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This is not only a wonderful sign of friendship between their people but certainly a musical collaboration to enjoy.
Zubin Mehta
Duo Amal is clearly like-minded, with the two pianists close friends, something that translates into their performance: synchronised, empathetic and, at times, with an edge of humour.
Sydney Morning Herald
It’s hard to imagine that these two pianists, so synchronized in their music-making, grew up in such different worlds.
The World
Duo Amal is Bishara Haroni and Yaron Kohlberg.
Since first coming together in 2008, pianists Bishara (Bash) and Yaron have shared their music with audiences around the world.
Named for the Arabic word meaning hope, Duo Amal embodies the spirit of connection and rare musical bond that defines their enduring friendship and artistic partnership. Their performances are a conversation—two voices listening, responding, and creating something greater together.
To experience their performance is to feel that spark of hope come alive.
AMAL | HOPE
Short Documentary
The Israeli-Palestinian piano duo is the subject of AMAL | Hope (2025), a new documentary short from Chinese-American filmmaker Eros Zhao. After winning “Best Documentary Short” at this year’s Bali International Film Festival, the film may be seen this fall in San Francisco (Nov 7), Los Angeles (Nov 8), Pasadena (Nov 9), St. Louis (Nov 13), New York (Nov 13; Dec 1–5), London (Nov 15; Dec 3), Copenhagen (Nov 16), and Tel Aviv (Nov 17–23), before coming to Los Angeles’s Zipper Hall early next year, when the screening will accompany a live performance by Duo Amal (Jan 10).
“We are not here to offer answers. We are here to offer music–complicated, layered, sometimes dissonant, sometimes breathtakingly in sync. Just like the story we share.”
—Duo Amal
