Keshet Eilon sees success at annual fundraising event in New York
Located on Kibbutz Eilon in the North, Keshet Eilon focuses on the cultivation of violinists and other string players from around the world.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFFThe Keshet Eilon Music Center's fundraising event in New York(photo credit: ALIAS HURI)
The Keshet Eilon Music Center held a fundraising event in New York last week, attended by 120 donors, classical music fans and friends of the center.Located on Kibbutz Eilon in the North, Keshet Eilon focuses on the cultivation of violinists and other string players from around the world.The center's highlight is the annual summer course with the participation of outstanding students from all over the world. The students, who are selected through rigorous tests, participate in master classes that are taught by the best teachers in the world, playing ensembles and chamber groups and performing in front of an audience. In addition, winter and summer seminars are held for outstanding Israeli students.The fundraising event was held at the Harmony Club in New York, with the participation of the center's graduates and students, including the successful Israeli violinist Asi Matathias, the Israeli-Arab violinist Eesa Khoury and others. The event was moderated by the musical director of the center Itzhak Rashkovsky.Gilad Sheba is CEO of Keshet Eilon and the spirit behind the musical enterprise that has impacted the world, along with operations director Nitza Avidan. Rami Shalmor was recently elected chairman of the association in Israel, and he works shoulder to shoulder with businessman and philanthropist Gil Sheba, who is its American chairman.
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