Playing Israeli Compositions...

Conductor: Aviv Ron
Director: Julia Pevzner
Set and Lighting Designer: Natali Kanevski
Choreography: Mina Kantushov
Libretto Arrangement: Avi Malka

Characters (in order of appearance)
Naomi              Haggar Leibovich
Hananel            Assaf Kaholi
Impresario        Or Ben Natan
Innkeeper          Anat Iny
Moneychanger   Gilad Nezer

Length of Performance: 1h 20min without intermission
World Premiere: Wednesday, 14 November 2001
At the theater of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

Haim Permont: Cantata "Ishmael, Ishmael"
for Girls Choir and Strings Orchestra(Premiere)
Text: Shin Shalom. World Premiere:

Ronen Shapira: "The Wonder of the Wind"
for Percussion Solo and Strings
World Premiere:

Boris Pigovat (born 1953): "The Little Mermaid"
Prelude for Strings
World Premiere: 03 May 2003

Avner Dorman (born 1976): Concerto Grosso for String Quartet, Cembalo And Strings Orchestra
World Premiere: 01 February 2003

Zeev Steinberg: Music for Strings     '13
World Premiere: 03 March 2002

Igal Myrtenbaum: "Fractions" for Trumpet and Strings
World Premiere: 02 December 2000

Anat Fort: "Tzohar" for Piano and Orchestra
World Premiere: 04 November 2000

Zimra and Joffe: "Register " for Piano, Vibraphone and Strings
World Premiere: 04 November 2000

Piris Eliyahu: Poem Chahargah
Music from Azerbaidjan
World Premiere: 13 June 2000

Michael Shenhav (born 1963): Bach-Prelude
World Premiere: 06 May 2000

Gad Avrahami (born 1972): Serenade for Guitar and Strings
(Ruben Seroussi, Guitar) World Premiere: 22 January 2000

Avraham Kefeli (born 1972): "Dreams of the Gypsy Baron"
World Premiere: 18 December 1999

Aharon Razel (born 1974): "The Orchestra"
Music drama for narrator and orchestra
based on a story by S. Agnon
World Premiere: 13 November 1999

Oded Zehavi (born 1961): Ballad for Voice and Strings.
World Premiere: 5 June 1999

Eyal Baat: "Pagliacci" Fantasy for Accordion and Strings
based on the music of Nino Rota.
World Premiere: 10 April 1999

Eugene Levitas (born 1972): "Beautiful Day"
Concertino for Trumpet
World Premier: 13 March 1999

Piris Elihau (born 1960): "Dem"
Fantasia for Balaban, Carnay and String Orchestra
World Premiere: 9 November 1996

"Little Red Riding Hood"
An original musical vision by composers from the Bar-Ilan University under the guidance of Gideon Lewensohn and Bety Olivero.
1. "Once upon a time" (E. Shifrin)
2. "No Trees No Wood" (A. Kafelii)
3. "A Dark and Dangerous Place " (S. Mirenski)
4. "... and Deep" (E. Bat)
5. "Two Times a Wolf" (Y. Myrtenbaum)
6. "Cannibal Dance" ( M. Shenhav)
7. "Where do you come from" (I. Sommewr)
8. "Triumphal March"( M. Doulirsky)
World Premiere: 03 March 2001

J. Bardanashvili (born 1948): Concerto for Guitar
Israel Premiere: 22 January 2000

Gil Shochat: "The Water's Surface"
A Musical Painting for Narrator, Harp, and 22 Strings
after a Poem of Yehuda Amichai
Israel Premiere: 29 November 1997

Boris Pigovat (born 1953): "Toccata" for Strings
Performed on 03 May 2003

Andre Hajdu: Divertimento for Strings
Performed on 04 November 2000

Oded Zehavi: "God, Hear My Prayer"
Cantata for Soprano Solo, Choir and Orchestra.    '14
Performed on 03 February 2001

Zeev Steinberg (born 1918): "Canonic Pieces" for Strings
(composed in 1959)      14'
Performed on 7 November 1998