Rivka Golani (Hebrew: רבקה גולני , born 22 March 1946) is a world–renowned Israeli-born viola player.She has performed as soloist with many orchestras throughout the world including the Boston Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw, BBC Symphony, BBC Philharmonic, Hong Kong Symphony, Singapore Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, Tokyo Metropolitan, Montreal Symphony and the Toronto Symphony. The BBC Music Magazine included her in its list of the 200 most important instrumentalists and the five most important violists currently concertizing.