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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 - 'Once I blinked Nothing was the Same'
Wednesday 28.9.22

 

Noam Zur, conductor 

 

Czernowin – Once I Blinked Nothing was the Same
Leef – Symphony No. 2, Visions of Stonecity
Tamimi – Xylo
Czernowin – Once I Blinked Nothing was the Same
Braun - Divertimento

 

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
Sergey Ostrovsky, violin

 

Weber - Der Freischütz: Overture
Paganini - Violin Concerto
Franck - Symphony in d minor

 

Puccini - Il Tabarro
Saturday 19.11.22 | 20:00

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In cooperation with the Jerusalem Opera
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Omer Arieli, conductor
Daniel Luis de Vicente, baritone
Yasmine Levi-Ellentuck, soprano
Zi-Zhao Guo, tenor
Noa Hope, mezzo soprano
Lev Elgardt, bass

Danielle Lasry, director

Puccini -Il Tabarro
Libretto: Giuseppe Adami
Based on Didier Gold’s La Houppelande

 

JSO at the Jerusalem Theater Piano Festival

'Romantic Music, Then and Now' Piano Festival Opening Concert
Wednesday 23.11.22 

 

Avishai Shalom,conductor
Andy Feldbau, piano
Gil Shohat, piano
Tomer Rubinstein, piano



'Symphonic Variations' - Piano Festival Finale Concert
Saturday 26.11.22 

Yi-An Xu, conductor
Amit Dolberg, piano
Tomer Lev, piano
Malachi Rosenbaum, piano

Yosef Tal – Piano Concerto No. 2
Franck – Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra
Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 2

 

Christmas Concert
Tuesday 27.12.22 | YMCA

 

The Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra
 David Shemer, music director


Daniela Skorka, soprano
Itamar Hildesheim, tenor
Guy Peltz, baritone
Marusha Brazocek, recorder

Bach - I am Happy in My Lot, Aria from Cantata BWV 84

Bach - Actus Tragicus, Cantata BWV 106

Corelli - Christmas Concerto Grosso No. 8 in g minor from Opus 6

Vivaldi - Concerto for Recorder and Orchestra

Avner Hanani - Concerto da Camera, world première, commissioned by Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra


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

 

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

David Aroson, conductor
Soloists TBA

 

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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Concerts in this Series
August 17

South America Tour Program - Free Admission upon Registration

20:00
Free Admission! Works by Elgar, Tchaikovsky and Antônio Carlos Gomes
August 24

A Summer Celebration: The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra hosts the Natan A. Ensemble

21:00
A special concert in the frame of the Jerusalem Theater's 'End of Summer' festival
January 4

A Salute to the Young Soloists of Jerusalem (Dorot)

19:30
Works by Mozart, R. Strauss, Tchaikovsky, as well as excerpts from Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream
January 29

Strauss - Die Fledermaus (Haifa)

20:00
the full production of Strauss’ Die Fledermaus, a marvelous musical show in cooperation with the Vienna Israel Vocal Connection, with more than 100 participants, under the baton of David Aronson
February 1

Strauss - Die Fledermaus (Beer Sheva)

20:00
the full production of Strauss’ Die Fledermaus, a marvelous musical show in cooperation with the Vienna Israel Vocal Connection, with more than 100 participants, under the baton of David Aronson
December 26

Israel in Egypt - The Museum for Islamic Art Version

20:00
A unique musical project, conceived and written by composer and oud player Yair Dalal from Handel's oratorio Israel in Egypt, together with Jewish music and Sufi poetry.
December 28

The 'Kan Kol HaMusica' Young Artist Competition | Free admission upon registration 

19:00
Final Round and Gala Concert | Piano Concerti by Beethoven and Chopin | Yi-An Xu, conductor
March 10

Piano Forever Competition Winners Concert

20:30
Works by Beethoven, Rachmaninoff and Schuman.
April 10

Mikhail Mering and the JSO in Ashdod

20:30
Works by Listz, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky and Romski-Korsakov.
April 25

Spring is Here - Passover Concert

19:30
A selection of Passover songs, Opera classics and cantorials
May 1

The Future Is Already Here - The JSO Hosts the Young Soloists of Jerusalem

18:00
A concert with young soloists from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance and Hasadna Conservatory Jerusalem, under the baton of Guy Feder: Works by Beethoven, Grieg, Bruch and more
May 6

From Holocaust to Resurrection - Open Concert (Free Admission)

19:30
Works by Salomone Rossi, Ravel, Efrat Gerlich, Ido Shirom, Uri Netanel and Puccini, as well as songs in Yiddish and Ukrainian and Israeli songs
May 12

Remembering, Singing and Telling Stories - Memorial Day Concert - Free admission

20:00
The songs that touch us all - arranged and conducted by Yaron Gottfried, with Israel's finest musicians.
July 7

Gala Concert - Inauguration of the New Collections Dept. in Yad Vashem

20:00
Works by Mahler, Barber, Rachmaninoff, John Williams, Paul Ben-Haim and Hans Krása, as well as cantorials and Israeli songs.
November 30

Hallelujah! Sing to the Lord a New Song

20:00
Works by Mozart, Chopin, Poulenc, Thompson and Irena Svetova
December 23

Praise the Lord with Many Voices

19:30
Choral works by Brahms, Mendelssohn, Bernstein and Yehezkel Braun
August 6

Nine Measures - A Jerusalem Fantasy

19:30
A 90 minute concert-video, bringins together different worldsm genres and aesthetiques, out of respect, love and listening to the voices rising from the rocky land.
August 28

Voices from The Silk Road: From Bukhara to Jerusalem

19:30
Benjamin Yusupov conducts an original programme featuring Jewish composers from Central Asia, written in the last seventy years
October 22

A Special Concert in the Framework of "Hatikva Project" by the Azrieli Foundation

20:00
Conductor Yuval Zorn and the JSO perform "Yizkor", for Violin and Orchestra by Ben-Haim and Symphony No. 21, "Kaddish", by Weinberg.
November 6

The Phantom of the Opera on Evita: A Tribute to the Great Musicals

19:30
Maestro Shohat and the JSO perform musical numbers from famous musicals - and more!
December 21

The World is a Stage

19:30
Assaf Benraf conducts the second concert in The Chorus Line Series - focusing on the Opera
December 23

Young Artist Competition

19:00
Free admission with advance registration - Piano concerti by Beethoven and Tchaikovsky
January 6

The Future is Already Here - A Salute to the Young Soloists of Jerusalem

18:30
Works by Schumann, Handel, Ludwig August Lebrun, Ralph Vaughn Williams and more
January 29

Concert as part of the Kfar Saba Woodwinds and Brass Competition

19:00
The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra accompanies the Salzman Competition in its advanced stages
January 29

"The Voice of Maria": A Tribute to Maria Callas - The Israel Sinfonietta Beer Sheva in Jerusalem

19:30
A tribute to the iconic soprano Maria Callas, featuring some of the most beautiful andfamous arias, performed by the winner of the Maria Callas International Competition
February 19

"And on the Sixth Day": A Symphony to Israeli Nature | A Cinematic Concert Experience

17:00
A unique cinematic concert experience! 
March 23

A Concert with Amos Talmon and Dorel Golan (Herzliya) - postponed

20:00
Postponed - new date TBA Conductor Amos Talmon and pianist Dorel Golan perform works by Mussorgsky, Shostakovich and Kalinnikov
March 24

A Concert with Amos Talmon and Dorel Golan -postponed

19:30
Postponed – new date TBA Conductor Amos Talmon and pianist Dorel Golan perform works by Mussorgsky, Shostakovich and Kalinnikov
April 21

Special Concert for the 78th Independence Day of the State of Israel

21:30
Works by Lavry, Rimsky-Korsakov, Elgar and Elli Jaffe, as well as arias from operas by Mozart, Verdi, Bizet and Donizetti
May 27

The Enchanting World of Stage Music (cancelled)

19:30
Maestro Jacopo Sipari from Italy conducts an evening featuring highlights from the greatest operas and ballets, with soprano Ira Bertman
June 10

Celebrating 250 Years to the US Declaration of Independence

19:30
Maestro Leon Botstein conducts an All-American musical celebration - Works by Ives, Copland, William Grant Still and Dudley Buck
July 30

Hear My Voice - A Concert of Liturgical Music

19:30