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Israeli King of Blues Ronnie Peterson will join forces with internationally renowned bass guitarist Yossi Fine at Zappa Club on Jan. 3rd.

By BARRY DAVIS
Orchestra. [File] (photo credit: Wikimedia commons)
Orchestra. [File]
(photo credit: Wikimedia commons)
Peterson rocks Blues guitarist and vocalist Ronnie Peterson, who has been dubbed the Israeli King of Blues, will join forces with internationally renowned bass guitarist Yossi Fine for a show at the Zappa Club in Herzliya on Friday, January 3 (3 p.m.).
Both Peterson and Fine have an abundance of stellar synergies on their CVs to date, including with legendary blues musicians BB King and Buddy Guy, and rockers Lou Reed and David Bowie.
Peterson and Fine, along with drummer Asher Fadi, will play a series of shows over the coming months and will host an impressive roster of guest artists, such as USborn bluesman Lazer Lloyd, former Kaveret guitarist-vocalist Ephraim Shamir and veteran rock guitarist Shlomo Mizrahi.
For tickets and more information: *9080 and www.zappa-club.co.il
How we dance The Warehouse 2 venue in the Jaffa Port will host the HoWeDoIt program of dance shows as part of the Yotzer Otzer (Creator-Curator) series, from December 31 to January 4.
The run opens with A Piece of Me, by Italian-born dancer and choreographer Nicola Mascia and his Israeli-born partner in the Matanicola dance company, Mata Zamir. Mascia and Zamir perform the work, which is based on various fragments that started out as a selfexploratory work and developed into a searching investigation of human loneliness and longing for completeness. There will be two performances of A Piece of Me, on December 31 and January 1, both at 9 p.m.
The next slot, on January 2 (9 p.m.) features a variety of works by Yasmeen Godder, performed by Dalia Chaimsky, Shuli Enosh and Yonatan Bar-Or. The thematic strand running through the works is examination of how the inner voices, inside ourselves and from society, control us. Godder’s Any-Body-Home work also looks at the subject of loneliness, and how to listen to our body.
The closing slot, on January 4 (9 p.m.), features a work titled Ghost Exercise, created by Godder and Itzik Giuli. It is a coproduction between Godder’s company and Theater Freiberg in Germany, and is performed by Monica Gillette and Amit Hadari.
For tickets and more information: (03) 902-1563 and www.yasmeengodder.com
Tel Aviv Soloists Ensemble to perform Mozart’s ‘Requiem’ The Tel Aviv Soloists Ensemble will perform Mozart’s Requiem on December 28, 29 and 30 in Haifa, Tel Aviv and Kfar Shmaryahu respectively.
The ensemble will be conducted by musical director Barak Tal, and will be joined by the Collegium Singers, as well as solo vocalists soprano Hadas Faran, alto Shahar Lavi, tenor Gitai Fisher and bass singer Assaf Levitin.
The concert program also includes Mozart’s Missa Brevis No. 1, and the world premiere of Shai Cohen’s Vegam Hahed Nadam (The Echo Also Fell Silent). Cohen’s composition will be performed by a string ensemble, choir and two soloists and which feeds of works by poets Leah Goldberg and Rachel.
The Haifa concert will take place at the Greek Orthodox Church on December 28 at 1 p.m. (tickets: (04) 836-3804); the Tel Aviv concert will take place at the Israeli Music Conservatory on December 29 at 8:30 p.m. (tickets: 054-494-0317) and the Kfar Shmaryahu concert will take place at the Weil Cultural Center on December 30 at 8:30 p.m. (tickets: (09) 956-9430).
AICF hits 75 The America-Israel Cultural Foundation (AICF) will mark its 75th anniversary with the House of Culture gala event at the Tel Aviv Museum on January 1.
The entertainment lineup includes several of the AICF award recipients, such as pop-rock pianist and vocalist Shlomi Shaban, dancer and choreographer Noa Dar, the Tziporela theater troupe, and dancer and choreographer Sahar Azimi, along with the winners of the 16th annual Aviv competition.
For more information: www.aicf.co.il
White and quiet Yoel Barkan’s exhibition “White Silence” opens at Artists’ House in Tel Aviv on January 2. The Brussels-born Barkan, 75, began painting 10 years ago and initially opted for a multihued approach to his new craft, with added surrealist elements.
“White Silence,” which is curated by Rachel Sukman, displays Barkan’s more recently adopted minimalist abstract mind-set, which largely feeds of a monochrome palette. The works in the show often bleed into the sides off the canvass, offering the viewer something of a three-dimensional spectacle.
The exhibition will run until January 25.
For more information: (03) 524-6685