Music events

Concert of ‘Psio Crew’ at the Jerusalem Arts and Crafts Fair
11-14 August

Highlander music blends with contemporary electronics, drum’n’bass, hip hop and reggae in a not-to-be missed musical feast. Electro-highlander folk troupe Psio Crew is a group of ten highlanders from Bielsko Biała who boldly mix their rich folk tradition with contemporary sounds.  Their breakthrough musical mix appeals to audiences everywhere from the club scene - where they play alongside top DJ’s - to the concert stage and some of the world's premier international festivals. Psio Crew at the Sultan’s Pool will be an unforgettable experience.

Dates: 11-14.08 at 19.00
Venue: Sultan’s Pool (‘Brechat Hasultan’)

Further information:
www.jerusalem.muni.il   www.psiocrew.pl

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Koncerts of Zbigniew Namysłowski ensemble at the 21st Red Sea Jazz
Festival in Eilat
25 – 26 August

“…….. Anyone who misses Namysłowski is missing a unique source of 20th century creativity. Namysłowski is a giant!"

Willis Connover, Voice of America

 Zbigniew Namysłowski is a multi-instrumentalist as well as a composer.  He has recorded over 30 albums in Poland and abroad and cooperated with some of the greats of the jazz world, including Tony Williams, Deborah Brown and William ‘Big Bill’ Ramsey.

 Namysłowski will be accompanied at this world class event by several other leading Polish musicians: Sławomir Jaskułke, Grzegorz Grzyb, Jerzy Małek, Jacek Namysłowski and Michał Barański.

Dates: 26.08 at 22.00 & 27.08 at 24.00
Venue: Eilat Sea Port. 4

Further information & tickets:
www.redseajazzeilat.com  
www.namyslowski.com

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The Polish Radio Choir & the Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion together in concerts
10 – 14 July

The Polish Radio Choir from Krakow will give four joint symphonic concerts with the Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion. The musicians under the conduction of Dan Ettinger will perform together; F. Poulenc’s "Gloria" and L. van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. Tenor parts will be performed by Jossef Aridan. Rishon Le Zion will play host as the Polish Choir gives an independent a-cappela performance, conducted by Włodzimierz Siedlik. The program will mostly feature Polish 20th century music, inspired by folklore as well as works by contemporary composers from the field of sacral music. Two religious compositions - G. Verdi’s "O Padre Nostre" and J. Brahms’s "Zwei Motetten” – will supplement the program.

CONCERTS WITH THE ORCHESTRA:

10.07, 20.00 Heichal Hatarbut Riszon LeZion, 16 Zabutinski St.
11.07, 13.00 Heichal Hatarbut Riszon LeZion
13.07, 20.00 Tel-Aviv Performing Arts Center, 19 Shaoul Hamelech Boulevard
14.07, 20.30 Heichal Hatarbut Riszon LeZion

 A CAPELLA PERFORMANCE:

12.07, 21.00 Heichal Hatarbut Riszon LeZion

Tickets: www.isorchestra.co.il

Performance of Robotobibok at the Tel Aviv White Night Festival
3 July 22:00

Marcin Ciupidro – vibraphone

Artur Majewski – trumpet, keyboard

Michał Karbowski – bass

Kuba Suchar – drums, miniMoog

 On 3rd of July 2008 the Polish group Robotobibok will play at the White Night Festival. The band combines elements of modern electronic music with the energy of jazz. Their music is a perfect of combining drums, trumpet and bass with nostalgic sounds of vibraphone and analogue electronic music from the 70s. The brilliant improvisation on stage turns Robotobibok concerts into an amazing artistic performance. The performance in Tel Aviv will be the band’s first performance in front of an Israeli audience.

 3 July 22:00 Enav Center, 71 Ibn Gvirol St. Tel Aviv
Tickets: 03-5217763

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 Poland - Guest of honour at the Israel Festival 

The Warsaw Philharmonic A Capella
with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra

June 14-15

The National Choir will perform, together with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Uri Segal, the cantata Das Klagende Lied – first work of Gustav Mahler, written in 1889, and Symphony No. 3 Song of the night by Karol Szymanowski from 1916 – a work that was inspired with eastern mysticism and is very rarely performed in Israel.

One day before, the National Choir of Poland, conducted by Henryk Wojnarowski, will give an a cappella concert, during which it will perform works by both Polish composers: Stanisław Moniuszko, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, Marian Sawa, Józef Świder and Mikołaj Zieleński, and songs by foreign composers: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Giuseppe Verdi, Anton Bruckner and Gioacchino Rossini.

The a capella concert:

June 14^th 11:00, YMCA, 26 King David St. Jerusalem

Concert with Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra:

June 15^th 20:30, Henry Crown Auditorium, 20 Marcus St. Jerusalem

Tickets and further information on www.israel-festival.org.il

Marcin Wasilewski Trio
June 16-18

The Marcin Wasilewski Trio is a young Polish group which has been extremely successful over the recent seasons. The Trio will promote their last album “January” released in January 2008 by the legendary ECM label. The musicians, known internationally as the Simple Acoustic Trio, will perform at the jazz festival within the framework of the Israel Festival.

Marcin Wasilewski (piano), Sławomir Kurkiewicz (double-bass), Michał Miśkiewicz (drums)

June 16-18, Jerusalem Theatre, Marcus 20

Tickets and further information on www.israel-festival.org.il

DJ Kitchen

An interactive project for children by the group A La Teatr
Part of the children's Israel festival in Holon

June 4-10

DJ Kitchen is a 40-minute outdoor interactive theatre and music performance for children aged 6 to 11. It is based on the idea that one can play literally on everything and that every possible sound can be used to create one’s own compositions. In the outdoor performance of "a la teatr" from Poznań, each of the two actors plays on one of the "carts" on wheels which imitate a contemporary and a traditional kitchen. The artists communicate with the young audience not through words, but through sounds.

June 4-10, three shows each afternoon, Holon Mediateque, 6 Golda Meier St. 

Tickets and further information on www.israel-festival.org.il  or  www.mediatheque.org.il

CH&K&K Band at Ha'Teiva Marathon
May 14

The cycle of contemporary music concerts during the Polish Year in Israel will be inaugurated by the performance of CH&K&K, whose line-up is: Marek Chołoniewski – electronic instruments, Włodzimierz Kiniorski – saxophones, flutes, percussion, Krzysztof Knittel – electronic instruments. The musicians will present the newest version of the MYRIAM project, dedicated to Myriam Prongue, director of the Foundation Pro Helvetia in Krakow from the 1990s.

 CH&K&K was formed in 1998. Its music is a perfect representative of the intuitive and improvised currents, as it explores the space between pre-conceived, composed music and jazz, as well as its derivatives. Intuition and fantasy, sensibility and innovativeness are only seemingly free from restraint here, as they are disciplined by the fact of playing in a band.

May 14^th, Center for Contemporary Music Ha’Teiva , Jaffa

Marek Rzepka together with the Israeli Baroque Collective Barrocade
in G. Pergolesi’s opera buffo La Serva Padrona
 

Marek Rzepka, baritone, sings a repertoire embracing songs, opera and oratories ranging from historical works to contemporary ones.

Barrocade – The Israeli Baroque Collective was formed by young musicians who studied playing on historical instruments. They cooperate with prominent artists.

March 9, Mormon University, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem
March 12, Weil Auditorium, 6, Ha’note’a St., Kfar Shmaryiahu
March 15, Einav Center, 71, Ibn Gvirol St., Tel Aviv

March 11 – vocal workshops for students of the Jerusalem Music Conservatory
 

Organized by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in the framework of preparations for the Polish-Israeli Season 2008-2009
 

Concert of the Warsaw Village Band together
with the Israeli band Balkan Beat Box
February 16, Hangar 11, Tel Aviv Port
 

The band’s repertoire numbers avantgarde interpretations of folk dance tunes, dances, ballads and rural songs. The creative executions of old works sound very contemporary and are fully understandable for listeners of our time. The invitation extended to the group to perform together with the excellent Israeli band the Balkan Beat Box is a testimony to the high quality of its music and a guarantee of great fun.

 

February 16, Hangar 11, Tel Aviv Port
Detailed information will soon be available at the website: www.avisarsavir.com
Additional information about the bands: http://www.kzww.pl  and http://balkanbeatbox.com

Listen to the music:

The premiere of Madama Butterfly directed by Mariusz Trelinski
in the presence of The Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland Mr. Donald Tusk
The Israeli Opera, April 9^th 20:00

The Polish Year in Israel 2008-2009 will open on 9 April in the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv with the performance of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini, directed by Mariusz Treliński, with stage design by Boris Kudlicki. The premiere of the Polish-Israeli performance, which embodies the idea of cooperation that is the governing principle of the Polish Year in Israel, will feature local soloists and ballet, as well as the Rishon LeZion orchestra conducted by Daniel Inbal.

 The premiere of Madama Butterfly in the National Opera on 29 May 1999 was the first great success of the director Mariusz Treliński and stage designer Boris F. Kudlički. The Warsaw production caught the attention of the director of the Washington Opera and excellent tenor Placido Domingo. Two years later the Polish-American co-production directed by Treliński was staged over the Atlantic. The Washington premiere took place on 27 October 2001. It won the acclaim of the American audience and received great reviews in the press. 

Discount code for friends of the Polish Institute: 444

The 9^th International Spring Festival in Rishon Lezion
April 3-12

Chopiniana – Homage for Chopin

Camerata Silesia Ensemble and Maria Pomianowska Group
April 10^th

An outstanding evening devoted to Frederic Chopin’s oeuvre. Two concerts – two different faces of the Polish composer. The Camerata Silesia Katowice City Singers' Ensemble will present choir adaptations of Chopin’s works, while Maria Pomianowska Polish Group will present their original project “At the source of Chopin’s music” in which the artists will uncover before the audience the folk sources of mazurkas inspired by the Polish folklore.

Pomianowska group only - April 9^th 10:00

Chopiniana – April 10^th 20:30

Rishon Le Zion Performing Arts Center, (03) 9488688

Tickets:  www.springfestival.co.il

Discount code for friends of the Polish Institute: 100

Kwadrafonik
April 11-12

This exceptional Polish band was formed when two duos joined: one of percussionists (Hob-beats Duo) and one of pianists (Lutosławski Piano Duo). An outstanding Israeli percussionist Chen Zimbalista will appear as guest.

Half of the band – Lutosławski Piano Duo – will also give a separate concert on 12 April in Ein Kerem Music Center in Jersualem.

Kwadrofonik and Chen Zimbalista:

April 11^th 13:30 Rishon Le Zion Performing Arts Center, Tel. (03) 9488688

April 12^th 21:00 Modi’in Performing Arts Center, Tel. (08) 973 73 33

www.springfestival.co.il

Discount code for friends of the Polish Institute: 100

Lutoslawski piano duo:

April 12th 11:00 Ein Kerem Music Center, Hamaayan str., Jersualem,Tel. (02) 641 42 50

www.lutoslawski-duo.com