{"id":21628,"date":"2012-09-11T00:15:35","date_gmt":"2012-09-11T07:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=21628"},"modified":"2012-09-20T00:34:37","modified_gmt":"2012-09-20T07:34:37","slug":"israeli-music-celebration-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=21628","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Music Celebration 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Meitar Ensemble\/Photo: Noa Dolberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Start the year with music! The Israeli Music Celebration invites everyone to enjoy the talents of Israeli musicians and composers \u2013 FREE! The annual festival, now in its 15th year, will present concerts in Jerusalem, Haifa, Tel Aviv, Nazareth Illit and Beer Sheva, from September 19 \u2013 23, 2012. This year, the festival is under the baton of a new Artistic Director, Dr. Boaz Ben-Moshe.<\/p>\n

Mordechai Seter<\/a> (1916 \u2013 1994) has been selected \u201cComposer of the Year,\u201d and the opening concert in Jerusalem will feature his \u201cTikkun Hatzot,\u201d a rhapsody on Yemenite themes, performed by the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra.<\/p>\n

The Meitar Ensemble<\/a> with soloists Amit Dolberg and Gabi Sadeh will open the festival, works performed will include compositions by Oded Zehavi and Yinam Leef. The festive concert \u201cMa\u2019avarim,\u201d will be performed by the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra towards evening, and the soloist brothers Daniel and Alexander Gurfinkel (both currently \u201cMusicians of Excellence\u201d serving in the IDF) will play a concerto for two clarinets by Yusopov. The program will include a work by Yaron Gottfreid and the world premiere of \u201cBazriha\u201d (at sunrise) by Menachem Zur.<\/p>\n

Ben Moshe envisions a festival that celebrates the full range of Israeli music in all its diversity, and the program reflects this in its inclusion of different genres, emerging as well as eminent composers, and musicians of all ages. In Haifa, the afternoon program will include a jazz concert, followed by \u201cThe Song of Women\u201d with the Hemiola Women\u2019s Choir and performed by an all-women\u2019s ensemble of four harps and a string quartet, featuring the work of composer\u00a0 Tsippi Fleischer\u2019s <\/a>\u201cAvram\u201d – an oratorio portraying the birth of monotheism, and other Israeli composers. The evening program will feature works by the founding generation of Israeli composers \u2013 Setter\u2019s \u201cCantata for Shabbat,\u201d \u201cSymphony No. 1\u201d by Ben Haim, and\u00a0 Marc Lavry\u2019s <\/a>\u201cEmek,\u201d alongside young composer\u00a0 Lotem Asner\u2019s<\/a> \u201cPrayer for Peace.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Yair Dalal\/Photo courtesy of PR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This year, the festival will come to Nazareth for the first time, and the Nazareth Arab Music Orchestra will participate in the festival, performing in their home venue. The closing concert in Beer Sheva will host two of Israel\u2019s international music ambassadors:\u00a0 clarinetist Giora Feidman<\/a> and\u00a0 Yair Dallal<\/a> on oud, who will perform works by Gil Aldema, Aryeh Levanon, Aviya Kopelman<\/a>, and a work by Yair Dallal.<\/p>\n

To view the full program, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Admission to all concerts is FREE, but advanced registration is required, as these are very popular events, and space is limited. A select number of concerts will be broadcast on \u201cKol Hamusica.\u201d Group orders: Roselia Hefetz productions 03-6961593.
\nPerformances:
\nSeptember 19 \u2013 from 16:00, Jerusalem Theatre, Jerusalem. To reserve places, call: 02-5605755.
\nSeptember 20 \u2013 from 15:30, Rappaport Centre, Haifa. To reserve places, call: 04-8330625.
\nSeptember 21 \u2013 from 11:00, Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv. To reserve places, call: 03-6961593.
\nSeptember 22 \u2013 21:00, Berkovitz Community Centre, Nazareth Illit. To reserve places, call: 03-6961593.
\nSeptember 23 \u2013 from 17:00, Performing Arts Centre, Beer Sheva. To reserve places, call: 08-6266422.
\nIsraeli Music Celebration. Artistic Director: Dr. Boaz Ben-Moshe; Producer: Paul Landau \u2013 Israeli Music Institute; Line Producer: Rosalia Hefetz Productions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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