{"id":7149,"date":"2010-09-02T07:41:55","date_gmt":"2010-09-02T14:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=7149"},"modified":"2010-09-08T02:05:47","modified_gmt":"2010-09-08T09:05:47","slug":"israeli-music-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=7149","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Music Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Meitar Ensemble\/Photo courtesy of PR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Israeli music is celebrating \u2013 and everyone is invited! The 13th Israeli Music Celebration will take place September 11 \u2013 15 with five days of FREE concerts in five cities: Haifa, Givatayim, Beer Sheva, Tel Aviv and the grand finale in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n

Artistic director Michael Wolpe presents a program that showcases the richness and diversity of Israeli composers, with world premieres, works by emerging composers and the rare opportunity to hear works, such as the Second Concerto by Josef Tal, one of the pioneers of Israeli music. The festival will also celebrate the centenary of Josef Tal (1910 \u2013 2008), composer David Zehavi and poet Nathan Alterman.\u00a0The Israeli Music Celebration is a\u00a0production of the Israel Music Institute, produced by Paul Landau. This year, the gala closing concert on September 15th will be in collaboration with the Piyyut Festival, which takes place in Jerusalem from September 13 \u2013 16, 2010.<\/p>\n

Music lovers \u2013 it\u2019s time to celebrate. Everyone else \u2013 time to start loving music! The complete schedule:<\/p>\n

11.9.2010 HAIFA \u2013 RAPPAPORT HALL<\/strong>
\n20:00 \u2013 20:30 Lobby
\nLaunch of the new English edition of \u2018Paul Ben-Haim: His Life and Works\u2019 by Jehoash Hirshberg, published by the Israel Music Insitute. The author will sign copies of his book at the end of the event.<\/p>\n

21:00 \u2013 23:00 Rapaport Hall Gala Opening
\nZohar Sharon: Hot-Blooded White Land (WP)
\nJosef Tal: Concerto No. 2 for piano and orchestra
\nYaron Hasson: On Thy Walls, Jerusalem for classical guitar and orchestra (based on piyyutim by Yemenite Jews, orchestration: Sergei Abir)
\nEmanuel Vahl: Jewish Dances for symphony orchestra<\/p>\n

Haifa Symphony Orchestra
\nSoloists: Amit Dolberg \u2013 piano, Yaron Hasson \u2013 guitar
\nConductor: Roi Oppenheim<\/p>\n

Rappaport Hall, 38 HaNassi Avenue
\nTickets: Haifa Symphony Orchestra 04-8330635<\/p>\n

12.9.2010 GIVATAYIM \u2013 GIVATAYIM THEATRE
\n<\/strong>17:00 \u2013 18:15 Main Auditorium
\nIsraeli Chamber Music with Ensemble Meitar
\nJohn Bostock: Loud Music With (Only A Few) Quiet Bits
\nYinam Leef: Serenity Lost \u2013 Diptych for violin and chamber ensemble
\nMenachem Zur: Free Sex-tet
\nHana Ajiashvili: Colour Games<\/p>\n

Members of Ensemble Meitar
\nSoloist: Moshe Aharonov \u2013 violin
\nConductor: Guy Feder<\/p>\n

19:00 \u2013 20:00 Auditorium Stage
\nSymposium: The Melodic and the Abstract, the Immediate and the Distant \u2013 Dilemmas in Israeli Music
\nA discussion with composers Irena Svetova, Yinam Leef and Menahem Zur, musicologist Jehoash Hirshberg and pianist Amit Dolberg.
\nModerator: Michael Wolpe<\/p>\n

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Karin Ben Yosef\/Photo courtesy of PR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

20:30 \u2013 22:30 Main Auditorium
\nWe Sing To You \u2013 two premieres and a homage to David Zehavi on his centenary
\nIrena Svetova: Concerto for piano, soprano and chamber orchestra
\nYaron Gottfried: Blindness (after a novel by Jos\u00e9 Saramago) for narrator and orchestra
\nDavid Zehavi: Selected songs in new arrangements<\/p>\n

The Netanya Kibbutz Orchestra
\nSoloists: Revital Hachamoff \u2013 piano, Lian Aharoni \u2013 soprano, Dafna Zehavi \u2013 alto, Ofer Caliaf \u2013 tenor and narrator
\nConductor: Karin Ben-Yosef<\/p>\n

Givatayim Theatre, 40 Remez Street, Givatayim.
\nTickets: Givatayim Theatre Box Office 03-7325340<\/p>\n

13.9.2010 BEER SHEVA \u2013 BEER SHEVA PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE<\/strong>
\n16:30 \u2013 17:45 Conservatoire Hall
\nEnsemble Nikel: Multidisciplinary Music
\nGilad Vaknin: Sonatas and Interludes for saxophone, electric guitar, percussion and piano, with short video-art works by Leevi Winter
\nYuval Shaked: L\u2019augmentation for piano
\nSivan Cohen-Elias: Riba for electric guitar and saxophone
\nChaya Czernowin: Sahaf for saxophone, electric guitar, percussion and piano<\/p>\n

18:30 \u2013 19:30 Conservatoire Hall
\nIsraeli Percussion \u2013 a concert by the percussionist Lev Loftus
\nA display of virtuosity and musicality: works by Yohanan Chendler, Amit Gilutz, Gilad Hochmann, Matti Kovier and Dan Deutsch, all composed for Lev Loftus and premiering in this concert.<\/p>\n

20:30 \u2013 22:30 The Main Auditorium
\nBeer Sheva Centre for Performing Arts
\nTovy Meshoulam: Ten Days of Atonement (based on a Jewish Hymn)
\nAvi Eilam Amzallag: Seven Eights fro piccolo and string orchestra
\nEliezer Alper: Double Concerto for violin, piano and orchestra
\nAlex Wasserman: Ricercar for orchestra<\/p>\n

Israel Sinfonietta Beer Sheva
\nSoloists: Lior Eitan \u2013 piccolo, Ron Regev \u2013 piano, Janna Gandelman \u2013 violin
\nConductor: Roi Azulai<\/p>\n

Beer Sheva Performing Arts Centre, 41 Reger Street, Beer Sheva.
\nTickets: Israel Sinfonietta Beer Sheva 08-6266422<\/p>\n

14.9.2010 TEL AVIV \u2013 TEL AVIV MUSEUM<\/strong>
\n13:00 \u2013 14:30 Kaufmann Auditorium
\nFrom Generation to Generation: Israeli Composers writing for New Generation Artists
\nThe Israel Composers League commissioned new Israeli works for ensembles in institutions of musical education in Israel, a selection of these works will be performed in the concert.<\/p>\n

16:00 \u2013 17:30 Kauffmann Auditorium
\nChants from the Hidden \u2013 Homage to Andre Hajdu
\nParticipants: Avishai Fish \u2013 singer, Ariel Halevi and Ron Trachtman \u2013 pianos, Jeanne Hanijer and Yael Barolsky \u2013 violins, Inna-Esther Joost and Jonathan Botlibovich \u2013 cellos, Orit Orbach \u2013 clarinet, Louisa Salomon \u2013 trombone, Amit Bar-Tsedek \u2013 accordion and the veteran Jerusalemite, Israel Prize Laureate composer Andre Hadju as pianist and moderator. Hadju will present a selection of his works from the last decade: piano pieces from The Book of Challenges, Inventions for violin and cello, Chants from the Hidden for cello and piano, Viennese Portraits for piano duo, and the world premiere of the Yiddish song cycle The Horse and the Coachman, performed by Avishai Fish.<\/p>\n

18:00 \u2013 19:30 Gallery
\nSymposium: Opera in Hebrew? On the Problems of Writing an Israeli Opera. A discussion with composers Joseph Bardanashvili, Eila Milch-Sheriff, Haim Permont and the musicologist Jehoash Hirshberg on The Ghosts\u2019 Inn and other Israeli operas. Moderated by Michael Wolpe.<\/p>\n

20:30 \u2013 21:45 Recanati Hall
\nMoshe Zorman: The Ghosts\u2019 Inn. A fully-staged production of the opera based on Nathan Alterman\u2019s play, in honor of the poet-playwright\u2019s centennial.
\nSoloists from Opera Camera: Guy Mannheim, Merav Barnea, Assaf Levitin, Idit Zamir and Yair Goren with an instrumental ensemble.
\nDirector: Daniel Erlich, Conductor: Roni Porat<\/p>\n

Tel Aviv Museum, 27 Shaul HaMelech Blvd, Tel Aviv.
\nTickets: Rosalia Heifetz Productions 03-6961593<\/p>\n

15.9.2010 JERUSALEM \u2013 THE JERUSALEM CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS<\/strong>
\n15:00 \u2013 16:00 The Little Theatre
\nSymposium: Between Folk to Art, Between East and West \u2013 Dilemmas in Israeli Music. A discussion with composers Josef Bardanashvili, Dan Deutsch, Hai Meirzadh and Yair Harel (performer, composer and artistic director of the Piyut Festival) on new trends in Israeli music. Moderator: Michael Wolpe.<\/p>\n

16:30 \u2013 18:30 Rebecca Crown Auditorium
\nEnsemble Meitar in homage to the Winners of the Prime Minister\u2019s Award for Composers.<\/p>\n

19:00 \u2013 20:00 Rebecca Crown Auditorium
\nThe 2010 Prime Minister\u2019s Award for Composers Ceremony
\nThe award ceremony will take place in the presence of senior members of the Culture Administration in the Ministry of Culture, and a government representative. The recipients: Gilad Cohen, Lior Navok, Elena Sokolovsky, Ron Weidberg, Daniel Zamir and Menachem Zur.<\/p>\n

20:30 \u2013 22:30 Henry Crown Hall
\nThe Eternal Theme \u2013 a Gala Concert
\nPaul Ben-Haim: The Eternal Theme for symphony orchestra
\nJosef Bardanashvili: Concerto for flute and orchestra
\nDan Deutsch, Adir Levy, Nissim Califa, Hai Meirzadh: New compositions based on traditional Hebrew piyutim (WP)<\/p>\n

The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, IBA
\nSoloists: Yossi Arenheim \u2013 flute, Yaron Deutsch \u2013 electric guitar, Morin Nehedar \u2013 voice, Lior Elmalich \u2013 piyut singer, Aharon Amram \u2013 piyut singer, Yair Harel and Michael Wolpe \u2013 editors, guidance for composers and piyut singers.
\nConductor: Daniel Cohen
\nThis event is supported by the Renanot Institute for Jewish Music and the Piyut Festival.<\/p>\n

The Jerusalem Centre for the Performing Arts, 20 Marcus Street, Jerusalem.
\nTickets: 02-5605755<\/p>\n

The Israeli Music Celebration is sponsored by the Israel Council for Art and Culture and the Ministry of Culture and Sports in collaboration with the Voice of Music, Israel Broadcasting Authority.
\nArtistic Director: Dr. Michael Wolpe, Production: Paul Landau, Israel Music Institute, Executive Producer: Rosalia Heifetz Productions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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