SEPTEMBER 2023


22.9.23 | 11:00 & 14:00 | Habait Theater Jaffa

The Israeli Music Fest

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 at Studio Annette

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

Sounds In The Desert Festival

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

Meitar at Studio Annette

CEME Festival

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

CEME Festival

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

CEME Festival

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

CEME Festival

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

CEME Festival

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

CEME Festival

Duo Alto (Switzerland \ Israel)

Anat Nazarathy / Flute | Noa Mick / Saxophone | Dani Williamson / Video

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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

CEME Festival

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

CEME Festival

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

CEME Festival

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

Meitar at Studio Annette

CEME Festival

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

CEME Festival

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

Meitar at Studio Annette

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

Meitar at Studio Annette

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

Meitar at Studio Annette

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