David Bar-Illan's first major appearance on the international stage took place in his native Israel with the Israel Philharmonic under the baton of Dimitri Mitropoulos, who immediately urged Leonard Bernstein to engage him for appearances with the New York Philharmonic. Since then he has appeared with major orchestras of the U.S. including Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Detroit, Minnesota, Cincinnati, Washington, D.C., Indianapolis, Baltimore, New Orleans and others, as well as the great European orchestras: the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Vienna Symphony, the Berlin Philharmonic, and the orchestras of Munich, Stuttgart, Stockholm, Oslo and Copenhagen. He gave the world premiere performances of Robert Starer's Piano Concerto No. 3, which was commissioned for him, in Baltimore, Cincinnati, Jerusalem, New York and Munich.

Taking time off from concertizing, he served as editor-in-chief of the Jerusalem Post (1992-1996) and as Director of Communications in the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem (1996-1999).

CD 72006

CD 72009 

   
David Bar-Illan -
Moszkowski, Franck, Saint-Saens
  

David Bar-Illan - Beethoven

      
Moszkowski - Piano Concerto, Opus 59
Franck - Symphonic Variations
Saint-Saens - Concerto No. 2,
Opus 22

  
Beethoven Sonatas -
No. 3 in C, No. 14 (Moonlight),
No. 21 (Waldstein)
Eroica Variations

  CD 72030
  

CD 72031
   

David Bar-Illan -
Tchaikovsky, Liszt, Chopin,
Berstein, Ben-Haim
   

David Bar-Illan -
Mussorgsky, Liszt, Weber, Chopin
   

    
Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 2
Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 1
Chopin - 8 Etudes
Bernstein - Masque (Age of Anxiety)
Ben-Haim - Toccata

     
Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition
Liszt - Dante Sonata
Weber  - Sonata No. 2 in A-flat
Chopin - Ballade No. 4

CD 72066-2
   

David Bar-Illan -
Rameau, Beethoven, Chopin, Schubert, Liszt   

Beethoven - "Appassionata", "Waldstein"
Rameau - Gavotete and Six Doubles
Mendelssohn - Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 14