Neal Brostoff has soloed (as pianist) with the Los Angeles Philharmonic numerous times and also functioned as orchestra pianist and/or soloist with the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra, New West Symphony, Pasadena Symphony, Burbank Symphony and COTA Orchestra. Active as a chamber music recitalist, Mr. Brostoff performed regularly at the Monday Evening Concerts at LACMA, on tour with the American Ballet Theater, and he has recorded for motion pictures and television.

Additionally, Mr. Brostoff has held the positions of music specialist for the Skirball Cultural Center, cultural affairs director for the Consulate General of Israel in Los Angeles, concert manager of The Pasadena Symphony, and he has lectured in music in the Los Angeles Community College District since 1976.

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Neal Brostoff received his early musical training in piano, theory and chamber music in the preparatory school of the California Institute of the Arts. He continued his higher education studies at Mount St. Mary's College (B.Mus.), California State University at Fullerton (M.A.) and California State University at Northridge (Secondary Teaching Credential)

Neal Brostoff has worked professionally in Jewish music in Los Angeles since 1971. He has held the positions of organist/choir director/music director at Adat Ari El (1971-86) and at Temple Aliyah (1986- ).

Mr. Brostoff has served the international Jewish community as a resource and has promoted Jewish arts education since the early 1980’s. As executive director of the Jewish Center for the Performing Arts, he worked with Jean Friedman to lay the groundwork for what would eventually become the Zimmer Jewish Children’s Museum. In 1992, through the Synagogue Funding program of the Jewish Community Foundation/Council on Jewish Life, he developed a program to retrain Russian Jewish immigrant pianists in Los Angeles as synagogue organists; the program has yielded lasting benefits for the participants and the Jewish community.

Performances of Jewish chamber music added a new dimension to Los Angeles Jewish culture, beginning in 1980, with Mr. Brostoff’s founding of the Manya Trio. Additionally, Mr. Brostoff has lectured on Jewish music subjects at UCLA, on public radio and for local organizations.

In 1986, Neal Brostoff founded the Jewish Music Foundation in order to further his goals of presenting new and underplayed works of Jewish interest to local audiences. This goal was furthered by annual series of Jewish Music Foundation concerts, and by the addition of programs under the organization’s aegis, namely the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony (beginning in 1994) and the Los Angeles Zimriyah Chorale (1997).

Recent projects include positions as concert producer for the Los Angeles segment of Sounds of Healing, (November, 2000, Royce Hall); consultation for the World Festival of Sacred Music, a Dalai Lama-inspired global festival in October, 1999; member of planning committee for the 1993 Los Angeles Festival (directed by Peter Sellars).