Tal Riva Theodorou

Tal Riva Theodorou (she/her)

Areas of expertise and interest:Music, orchestra, integration, intercultural communication, mediation, unconscious biases and conflict resolution

Diversity training working languages: English, Hebrew, German

Tal is a professional musician (viola) with Masters in Performance-Chamber Music from the Hochschule für Musik “Hanns Eisler” Berlin. She has more than 20 years of experience on stage as an orchestra and chamber music musician. Tal collaborates as a freelancer with orchestras such as Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki City Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Finnish National Opera and Ballet, Radio Symphony Orchestra in Berlin, Turku Philharmonic Orchestra and she is a member of the "West Eastern Divan Orchestra". She held a temporary position as the principal viola at Pori Sinfonietta. She has shared the stage with conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, the late Pierre Boulez and Manfred Honeck.

As a Diversity Agent, Tal has collaborated with Dörren by Luckan and created a project to help integration of classical musicians called “Music Mingling”. Currently she is also advising on diversity, equity, and inclusion topics for FIMValencia, an international music festival in Spain. 

Tal is a certified Cultural Diversity and Sustainable Development Dialogue Cards workshop facilitator.

Tal has done DEI work with: Luckan, FIMValencia, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra,  Huhtamäki