Special Concerts
Special concerts produced by the JSO together with cultural institutions in Jerusalem and elsewhere.
Annual collaborations with Jerusalem Theater’s Piano Festival, the Vienna-Tel Aviv Vocal Connection’s annual production (Die Fledermaus) and with the Jerusalem Opera, a concert with renowned soprano and tenor Yusif Eyvazov in Heichal Hatarbut, the final concert of the International Conducting Master Class Jerusalem, the Young Artist Competition at the Eden-Tamir Music Center, two concerts under the baton of Maestro Leon Botstein and concerts with winners of the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition, a concert celebrating Brazil’s 200th Anniversary, and a celebration of Israel’s 75 years of Independence.
Concerts included in the series:
Brazil! Celebrating Brazil’s 200th Anniversary
Thursday 8.9.22 | 20:00
In cooperation with the Embassy of Brazil
Ligia Amadio, conductor
Leo Gandelman, saxophone
Gomes - Alvorada from Lo Schiavo
Gnattali - Brasiliana No. 7, for Saxophone and Orchestra
Villa-Lobos - Uirapurú
D. Pedro I - Hino da Independência
Songs by Jobim, played by Leo Gandelman and more
Israel Music Fest
Wednesday 28.9.22
Details TBA
Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov in Heichal HaTarbut
Saturday 1.10.22 | 20:00 | Heichal HaTarbut Tel Aviv
Marco Boemi, conductor
Ana Netrebko, soprano
Yusif Eyvazov, tenor
The finest operatic arias with one of the world’s finest sopranos
The Romantic Piano
Sunday 23.10.22 | 20:30 | Hamishkan Ashdod
In cooperation with the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, TAU
Yi-An Xu, conductor
Tomer Lev, piano
Lior Lifshitz, piano
Alon Kariv, piano
Glinka - Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture
Mendelssohn - Piano Concerto No. 1
Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1
Paganini and Franck
Thursday 10.11.22 | 20:30 | Hamishkan Ashdod
Marc Albrecht, conductor
Ning Feng, violin
Weber - Der Freischütz: Overture
Paganini - Violin Concerto
Franck - Symphony in d minor
Puccini - Il Tabarro
Saturday 19.11.22 | 20:00
In cooperation with the Jerusalem Opera
Conductor TBA
Soloists TBA
Puccini - Il Tabarro
JSO at the Jerusalem Theater Piano Festival
Wednesday 23.11.22 - Opening Concert
Saturday 26.11.22 - Finale Concert
Details TBA
Dido and Aeneas
Sunday 7.12.22 | YMCA
Steven Sloane, conductor
Soloists TBA
Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra
David Shemer, music director
Choir TBA
Purcell - Dido and Aeneas
Young Artist Competition Finale Concert
Thursday 29.12.22
In cooperation with the Eden-Tamir Center Ein Kerem
Details TBA
Mahler’s Sixth
Thursday 19.1.23
Leon Botstein, conductor
Berg - Three Pieces from Lyric Suite
Mahler - Symphony No. 6
Strauss - Die Fledermaus
In cooperation with The Vienna-Tel Aviv Vocal Connection
David Aroson, conductor
Soloists TBA
Sunday 29.1.23 | 20:00 | Haifa Auditorium
Monday 30.1.23 | 20:00 | Sherover Hall, Jerusalem Theater
Tuesday 31.1.23 | 20:00 | Heichal HaTarbut Rishon LeZion
Wednesday 1.2.23 | 20:00 | Beer Sheva Performance Center
Works by Shostakovich and Prokofiev
Sunday 5.2.23 | Hamishkan Ashdod
Steven Sloane, conductor
Kolja Blacher, violin
Shostakovich - Moscow, Cheryomushki Suite
Prokofiev - Violin Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5
Harlap - The Opera Thérèse Raquin
Thursday 23.3.23 | 20:00
In cooperation with the Jerusalem Opera
Conductor TBA
Soloists TBA
Harlap - Thérèse Raquin
Opening Concert of the Arthur Rubinstein Piano Competition
Tuesday 14.3.23 | Tel Aviv
Wednesday 15.3.23 | The Henry Crown Hall
Details TBA
Concert with the Winners of the Arthur Rubinstein Piano Competition 2023
Thursday 13.4.23 | The Henry Crown Hall
Details TBA
Independence Day Concert
Tuesday 25.4.23 | 21:30
Steven Sloane, conductor
Gal James, soprano
Noa Frenkel, alto
Tenor TBA
Bass TBA
JAMD Chamber Choir
Stanley Sperber, chorusmaster
The Gary Bertini Israeli Choir
Ronen Borshevsky, chorusmaster
Wolpe - Fantasy for Orchestra, world première, commissioned by the JSO
Beethoven - Symphony No. 9, Choral
The Romantic Piano | Ashkelon
Tuesday 23.5.23 | 20:00 | Heichal HaTarbut Ashkelon
In cooperation with the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, TAU
Yi-An Xu, conductor
Tomer Lev, piano
Lior Lifshitz, piano
Alon Kariv, piano
Glinka - Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture
Mendelssohn - Piano Concerto No. 1
Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1
Yom Shir
Thursday 8.6.23
A celebration of song in which all residents are invited to take part, culminating in a special event, with the participation of the entire audience (location TBA).
Teachers and Friends
Wednesday 21.6.23
Leon Botstein, conductor
Tchaikovsky - Francesca da Rimini, Tone Poem
Rachmaninov/Respighi - Cinq Études-Tableaux
Taneyev - Symphony No. 4
The International Conducting Master Class 3-13.7.23
A collaboration with the JAMD
Steven Sloane, artistic director
Participants Finale Concert
Thursday 13.7.23
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