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Eli Eban was born in New York and received his early musical training in Israel, studying the clarinet with Richard Lesser and Yona Ettlinger. He continued his education at the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Anthony Gigliotti. he was appointed principal clarinetist of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra under Lukas Foss, and shortly thereafter he joined the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra at the invitation of Maestro Zubin Mehta. During his thirteen seasons with the Israel Philharmonic, he performed and recorded all the major orchestral repertoire with the world's finest conductors, including Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim, Leonard Bernstein, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Charles Dutoit, Christoph Eschenbach, James Levine, Kurt Masur, Sir Simon Rattle, Leonard Slatkin, Sir Georg Solti, and Klaus Tennstedt.
Mr. Eban tours extensively as a chamber musician, collaborating with world renowned artists and ensembles. He has been guest artist with the Alexander, Audubon, Orion, St. Petersburg, Tel Aviv and Ying Quartets. He was a frequent participant of the famed Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont.
Eban served as visiting professor of clarinet at the Eastman School of Music before joining the faculty of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in 1990.
Eli Eban divides his time between teaching at Indiana University, performing with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, and touring as a soloist and chamber musician.
