SEPTEMBER 2023
22.9.23 | 11:00 & 14:00 | Habait Theater Jaffa
Edo Frenkel / Conductor, Daniella Michaeli / Director
Yuri Kissin, Adi Ezra, Sigal Chameides, Michal Tamari, Yoav Weiss / Soloists
Meitar Ensemble
Tamar Shalit James Groundwater, chamber opera *
october 2023
1.10.23 | 22:00 | Gray Club Tel Aviv
Yossi Zabari / Spoken word artist
Meitar Ensemble
Yemenite Avant-garde, Vienna – Palestine
Music by Anat Fort, Yonatan Albalak, Amos Elkana, Ofer Pinhas, Yoni Gotlibovich and Amit Dolberg
21.10.23 | 12:00 | Studio Annette Tel Aviv
Avigail Arnheim / Narrator
Meitar Ensemble
Maurice Ravel Ma mère l'Oye (Arr.: D. Walter \ Meitar Ensemble) | Bohuslav Martinu La Revue de cuisine
21.10.23 | 19:30 | Studio Annette Tel Aviv - POSTPONED
Meitar Ensemble
Voices in the Distance - Season opening marathon
Part I:
Opening statement: Nadia Dunietz-Volkov, member of the youth protest group Strike For Future | Mihailo Trandafilovski Wind/hills/waves, for cello | Naama Perel-Tzadok Like Nobody’s Watching, for flute, violin and cello * | Elena Weinberg Guilty, for flute and video
Part II:
Julia Mihály Ascending in front of the Void, for ensemble, video and electronics | Sarah Nemtsov Legend of a Stream, for ensemble, video and electronics | Malte Giesen Another Rain Song, for ensemble and electronics | Hadas Pe’ery Creators of Kottbus, for ensemble, video and electronics | Eliav Kohl Live Music, for ensemble, video and electronics | Adam Maor You Won, for ensemble
In collaboration with ECCO - European Contemporary Composers Orchestra
November 2023
3.11.23 | 19:00 | Klangtheater, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria
Pierre-André Valade / Conductor
Meitar Ensemble
Amos Elkana Que sais-je?, for ensemble, video, and electronics
4.11.23 | 19:30 | Salon Brahms, Vienna, Austria
Mika Ehrlich / Voice
Meitar Ensemble
Special benefit concert
Israeli songs (arr.: Yuval Shapiro, Rafi Kadishzon and Amit Gilutz) | pieces by Bach and Mendelssohn
december 2023
6.12.23 | 18:00 | Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
Amit Dolberg / Piano
Ari Ben-Shabetai Three Romances, for piano | Ayal Adler Imaginary Figures, for piano | Boaz Ben-Moshe Eight Moons, for piano * | Talia Amar Triangulation, for piano and electronics | Yair Klartag In the Age of Reproduction, for piano, video and electronics
7.12.23 | 17:00 | Tremolo, Netanya
Amit Dolberg / Piano
Ari Ben-Shabetai Three Romances, for piano | Ayal Adler Imaginary Figures, for piano | Yair Klartag In the Age of Reproduction, for piano, video and electronics
In collaboration with the Israel Composers’ League
9.12.23 | 11:00 | Nahalal
Meitar Ensemble
Telemann Fantasie for solo flute | Bach Trio Sonata BWV 525, Allemande from Cello suites nos. 1 &2, Allemande from Violin Partita no. 2, Contrapunctus no. 14 from the Art of Fugue | Vivaldi Chamber Concerto RV 103 | Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras no. 6 | Couperin Vivement and Air Agréablement from Treizième Concert
9.12.23 | 20:30 | Studio Annette Tel Aviv
Amit Dolberg / Piano
Ari Ben-Shabetai Three Romances, for piano | Ayal Adler Imaginary Figures, for piano | Boaz Ben-Moshe Eight Moons, for piano * | Talia Amar Triangulation, for piano and electronics | Yair Klartag In the Age of Reproduction, for piano, video and electronics | Amos Elkana Eight Flowers, for piano
16.12.23 | 20:30 | Kibbutz Sde Boker
Ziv Cojocaru / Conductor | Karolina / Voice
Tremolo Ensemble | Meitar Ensemble
You will walk in the field - An evening of Israeli songs
23.12.23 | 20:30 | Studio Annette Tel Aviv
Yuval Zorn / Conductor | Anat Nazarathy / Flute
Meitar Ensemble
The Jungle - CEME Festival’s opening concert
Kaija Saariaho NoaNoa, for flute and electronics | Carmel Curiel The same lack of meaning that the pulsing vein has * | Omer Barash Alakhson | Hana Ajiashvili Impossible sketches, for ensemble and electronics * | Fausto Romitelli Domeniche alla periferia dell’impero: seconda dominica | Yair Klartag A Villa in the Jungle
24.12.23 | 19:30 | Levontin7 Tel Aviv
Yoni Gotlibovich / Cello
An open future
Opening statement: Nadia Dunietz-Volkov, member of the youth protest group Strike For Future | Mihailo Trandafilovski Wind/hills/waves, for cello | Eran Tzelgov Poetry reading
In collaboration with ECCO - European Contemporary Composers Orchestra
24.12.23 | 20:30 | Levontin7 Tel Aviv
Meitar Ensemble
Voices in the Distance - Music from the Negev and Brandenburg
Julia Mihály Ascending in front of the Void, for ensemble, video and electronics | Sarah Nemtsov Legend of a Stream, for ensemble, video and electronics | Malte Giesen Another Rain Song, for ensemble and electronics | Hadas Pe’ery Creators of Kottbus, for ensemble, video and electronics | Eliav Kohl Live Music, for ensemble, video and electronics | Adam Maor You Won, for ensemble
In collaboration with ECCO - European Contemporary Composers Orchestra
27.12.23 | 19:30 | Studio Annette Tel Aviv
Reut Ventorero / Voice | Anat Nazarathy / Flute | Yoni Gotlibovich / Cello
If I had a World of my own
Concluding concert of the Young CEME Course, under the direction of the Meitar Ensemble members and Hana Ajiashvili
New pieces by Ravani Loushy Kay, Adaya Gordon, Uri Guéron, Hagar Moshe, Or Hochman, Lyri Limon, Naama Rolnick, Nadav Ben Shaul and Etai Weitzman *
27.12.23 | 20:30 | Studio Annette Tel Aviv
Yoni Gotlibovich / Cello
Meitar ensemble
Future Labyrinth - Abraham and Felicia Klon Competition for young composers winners’ concert
Eli Korman Tough Love, for cello and electronics | Hed Bahack Gravitating In Space, for string quartet | Dror Binder Little Kiss, for string quartet
In collaboration with the Israel Composers' League
27.12.23 | 21:30 | Studio Annette Tel Aviv
Duo Alto (Switzerland \ Israel)
Anat Nazarathy / Flute | Noa Mick / Saxophone | Dani Williamson / Video
look.blink.turn
Giacinto Scelsi Ko Lho, Ruce di Guck | Jodie Rottle Light Creatures | Mara Winter Diamond | Asia Ahmetjanova Blink
New pieces by Pak-Kan Pong, Jonas Otte and Chi-Yen Huang - participants of the CEME composers’ mastercourse with Philippe Leroux (Canada / France) and Sarah Nemtsov (Germany) *
28.12.23 | 19:45 | Studio Annette Tel Aviv
On foggy and overgrown paths - time and structure in music
Lecture - Sarah Nemtsov (Germany)
Live broadcast at Studio Annette and on Meitar’s Facebook page
28.12.23 | 20:30 | Studio Annette Tel Aviv
Keren Motseri (The Netherlands/Israel) / Voice
Meitar Ensemble
Who's watching?!
Naama Perel-Tzadok Like Nobody’s Watching, for bass flute, violin, cello and a staircase * | Elena Weinberg Guilty, for flute and video | Luigi Nono - The Night, for soprano
New pieces by Zihan Wu, Caleb Abner, Pablo Quaß and András Gelléri - participants of CEME Composers' mastercourse with Philippe Leroux (Canada / France) and Sarah Nemtsov (Germany) *
In collaboration with ECCO - European Contemporary Composers Orchestra
28.12.23 | 21:30 | Studio Annette Tel Aviv
Triple Helix
Amos Elkana, Nadav Lev and Boaz Ben-moshe / guitars
Meditation
Amos Elkana Helix | Boaz Ben Moshe Stomp | Nadav Lev Meditation 1 | Sarit Shley Zondiner Shimmering
30.12.23 | 19:00 | Studio Annette Tel Aviv
Ophelia
Lecture - Philippe Leroux (Canada / France)
30.12.23 | 20:00 | Studio Annette Tel Aviv
Pierre-André Valade (France) / Conductor | Keren Motseri (The Netherlands/Israel) / Voice
Hagar Shahal / Flute | Amit Dolberg / Piano
Meitar Ensemble
Nothing at all - Meitar Ensemble’s 20th anniversary concert
Georg Friedrich Haas Aus.weg | Amit Buium Klum Totali, for flute and electronics | Sarah Nemtsov If * | Philippe Leroux Voi(Rex), for soprano and ensemble
31.12.23 | 16:00 | Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
Pierre-André Valade (France) / Conductor | Keren Motseri (The Netherlands/Israel) / Voice
Hagar Shahal / Flute | Amit Dolberg / Piano
Meitar Ensemble
Nothing at all - Meitar Ensemble’s 20th anniversary concert
Georg Friedrich Haas Aus.weg | Amit Buium Klum Totali, for flute and electronics | Sarah Nemtsov If * | Philippe Leroux Voi(Rex), for soprano and ensemble
january 2024
February 2024
18.2.24 | 19:00 | The Jezreel Valley Center for the Arts, Kibbutz Mizra
Reut Ventorero / Voice | Anat Nazarathy / Flute | Yoni Gotlibovich / Cello
If I had a World of my own
Concluding concert of the Young CEME Course, under the direction of the Meitar Ensemble members and Hana Ajiashvili
New pieces by Ravani Loushy Kay, Adaya Gordon, Uri Guéron, Hagar Moshe, Or Hochman, Lyri Limon, Naama Rolnick, Nadav Ben Shaul and Etai Weitzman *
March 2024
16.3.24 | 20:30 | Studio Annette Tel Aviv
Steven Sloane / Conductor | Reut Ventorero / Voice | Avigail Arnheim / Narrator
Meitar Ensemble
The People of the Black Circle
Yinam Leef Intermezzi, book III: Drifting Thoughts * | Talia Amar Yellow fingers, for narrator, voice, clarinet and cello * | Mauro Lanza The Lincolnshire Poacher II, for ensemble and electronics * | Shai Cohen The People of the Black Circle, for narrator, ensemble, video and electronics *
18.3.24 | 19:00 | Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
Hagar Shahal / Flute | Yoni Gotlibovich / Cello
New pieces by Shilo Ben Yakov, Ariel Beri, Lior Ginat, Uri Beizer, Tom Leibel, Daniel Sheartzvald and Noam Raanan *
21.3.24 | 20:00 | Ralli Museum, Caesarea
Reut Ventorero / Voice | Nadav Cohen / Bassoon
Pieces by Chabrier, Rossini, Weber, Poulenc, Mignone, Bizet and Rani Orenstein *
april 2024
6.4.24 | 11:00 | Protea Hills, Shoresh
Reut Ventorero / Voice | Nadav Cohen / Bassoon
Pieces by Bizet, Rossini, Weber, Mignone, Chabrier and Poulenc
May 2024
4.5.24 | 18:00 | Studio Annette Tel Aviv
Carmel Curiel and Rotem Kidron / Conductors
Meitar Ensemble
20 / 20 - Miniature tributes to Meitar Ensemble’s 20th anniversary *
New pieces by Philippe Leroux, Boaz Ben Moshe, Omri Abram, Eliav Kohl, Talia Amar, Eli Korman, Maya Dunietz, Ofer Pelz, Ruben Seroussi, Amos Elkana, Oded Zehavi, Shiri Riseman, Michael Wolpe, Lin-Ni Liao, Ziv Cojocaru, Batya Frenklakh, Ayal Adler, Bianca Grigore, Ravani Loushy Kay and Yonatan Ron
15.5.24 | 14:30 | Levinsky College of Education
Meitar Ensemble
Leonard Bernstein Dream with me | Robert Schumann Fantasiestücke, Op.73, for cello and piano | Francisco Mignone Five songs, for soprano and bassoon | Jules Massenet Élégie | Gioachino Rossini Una Voce Poco Fa (Arr.: Y. Gotlibovich)
17.5.24 | 12:30 | Khan Theater, Jerusalem
Meitar Ensemble
Telemann Fantasie for solo flute | Bach Trio Sonata BWV 525, Allemande from Violin Partita no. 2, Contrapunctus no. 14 from the Art of Fugue | Vivaldi Chamber Concerto RV 103 | Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras no. 6 | Couperin Vivement and Air Agréablement from Treizième Concert
June 2024
8.6.24 | 18:00 | Konzerthaus Berlin
Pierre-André Valade (France) / Conductor
Amit Dolberg / Piano
Meitar Ensemble
Award ceremony of the Dwight and Ursula Mamlok Foundation
Ziv Cojucaro Do you like Bill? | Sarah Nemtsov You, for piano solo | Sarah Nemtsov As | Ursula Mamlok Alariana
15.6.24 | 18:00 | Studio Annette Tel Aviv
Maayan Franco / Conductor
Meitar Ensemble
In Motion
Uri Kochavi Relics of Movement, for ensemble and electronics | Ruben Seroussi Jazz... à propos de Matisse, for violin, cello and piano | Anahita Abbasi Situation XV - this is the noise that keeps everything quiet, for ensemble and electronics * | Sungkuk Son RE:divergence *, winning piece – 2024 Matan Givol International Composers Competition
19.6.24, 17:30 | Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
Maayan Franco / Conductor
Meitar Ensemble | Tedarim Ensemble
Anahita Abbasi Situation XV - this is the noise that keeps everything quiet, for ensemble and electronics * | Orr Avni Kiven * | Pieces for solo instruments and electronics by JAMD students Aviv Shibi, Yotam Asael, Jonathan David, Ori Regev and Lior Ginat
In collaboration with the JAMD’s Digital program
26.6.24, 20:00 | Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
Tedarim Ensemble
New pieces for harp and electronics by Amit Buium and Amnon Wolman *
July 2024
8.7.24 | 20:00 | Studio Annette Tel Aviv
Israel Papa / Conductor
Triple Helix: Amos Elkana, Nadav Lev and Boaz Ben-moshe / Guitars
Meitar Ensemble
Nadav Lev Meditation III * | Amos Elkana Schattenspiel | Nadav Lev New piece * | Boaz Ben-moshe Why not? *
10.7.24 | 17:00 | Kibbutz Shamir
Avigail Arnheim / Actor
Meitar Ensemble
Maurice Ravel Ma mère l'Oye (Arr.: D. Walter \ Meitar Ensemble) | Bohuslav Martinu La Revue de cuisine
11.7.24, 18:00 | Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
Tedarim Ensemble
New Pieces by Daniel Ayali, Yotam Halperin, Tal Hason, Tomer Taragan, Daniel Schwarzwald and Adir Oudaei *
In collaboration with the Yitzhak Navon Community & Youth Unit of the JAMD
11.7.24 | 20:30 | Teo, Herzliya
Meitar Ensemble
Maurice Ravel Ma mère l'Oye (Arr.: D. Walter \ Meitar Ensemble) | Bohuslav Martinu La Revue de cuisine | Movements from L'éventail de Jeanne - a collaborative work by Jacques Ibert, Alexis Roland-Manuel, Marcel Delannoy, Darius Milhaud and Francis Poulenc (Arr.: Y. Shapiro)
18.7.24, 20:00 | Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
Tedarim Ensemble
Mordecai Seter Trio, for clarinet, cello and piano | Talia Amar Yellow fingers, for narrator, voice, clarinet and cello | Olivier Messiaen Abîme des oiseaux, for clarinet solo | Bruno Mantovani Bug, for clarinet solo
* Premiere