis and Dr. Ido Ariel.

At a young age, he has performed leading roles in major oratorios including Die Schöpfung, the St. Matthew Passion, the Mass in B minor, and the Mozart Requiem in venues such as Salzburg Cathedral, Mondsee Cathedral, the Konzerthaus Bietigheim-Bissingen, and with the Israeli Philharmonic.

He has appeared at leading European festivals, including the Bach Festival Leipzig, where he performed with Vox Luminis at the Thomaskirche and Nikolaikirche, the Thüringen Bach Festival with BachWerkVokal (Gordon Safari) at the Bach Church in Arnstadt, the Bach25 Festival in Koblenz with Cappella Confluentes (Jörn Andresen) and LIEDBasel25, where he was a scholarship recipient and performed several recitals with pianist Kimball Bottke while working closely with Patricia Petibon and James Baillieu.

Other notable performances include his appearance as “Ahasveross” in Esther by C. J. Lidarti at the Recital Hall of the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, conducted by Imri Talgam, as well as his participation as a scholarship holder of the Haydneum – Hungarian Centre for Early Music in the 41st edition of the Early Music Days Festival in Vác under the direction of György Vashegyi.

Furthermore, He has collaborated with distinguished artists such as Lionel Meunier, Philippe Pierlot, Peter Whelan and Anne Le Bozec. He is a regular guest of the Jerusalem baroque orchestra and of the Mozarteum Vokalensemble. 

In the 2025/26 season, he will make his debut at the Slovak Philharmonic with Le Nuove Musiche as part of a European tour. He will debut as the Evangelist in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio at the Ulm Cathedral and the Rosary Basilica Steglitz in Berlin. In addition, he will record a CD of newly discovered Baroque repertoire with the Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra. Hildesheim will make his London debut by performing at the SongEasel Song Festival together with pianist Jocelyn Freeman.