The Israeli Mandolin Soloists is a chamber ensemble composed entirely of plucked string instruments. Yaki Reuven, an artist who in recent years has been taking care of the next generation of Israeli mandolin players, saw it as his duty to preserve the rigorous specialization track in artistic mandolin playing in the Jerusalem Academy of Music, and created a group of Israeli performers, that will serve as a home for those excellent artists who graduate from his class at the Academy. The ensemble is rooted in the Beer-Sheva Conservatory. The best mandolin soloists in the world studied in this conservatory, and the collaboration with the Jerusalem Academy created one of the loveliest establishments with plucked string instruments.