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Newsletter International Activities Newsletter 7th Edition Summer 2013 International Activities An International Academy Summer Course for String Players, Voice and Chamber Music will take place for the first time in cooperation with the Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival. August 25th to September 3rd 2013 career. The team of tutors will consist of The course offers three study options: senior teaching faculty members of the * A program specifically for chamber For the first time, the course will take Jerusalem Academy of Music, members music and string quartets for pre-formed place in Jerusalem in conjunction with of the Jerusalem Quartet and guest players chamber ensembles of a high level the Jerusalem International Chamber of the festival. Course participants * A program for young musicians Music Festival Artistic director: pianist will also attend general rehearsals of interested in individual lessons under Elena Bashkirova). The seminar will be the Chamber Music Festival and will the guidance of senior Academy directed by Alexander Pavlovsky, first be invited to the concerts. In addition, teachers, combined with instruction violinist of the Jerusalem Quartet and students will be offered daily lessons in in chamber music in ensembles faculty member of the Academy. The Alexander Technique and Feldenkreis * A vocal course intended for singers. course will create a cultural meeting – either individually or in small groups. This collaboration is taking place place for students from different Individual lessons, master classes and due to the assistance of pianist Elena countries and is designated specifically practice rooms will all be available in Bashkirova and Adv. Yeheskell Beinisch, for outstanding students – young the Academy building, with rehearsals the latter being both chairman of the musicians from Israel and overseas and concerts all taking place in the hall Board of Governors of the Academy and who are embarking on a professional of the Jerusalem International YMCA. chairman Board of the festival. 1 International Activities The Weimar-Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra‘s second project is under way. This joint orchestra of the Franz Liszt Music Academy (Weimar, Germany) and the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance was established over three years ago, with the aim of bringing to the concert platform works of known- and lesser known Jewish composers, whose music was ostracized by the Nazis, alongside the best of symphonic repertoire. In its 2010 concert tour of Germany and Israel, the orchestra received enthusiastic appraisal for its performance, among others, of the works of Viktor Ullmann, a musician Magic Horn); both composers were one of the 20th century’s most gifted and who perished in the Holocaust, and of famous Jews whose music was banned original Jewish composers to the concert the German anti-Nazi composer Karl by the Nazis. The soloists will be chosen platform. The orchestra will perform Hartmann. Also, the orchestra premiered from among outstanding students of five concerts in Germany – in Weimar, a piano concerto by the Romantic Jewish both institutions. The orchestra will also in Karlin, Dresden, in Bayreuth and in composer Henri Herz, whose music was be playing Dmitri Shostakovich’s rarely Berlin. The orchestra’s appearance in banned and destroyed at the time of performed Symphony no.6, a work Bayreuth - Wagner’s home town – will Nazi occupation. The orchestra’s second written at the very beginning of World be accompanied by a symposium on the project will commence this coming War II. The highlight of the orchestra’s character of Wagner, on the controversy summer. Orchestral players have been second project will be the Passacaglia surrounding his artistic activities and chosen from among outstanding players for Orchestra by Berthold Goldschmidt, on his being a significant figure of the of both schools. They will meet in the a German-Jewish composer born in culture of the Third Reich. Professor city of Weimar to work with ‘cellist and Frankfurt, who fled to England from Michael Wolpe, Head of the Faculty of conductor Michael Sanderling, one of the Germany. Goldschmidt, who was Composition, Conducting and Music most promising musicians of Europe’s prominent in Germany before the rise Education at the Academy and founder younger generation and son of the well- of Hitler, never managed to re-establish of the Weimar-Jerusalem Orchestra, known conductor Kurt Sanderling. The his success in his country of refuge and will be among those taking part in the orchestra will play Felix Mendelssohn’s was forgotten. Interest in his works symposium. In Israel, the orchestra will Violin Concerto and Gustav Mahler’s was only rekindled in his old age. The perform in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and “Des Knaben Wunderhorn” (The Youth’s performance of this work will restore Haifa. Collaboration between the Budapest- and Jerusalem Academies. from Budapest, Prof. Andras Keller and Starker and many others. Prof. Csaba Onczey, joined forces with This project, bringing together future Israeli students and professors, working classical musicians of both countries, together on a program of chamber was especially pertinent considering music and works for chamber orchestra. what is happening today in the whole Leading the project and among Academy of Europe. The purpose of the project teachers instructing in it were violist Zvi was to bring together young people Carmeli, who also conducted the final from both countries so that the dialogue concert, cellist Dr. Dudu Sela and violinist forged between them would bring about Professor Lihay Bendayan. closeness on a personal level, removing The Franz Liszt Academy of Music of preconceptions of negative stereotypes Budapest is one of the most reputed on both sides, also providing Academy Students of the Franz Liszt Academy in Jerusalem in the world. Among its graduates students with familiarity with the leading were founders of the Israeli Academy, echelons of the world of music. The A special project carried out between the among them internationally-known program concluded with a concert at Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest violist and composer Oedoen Partos, the Jerusalem Music Centre, Mishkenot and the Jerusalem Academy of Music and pianist Ilona Vince Kraus, cellist Laszlo Sha'ananim, supported by the Israeli Dance, initiated by Mr. Ilan Mor- Israel’s Vince, pioneering players of the Israeli Consulate of Budapest (Hungary), the ambassador to Hungary - took place at the Philharmonic Orchestra, Alice and Laurent Marc Rich Foundation, the Association for Academy in February. A delegation of nine Fenibsh and Ilona Feher. Other graduates the Wellbeing of Israel’s Soldiers and the students and two prominent professors were Bela Bartok, Zoltán Kodaly, Janos Hlavin Company. 2 International Activities The Conservatory Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Michael Klinghoffer, on concert tour of Oslo, Norway, cooperates with the orchestra of a local conservatory Dr. Michael Klinghoffer conducting the Conservatory Orchestra The Chamber Orchestra of the In addition, both orchestras joined to day trip with the young people and their Academy Conservatory, conducted play Grieg’s Symphonic Dance no.4 families. by Michael Klinghoffer, travelled to and “Finlandia” by Sibelius under the We received much support from the Oslo to meet with the youth orchestra baton of the Norwegian conductor Alf Ministry of the Exterior and the Israeli of the prestigious Barratt Due Music Ardal. Soloists in the “Hebrew Melody” Embassy in Oslo; the ambassador, School. Three concerts took place in were Inbal Sela (16) a pupil of Sophie Professor Naim Araidi, held a reception the course of the week: one at the Oslo Pikovsky of the Academy Conservatory, for senior delegation staff, among other Jewish Museum, one for students of Alfred Wang (15) from Oslo and violin guests being prominent personages of the Marienlyst School of the Arts and teacher and conductor Sigyn Fossness Oslo’s cultural life, also the American a festive final concert. The concerts of the hosting orchestra. Ambassador to Norway. Senior were attended by representatives of Another collaborative activity was that Conservatory staff members and the Israeli Embassy in Oslo, members of three master classes for double bass violinist Sigyn Fossness performed for of the Norwegian Ministry of Culture players, run by Michael Klinghoffer the guests. and other notable people. The program at Barratt Due and the Norwegian Deputy Israeli Ambassador Mr. George included Haydn’s Symphony no.101 Academy. Ms. Gabi Bokovsky, of the Deek (who also attended a rehearsal (Clock), Joseph Achron’s Hebrew Academy Conservatory teaching staff, prior to the journey) wrote: Melody for Violin and Orchestra gave a master class for oboists. Besides It was our pleasure to assist you for and a work composed specifically the musical encounter, there was your trip to Oslo. The Ambassador for the event by Vladimir Shkolnik – much value to the cultural and social gave the project top priority as we “Orchestral Games”. The latter work was aspects of the visit: our Conservatory believe, as you claimed, that these performed jointly by both orchestras players were hosted in the homes of the youngsters are our best ambassadors. and conducted by Michael Klinghoffer. Norwegian players and there was also a What you did was unprecedented, initiating collaboration with the very excellent Norwegian Academy, this Agreement for international collaboration being of the greatest value. The deep appreciation you have received from between the Jerusalem Academy and the your Norwegian colleagues, from the Prague Academy of Performing Arts most esteemed of them who conversed with you and who listened to your Resulting from JAMD president Professor Yinam Leef’s trip to Prague, an music, as well as the wish expressed agreement was signed for collaboration between both institutions on the by the Barratt Due people to come to subject of education, the arts and research. Decisions were made as to joint Israel are, in themselves, proof of the artistic programs, student and faculty exchange as well as exchange of project’s success.
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