• Monday, 19.5
• Tuesday, 20.5
• Wednesday, 21.5
• Thursday, 22.5
• Friday, 23.5
• Saturday, 24.5
• Tickets Information

 

Monday, 19.5

The Piano in Visual Arts | 18:00 Recanati

Lecture with Prof. Mordechai Omer. Director and Chief curator of  the Tel Aviv Museum of Art

Admission free

Piano Extravaganza | 20:30 Recanati A

 In the presence of Mayor Ron Huldai. Tribute to Felicja Blumental.
Pianists: Alessio Bax, Lucille Chung (Canada). Anna Starzec (Poland) Yoni Farhi, Ofra Yitzhaki, Ron Trachtman (Israel); Israel Chamber Orchestra
The Program includes presentation with moments from the life of Felicja Blumental and concert. Scarlati – Sonata; Handel – The Harmonious Blacksmith; Villa-Lobos – Alma Brasilleira; Mendelssohn - Songs without words; Chopin – Scherzo; Beethoven – 32 Variations; Mozart – Concerto for two pianos in E Flat, K.365; Bach – Concerto for four pianos BWV 1065.

A reception will follow this concert to celebrate the Festival's 10th anniversary

 

Tuesday, 20.5

Lunch Time Movie | 12:00 Kaufmann Auditorium D

David Oistrakh (1908-1974): Title – Artist of the People?
A film by Bruno Monsaingeon. Includes rare archive material. Contribution from Menuhin, Kremer, Rozhdesvensky, Rostropovich and Igor Oistrakh. (75 min.) From the series: Great Artists of the 20th century . 1994

Music Fair at the galleries. All for one ticket C

17:00 Anna Starzec (Poland). Piano .

Chopin - Etudes E major op. 38;  Ballada in Fmajor op.38; Scherzo E major op.54; Nocturne F# major op.15 no.2; Symanovsky - Variationa on a Polish Folk Song.

18:00 A Talk with Choreographer Lior Lev.

19:00 A tribute to David Oistrakh

Evgenia Epstein, violin; Uri Brener, piano
Brahms – Scherzo; Shostakovich – 2nd from Sonata; Tchaikovsky – Serenade melancholy; Jazz on Paganini; Bartok – Six Romainian Dances; Chadrin – Concert piece.

Carnival in Venice| 20:30 Recanati B

Arias, Duets and more from the Baroque operas in Italy.
Musical Director: Zvi Meniker.
Claire Meghnagi, soprano. Roman Tsotsalas (Germany), baritone. Eran Sharel, actor;
Zvi Meniker, harpsichord; Hadas Fabrinkat, Tali Goldberg, violins; Katia Polin, viola; Hilla Epstein, cello; Israeli Trombone 4tet. Works by Gabrieli, Vivaldi, Strozzi and Monteverdi

 

Wednesday, 21.5

Lunch Time Movie | 12:00 Kaufmann Auditorium D

S. Richter – The Enigma.  A film by Bruno Monsaingeon. (154 min.)
One of the great pianists of all time, Sviatoslav Richter (1915-1997), seemed possessed by music alone. This documentary is rich in archive footage.

Music Fair at the galleries. All for one ticket C

17:00 Gidi Meir, harpsichord; Sonia Garcia,  spanish dancer;
Bach - Prelude & Fugue, B flat Major; Rameau - Suite in G Major & minor; Scarlatti - Two Sonatas in C Major; Carvalho - Toccata in g minor

18:00 A talk with Lucile Chung and Alessio Bax


19:00 The Three Cleopatra's

Hilla Baggio, soprano; Alexandra Chebat, mezzo soprano.
Eitan Schmeisser, harpsichord and musical director. Yasuko Hirata, baroque violin; Myrna Herzog, viola da gamba; Lior Ben Avraham, actor. Excerpts from Shakespeare plays. Duets and Arias from three different operas by Handel (1685 – 1759);  Hasse (1699-1783); Mattheson (1681–1764)

Piano and More| 20:30 Recanati B

Pianists: Alessio Bax & Lucille Chung (Canada), Ron Trachtman and Batia Murvich (Israel) 
Lutoslavsky – Paganini Variations for two pianos; Piazzola – Three Tangos for two pianos;Rakhmaninov - Suite No. 1 for two pianos; Mozart – Don Juan overture for eight hands; Beethoven – Egmont overture for eight hands 

Kamea Dance Company. Lior Lev - Choreography.
Music by Soler and Seixas. A recording by Felicja Blumental

 

Thursday, 22.5

Lunch Time Movie | 12:00 Kaufmann Auditorium D

Chagall. To Russia and others. With the help of hitherto unpublished family archives, and drawing on the infinite wealth of his paintings, sketches, engravings and monumental works…this film invites the viewer to rediscover the artist's universal, timeless oeuvre. Marc Chagall was a close friend of Felicja Blumental and Markus Mizne.

Music Fair at the galleries. All for one ticket C

17:00 Ofra Yitzhaki, piano Bach – Prelude and Fugues

18:00 A talk with director Christopher Monks

19:00 A la recherche de la musique perdue.
French Songs by Satie, Hahn, Saint-Saens, Chaminade.
Alexandra Chebat, mezzo soprano; Guy Manheim, tenor
Eithan Schmeisser, piano;

Armonico Consort (UK). | 20:30 Recanati A

Christopher Monks, conductor. Operas by Lully and Purcell
Performing on period instruments, The Armonico Consort present staged performances
Lully – Le bourgeois gentilhomme
Purcell - Dido & Aneas (including projected images)

 

Friday, 23.5

Movie and Lecture | 11:30 Kaufmann Auditorium D

Brasileirinho – The Choro. 2005. (90 min.) Presented by Marcello Gon?alves (English) and Daniela Spielman (Hebrew).
In his musical documentary, Mika Kaurismaki shows the history and the vitality of the choro, the first genuinely Brazilian urban music and its outstanding musicians Marcello Goncalves, Ze Paulo Becker and Ronaldo Souza among others.
Director: M. Kaurismaki.

Armonico Consort (UK); | 14:00  Recanati B

Christopher Monks, conductor; Oratorio program with eight singers and six musicians performing with period instruments. Allegri (1582-1652) - Miserere Mei; Buxtehude(1637-1707) - Membra Jesu Nostri; Carissimi (1605-1674) – Jephtha

Rabo de Lagartixa (Brazil) | 21:30  Recanati A

 with the presence of His Excelency, Mr. Pedro Motta Pinto Coelho, Ambassador of Brazil in Israel.

Daniela Spielmann, tenor and soprano saxophones and flute; Marcello Goncalves, seven string guitar; Alessandro Valente, cavaquinho; Alexandre Brasil, acoustic bass; Humberto Cazes, percussion;
Including works by Ernesto Nazareth, Jacob do Bandolim, Pixinguinha.

 

Saturday, 24.5

Discover the Choro  | 11:30 Kaufmann Auditorium

(Ticket Price: 45 NIS)

Fun for children and parents! With the roots of the Brazilian Music and Rhythm. Rabo de Lagartixa (Brazil)

 

Fifteen Years - Sixteen Voices| 21:00  Recanati B

The New Israeli Vocal Ensemble. Musical Director: Yuval Ben-Ozer

Festive program with works by Boris Pigovat, Janequin, Ron Weidberg, Britten, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Debussy, Neomi Shemer and Dov Carmel. Former singers of the ensemble from previews years will join in performing the work by Dov Carmel.

 

The festival is sponsored by:
The Norwegian Embassy; The Brazilian Embassy; Sotheby's; Tel Aviv Jaffa Municipality; Royal Bank of Canada, French Embassy, Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

Tickets are available at tel. 03-6045000
or on the internet website www.tkts.co.il

Tel Aviv Museum of Art
27 Shaul Hamelech blvd. Tel Aviv
Tel. 972-3-6077020

	Tickets Price:	Reduced Price:
A	170 NIS	149 NIS
B	125 NIS	105 NIS
C	85 NIS	70 NIS
D	35 NIS

Bonus – One free admission to the Music Fair or a Movie if you buy 3 tickets.
60 NIS reduction if purchasing with Isracard by using 330 stars.