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The Meitar Ensemble\/Photo: Noa Dolberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Israeli Music Celebration will take place from September 19 \u2013 23, 2012 with concerts in Jerusalem, Haifa, Tel Aviv, Nazareth and Beer Sheva. Read more about it here<\/a>.\u00a0 Admission to all concerts is free, but requires advance registration. The full program, venue and registration details below:<\/p>\n

Wednesday, September 19, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jerusalem Theatre, 20 Marcus Street, Jerusalem. To reserve places, call: 02-5605755<\/p>\n

16:00 Rebecca Crown Auditorium. ISRAELI POETRY. Oded Zehavi: Old Poet\u2019s Songs for flute, string quartet, electric guitar and percussion (Meron Isaacson) \/ Chaya Czernowin: Seed 1 for string quartet \/ Arik Shapira: Partita for violin and cello \/ Yinam Leef: Eloges des Choses Ephermes \u2013 selections from a song cycle for tenor and piano (Israel Eliraz).
\nGabi Sadeh \u2013 tenor, Amit Dolberg \u2013 piano. Ensemble Meitar.
\nConductor: Ziv Cojocaru
\nGabi Sadeh, one of Israel\u2019s finest dramatic tenors, performs works written expressly for him by two composers, whose affinity with Hebrew poetry forms major aspect of their oeuvre. Between these are works for instrumental ensemble by Chaya Czernowin and Arik Shapira.<\/p>\n

18:00 Rebecca Crown Auditorium. Homage to the Winners of the 2012 Prime Minister\u2019s Award for Composers
\nHadas Goldschmidt-Halfon: Two movements from String Quartet No. 1 \/ Marina Geller: Hybrid for violin and piano \/ Menacheme Wiesenberg: Monodialogue – fantasia for cello solo \/\u00a0 Jonathan Keren: Passacaglia for violin, cello and piano \/ Rami Shuler: The Wind Dance from the jazz suite The Unforgettable Wind \/ Zohar Sharon: The Ice Palace for chamber ensemble (commissioned for Israel Chamber Project by the John and Adel Gray Fund for a 2012 concert tour)
\nEnsemble Paul Ben-Haim
\nConductor and Music Director:
\nGaddiel Dombrowner
\nAs in previous years, the moving presentation of the Prime Minister\u2019s Awards for Composers is incorporated into the Israeli Music Celebration. In this concert, we will hear selected works by the recipients.<\/p>\n

19:30 Rebecca Crown Auditorium. The 2012 Prime Minister\u2019s Award for Composers Ceremony. Immediately after the concert, we will gather to attend the award ceremony, in the presence of the Minister of Culture and Sports, Ms. Limor Livnat.
\n21:00 Henry Crown Auditorium. Transitions Gala opening
\nYaron Gottfried: Transitions for orchestra \/ Benjamin Yusupov: Images of the Soul \u2013 Concerto for two clarinets and orchestra \/ Mordecai Seter: Midnight Vigil \u2013 Rhapsody on Yemenite Themes \/ Menachem Zur: At Dawn (WP)
\nDaniel and Alexander Gurfinkel \u2013 clarinets
\nJerusalem Symphony Orchestra, IBA
\nConductor: Guy Feder
\nCompositions by four composers, reflecting the multi-faceted aesthetics of Israeli music.<\/p>\n

Thursday, September 20, 2012<\/strong>
\nRappaport Hall, Merkaz Hakarmel, 138 Hanasi Blvd. Haifa. To reserve places, call: 04-8330625<\/p>\n

15:30 Rappaport Hall. Israeli Swing \u2013 World Premieres
\nArnon Palti: A Moroccan Medley \/ Dubi Seltzer: I Put in the Desert Cedar (arr. Arnon Palti) \/ Shai Cohen: She who Resides in the Fields \/ John Bostock: Mr. Gong \/ Guri Agmon: The Music Knows; Horizontal \/ Sivan Shenhav: Symphony for \u2018big band\u2019 (1st movement)
\nEsti Keinan Ofri \u2013 voice; Wissam Gibran \u2013 Ud
\nThe Thalamus Quartet
\nThe Hod Hasharon Big Band Orchestra
\nConductor: Gury Agmon
\nIsraeli composers, with one foot firmly planted in Israeli concert music and the other in the world of jazz, were commissioned to compose works for \u2018big band\u2019 \u2013 Jazz\u2019s unique orchestral ensemble.<\/p>\n

17:30 Rappaport Hall. Women\u2019s Singing
\nEyal Bat: Open the Gates for Us (after Sasha Argov); My Consciousness Melts Away (Yona Wallach) \/ Hagar Kadima: Three Glances (Sh. Shifra) \/ Tsippi Fleischer: Avram – An Oratorio Portraying the Birth of Monotheism (WP) \/ Yael Tai: Songs by Hamutal Bar-Yosef \/ Moshe Zorman: Was It or Wasn\u2019t It (Nathan Alterman, Alexander Pen, Avraham Shlonsky) \/ Moshe Rasiuk: I Wish (O. Hillel)
\nYael Tai \u2013 soprano; Revital Raviv \u2013 soprano
\nVinokour Viaceslav \u2013 piano, Yonatan Niv \u2013 cello
\nThe Hemiola Choir
\nPiano: Eyal Bat
\nConductor: Ron Zarhi
\nAt the heart of this concert stands the world premiere of Tsippi Fleischer\u2019s Avram, an
\noratorio for a unique ensemble of women’s choir, three harps and five violins. Alongside
\nthis oratorio, we will hear various works, sharing one common thread \u2013 Hebrew poetry.<\/p>\n

21:00 Rappaport Hall. Composer of the Year
\nPaul Ben-Haim: Symphony No. 1 \/ Mordecai Seter: Sabbath Cantata \/ Lotem Asner: Prayer for Peace \/ Mark Lavry: Song of the Valley; Shepherd\u2019s Song
\nHadas Faran \u2013 soprano, Avital Deri \u2013 mezzo-soprano, Doron Florentin \u2013 tenor,
\nYair Polishuk \u2013 baritone
\nThe Kibbutz Artzi Choir
\nHaifa Symphony Orchestra
\nConductors: Yuval Ben-Ozer, Roi Oppenheim
\nThis concert will serve, both as a culmination of the first season of the Composer of the
\nYear project, which was dedicated to Paul Ben-Haim \u2013 and as a festive opening for
\nthe project\u2019s second season, dedicated to Mordecai Seter. Alongside two of the most
\nimportant works composed by the founders of Israeli art music, this event will also feature
\nthree works for a-cappella choir.<\/p>\n

Friday, September 21, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tel Aviv Museum, 27 Shaul Hamelech Blvd. Tel Aviv. To reserve places, call: 03-6961593.<\/p>\n

11:00 Recanati Hall. \u201cBeyond all this\u201d
\nShimon Cohen: Concerto for saxophone and orchestra \/ Mordecai Seter: Jephtah\u2019s Daughter \/ Amos Elkana: Hommage \u00e0 Ligeti \/ Mark Kopytman: \u201cBeyond all this…\u201d
\nAmit Dubester \u2013 saxophone
\nThe Israel Netanya Kibbutz Orchestra
\nConductor: Yi-An Xu
\nA homage to Mark Kopytman, one of Israel\u2019s foremost composers, who died earlier this
\nyear; another piece by the Composer of the Year, Mordecai Seter, originally composed for dance; and two additional works.<\/p>\n

13:30 Recanati Hall. Israeli Lyricism
\nNitzan Leibovitz: Ornaments for piano \/ Mordecai Seter: Sonata for piano \/ Stella Lerner: Five Songs for soprano, narrator, clarinet and piano (Leah Goldberg) \/ Ayal Adler: Allegretto Misterioso for two pianos \/ Yehezkel Braun: Six Bagatelles for two pianos
\nSharon Rostorf-Zamir \u2013 soprano, Jonathan Hadas \u2013 clarinet, Michal Bat-Adam \u2013 actress,
\nVictor Stanislavky \u2013 piano, Ofra Yitzhaki \u2013 piano, Yuval Admoni and Tami Kanazawa
\n\u2013 piano duo
\nLyrical Israeli music for piano, and at the heart of the concert \u2013 Stella Lerner\u2019s lyrical
\nsettings of poems by Leah Goldberg.<\/p>\n

15:00 Assia Pavilion. Freedom of Choice
\nA special project in collaboration with the Musica Nova Consort Leon Schidlowsky: Chanson, Am Grabe Kafkas (in collaboration with Opera Camera, director: Dani Ehrlich) \/ Dan Handelsman:
\nGroove Canon \/ Adaya Godlesvky: Created in Time \/ Assif Tsahar: Schlafstunde
\nA concert presenting works which combine visual elements, graphic scores and video art with musical composition.
\nSaturday, September 22, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

Berkovich Community Center Auditorium, 4 Maale Yitshak St. Upper Nazareth. To reserve places, call: 03-6961593.<\/p>\n

21:00 Arab Music
\nNizar Radwan: Haifa; Nisan; Samaii hijaz kar \/ Franswa Elkhel: Amal; Samaii Rahat
\nElarwah \/ Yusef Assad Matar: Rawan; Juman \/ Waseem Odey: Samarqand; Longa
\nNakreez \/ Sukayna Darawshi: Tamannaytu
\nThe Arab Music Orchestra
\nConductor: Nizar Radwan
\nA concert of Arab-Israeli music, featuring classically-oriented works (Samaii) alongside modern works and songs. This is the first collaboration between the Israeli Music Celebration and this orchestra, appearing in its hometown, Nazareth.<\/p>\n

Sunday, September 23, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beer Sheva Centre for the Performing Arts, 41 Reger St. Beer Sheva. To reserve places, call: 08-6266422.<\/p>\n

17:00 Beer Sheva Conservatory Hall. Composers Writing for the Youth
\nThis unique project of the Israel Composers\u2019 League is now successfully reaching its fourth year. At its heart is the connection between active Israeli composers and aspiring singers and players and their teachers in conservatories across Israel.
\nThe 2012 Israeli Music Celebration hosts this project in a concert featuring students from various conservatories performing works emanating from this project.<\/p>\n

19:00 The Great Hall. Encounters
\nGil Aldema (arr. Sergei Abir): in Hassidic Mood \u2013 a suite in five movements \/ Peter
\nBreiner and Enrique Ugarte (arrangers): Klezmer Rhapsody \/ Aryeh Levanon: Israel Rhapsody for clarinet and strings \/ Aviya Kopelman: Once Upon a Time (Kan Ya Makan) \u2013 concerto for ud,\u00a0 violin and strings \/ Yair Dalal: Jethro
\nGiora Feidman \u2013 clarinet, Yair Dalal \u2013 ud,
\nYaron Prensky \u2013 violin
\nThe Israel Sinfonietta Beer Sheba
\nConductor: Amos Boasson
\nThe final concert in the Israeli Music Celebration hosts two performers composers who have disseminated Israeli music far across the country\u2019s boundaries.
\nAviya Kopelman\u2019s work introduces the sounds of the ud into the concert hall in the most natural way imaginable.
\n* The right to change the program is reserved<\/p>\n

Israeli 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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