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Ofer Canetti is a cellist, arranger and chamber musician with a versatile international career encompassing solo performance, orchestral practice, recording projects and pedagogical activities.

As a guest solo cellist, Ofer Canetti is regularly invited by leading orchestras, including De Munt/La Monnaie in Brussels, the Staatsorchester Stuttgart, the Musikkollegium Winterthur and the SWR Symphonieorchester. Since 2025 he has been a member of the Immersio Trio Vienna, with which he tours extensively throughout Europe. With this ensemble he is also committed to social engagement: in Kyiv, Ukraine, the trio takes part in a volunteer project in which music is deployed as a form of support and resilience in times of crisis, through concerts and educational activities.

In the discographic field, Canetti distinguishes himself through a strong commitment to lesser-known repertoire. In 2025 his recording of the complete works for cello by Paul Ben-Haim was released, realised with the Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen under the direction of Friederike Kienle. This recording was issued on the Capriccio label in collaboration with SWR and Naxos Germany. In addition, he has worked together with the label CPO, which in 2026 will release the world premiere recording of the complete chamber music of the Ukrainian composer Stefania Turkewich.

Ofer Canetti studied at the Buchmann–Mehta School of Music in Tel Aviv, the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln and the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg. There he was taught by distinguished musicians and cellists such as Uzi Wiesel, Clemens Hagen and Hillel Zori. Alongside his performing career, he is active as a teacher: he has given masterclasses in Germany, Belgium, Portugal and Georgia, among other countries, is artistic director of the Haliaeti Masterclasses in Slovenia, and gives an annual masterclass at the Buchmann–Mehta School of Music in Tel Aviv.