Jerusalem live music

Jerusalem highlights: September 26 – October 2

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

Maureen Nehedar (see Sunday).
BEWITCHING BAROQUE musicians get ready to cast spells.

Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra premires fourth 'Witches?' festival, featuring Noam Gal

How Not to Drown in Condensed Milk (See Sunday)

Jerusalem highlights: July 25-31

 CONCERT PIANIST Hagai Yodan.

Hagai Yodan brings bold vision to Jerusalem Piano Festival’s opening concert


The Tel Aviv Soloists Ensemble kicks off its new season

The ensemble invites leading local and international musicians for programs that are a mixture of different genres.

Violin player (illustrative photo)

THE SUGAR HILL GANG Barby Club, Tel Aviv, August 30

The Sugar Hill Gang paved the way for rap as a genre.

IT’S A rap: From left; Wonder Mike, Master Gee and the late Big Hank Hank of The Sugarhill Gang.

Old school delight

Pioneers of hip hop and rap The Sugarhill Gang are looking forward to bringing their classic beats to Tel Aviv.

IT’S A rap: From left; Wonder Mike, Master Gee and the late Big Hank Hank of The Sugarhill Gang.

Klezmer takes center stage at Israel Museum

All the concerts in the galleries will be open to the public and are free of charge.

Avrum Lieb Burstein plays the accordion with a klezmer band at Burstein’s Krechme

This Week in Jerusalem 463891

Peggy Cidor’s round-up of city affairs.

Arye Deri (Shas)

The Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival gets under way September 1

Bashkirova has organized a set of exciting concerts with interrelated composers for the Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival.

Israeli clarinetist Chen Halevi

‘Beam me up’ – Shauli Einav transports himself to Jerusalem

Paris-based Israeli saxophonist unveils new CD this week with intimate show.

SAXOPHONIST SHAULI EINAV.

Opera singer Jessye Norman comes to Israel to claim Wolf Prize for Music

The 70-year-old American-born iconic opera singer finally made it over here in June to accept the coveted Wolf Prize for Music, which she was due to receive last year.

LOOKING REGAL despite her broken ankle, Jessye Norman delivers a lecture at the Israel Arts and Science Academy, high school for gifted students, in Jerusalem.

Acclaimed Israeli composer and educator Andre Hajdu dies at age 84

Born in Hungary in 1932, Hajdu studied piano, composition and ethnomusicology at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest.

The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and Andres Mustonen

Red Sea Jazz Festival goes blues and white

As usual, there is plenty of non-jazzy fare on offer, including oud player-violinist Yair Delal, veteran rock star Shalom Hanoch and world music outfit Quarter to Africa.

Jazz pianist Chick Corea