Zachary Silberschlag is assistant principal trumpet of the Israel Philharmonic since 2024. Previously he was the principal trumpet of the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra in Honolulu for five seasons. Zachary has appeared as principal trumpet with the American Symphony, American Ballet Theatre Orchestra, and New Jersey Symphony. He performs regularly at Carnegie Hall, New York’s Lincoln Center, and at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. In the summer of 2023, Zachary performed often on Broadway in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s show “Bad Cinderella”. As a soloist, Zachary has performed with the Hawaii Symphony, Skaneateles Festival Orchestra, the Romanian State Symphony in Italy, the Bulgarian Philharmonic, “The Orchestra Now” and Chesapeake Orchestra at River Concert Series of which he was also principal trumpet. As a chamber musician, Zachary was a recipient of the 2021 US artists international award from the Mid Atlantic Foundation touring Italy with his group the Chesapeake Virtuosi. In the fall of 2022 with his group The Brass Project Zachary was awarded a Chamber Music America ensemble forward grant. He is also a member of the New York Festival brass with members from the Cleveland Orchestra, Hawaii Symphony, and Hungarian Radio orchestra that can be heard on Navona Records in the premier recording of Elliot McKinley’s music for Brass Quintet. Born in Leonardtown, Maryland, in the Chesapeake region, Zachary comes from of a family of sixteen professional musicians across several generations. These include former and current principal players of the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Italian National Orchestra RAI, and Jerusalem Symphony. Zachary holds a BA from St. Mary’s College of Maryland, where he studied with his Father Jeffrey Silberschlag (Principal Trumpet RAI Torino ret). He holds a Masters of Music from Manhattan School of Music, and a Doctorate from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Zachary can be heard on the soundtrack of “Maestro” Bradley Cooper’s 2023 Biopic of Leonard Bernstein with Yannick Nezet Seguin conducting.