What’s on this week
A taste of some of the main musical events taking place across Israel this week, August 2-8
Festivals
- 7th Bible & Love Festival, Beit Govrin, August 4-8
- Amongst the Vineyards Festival, Marom Hagalil, August 4-7, 2009
- Upper Galilee Chamber Music Festival, Kibbutz Kfar Blum, August 2-8
- Forests of Menashe Festival, Music, Dance & Modern Art, August 6-8, 2009
- Kelzmerim Festival, Safed, August 10-12, 2009
- Red Sea Jazz Festival, August 23-26, 2009, Eilat Harbor
- The Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival, August 31-September 12, 2009
- The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, Music in the Valley, Kibbutz Mizra, August 10-21, 2009
- 7th Oud Festival, Tzavta, Tel Aviv, 03- 6950156/7
The Bible and Love Festival
To celebrate Tu B’Av, the Jewish Festival of Love, the Bible and Love Festival will be held at the picturesque Beit Guvrin National Park from August 4 to August 8.
Leading Israeli artists Shalom Hanoch, Gidi Gov, Shlomo Gronich, Miri Mesika, Kobi Oz and others, plus the Andalusian Orchestra, the Israel Camerata Jerusalem, Vertigo Dance Group, the Jerusalem Theater Group and others will appear on the festival program.
Festival events include daily encounters with guest artists giving their own interpretation of the Bible. Special trips around the historic area are also included in the Festival program.
Tickets for the Festival are obtainable from (02) 502 0503.
Eve’s Women
Four musicians create a magical, diverse musical world, with fresh, new arrangements of familiar melodies and songs from Jewish tradition, klezmer tunes, and hasidic songs. A fascinating musical journey including improvisations created in each concert.
Orit Orbach, clarinet / Orit Dukler, piano / Danna Eviatar, electric bass / Michal Rahat, drums
Saturday, August 8, Beit Avi Chai, 44 King George Street, Jerusalem 10:30 pm
* Standing room only
Free concert in the park
Every Saturday evening until September 2009, when the concert season resumes, the Municipality of Herzliya are holding free concerts in the new recreation park near the Sheva Kochavim Shopping Mall.
Concerts start at 6.30 pm and feature well-known music such as Gershwin and light classical pieces. There are plenty of comfortable chairs and ample parking is available.
The Municipality of Herzliya is to be commended for providing this free service for patrons during the hot summer moths in an ideal and comfortable setting.
Jerusalem Woodstock
Commemorating 40 years since the creation of Woodstock, the Jerusalem Woodstock will be held at Kraft Stadium, Jerusalem, on 5 August from 6 pm to 11 pm.
Tickets are available from 0508 227 887
The Woodstock Music and Arts Fair which was first created in 1969 drew almost half a million people to a pasture in Sullivan County in the State of New York.
Artists to appear at Jerusalem Woodstock include Ronnie Peterson, Lazer Lloyd from Yood with his Rockin’ Rebbe, Hendrix, Geva Alon, Dolly Weinstein and more.
Mor Karbasi
A singer and composer with a powerful voice and a stunning stage presence. East and West, old and new are heard in her voice and her songs, in a concert full of love, yearning, and nostalgia. Ancient music along with songs that she wrote and put to music, with unique musical arrangements in Spanish, Ladino, and Hebrew.
Songs from her debut album The Beauty and the Sea and from her forthcoming album, due out in the autumn of 2009.
Musicians:
Joseph James Taylor, guitars, oud, and musical arrangements / Yehiel Sasson, flamenco guitar / Gilad Amsalem, percussion / Nir Muzari, nay and bouzouki
www.myspace.com/morkarbasi
Monday, August 10, Beit Avi Chai, 44 King George Street, Jerusalem 9 pm
Admission: NIS 50; students: NIS 20
Weekly Events in Netanya
During the month of August:Sunset concerts – with musicians from some of the best orchestras in Israel.
Tuesdays at 7 pm at the Gallery on the Cliff Plaza, 18 Hamapilim Street, across from the King Solomon Hotel
