In honor of this important milestone, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is putting on a two-week music extravaganza with participation of some of the greatest artists in the world. Besides the IPO music director, Zubin Mehta, other conductors making an appearance include Valery Gergiev, Christoph Dohnanyi, Gianandrea Noseda and Kurt Masur. Prominent soloists accompanying the orchestra include the well-known pianists Evgeny Kissin, Yefim Bronfman, Daniil Trifonov (winner of both the prestigious Arthur Rubenstein and Tchaikovsky Competitions) and Yuja Wang (described by Anthony Tommasini of the New York Times as a pianist whose virtuosity is stunning). Violinists include Pinchas Zukerman, Vadim Repin, Gil Shaham (Musical America’s Instrumentalist for 2011) and violist Julian Rachlin.
There will also be solo piano recitals by Yefim Bronfman, Evgeny Kissin and Murray Perahia. This two-week festival begins on December 17 and takes place in Tel Aviv. A good part of the program will be devoted to the music of Beethoven and includes performances of six of his symphonies. Also scheduled is his violin concerto (soloist: Pinchas Zukerman) and two of his piano concerti (soloists: Yefim Bronfman and Yuja Wang).
In addition, the IPO, in conjunction with its foundation have put together a special personalized VIP trip of Israel geared to sophisticated tourists. Some of the highlights will include a visit to the recently renovated Israel Museum in Jerusalem including the museum’s restoration laboratories of the Dead Sea Scrolls which are usually closed to the public. This will be hosted by the director, James Snyder. There will also be visits to the recently opened new wing of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the Litwak Gallery which houses the largest gallery of glass artifacts in the world as well as Ron Arad’s recently completed “Design Museum of Holon.” He was the architect who created the World Trade Center Memorial in Manhattan.
Participants will be shown recent excavations of the City of David, guided by archaeologist Prof. Gaby Barkai. There will be a tour to the Negev Desert for a visit to the Solar Research Center at Sde Boker and a visit to the Druze Community in Daliet El Carmel in the north with a lecture about their religion and culture.
Accompanied by senior military personnel, visitors will be shown Israel’s security fence. Visits have been arranged to the Peres Center for Peace, the Dayan Center for Strategic Studies as well as the Buchmann Mehta School of Music to hear a rehearsal by the School orchestra.
Hospitality will be provided in private homes by members of the IPO Foundation as well as other prominent Israelis from the scientific, artistic and business world.
For further details please see www.afipo.org/events/patron-trip-israel.
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