Piano

Jerusalem highlights: February 13-19

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

MAO concert (see Thursday)
Pianist Ido Shalom takes his seat at the keyboard

Pianist Ido Shalom on music, meaning, and playing beyond the concert hall

Ronen Shapira adapts his Cultural Piano to numerous genres and styles.

Boundless Bach at the 12th rollout of the Jerusalem Piano Festival

PIANO MASTERMINDS Sivan Silver and Gil Garburg.

The orchestral roar of 32 hands on 704 keys


Jerusalem hosts eighth annual Pianos Festival for free, completely online

Thursday saw the debut of a new project by composer Tom Cohen, featuring guests Dudu Tassa and pianist Omri Mor, which blends the works of Beethoven with classical Andalusian music.

The Jerusalem Philharmonic Orchestra plays at the 2019 Pianos Festival.

Beethoven: 250 years and counting

The Pianos Festival will be performed at the event’s regular berth of the Jerusalem Theater, November 11 to 14.

NIZAR EL-KHATER will team up with the Jerusalem Street Orchestra in a wide-ranging sonata-based program.

A pianist’s point of view: The marvelous possibilities of music

Music is one of the most powerful and beautiful forces in the world.

Schertzman’s grandson, Eli Schertzman, playing the piano in Efrat

Through COVID-19’s pandemic, Jerusalem pianist builds a global family

‘I’ve reinvented myself many times. When I was 50, I hadn’t practiced classical music in 30 years’.

GERSHON WACHTEL: ‘This is my great personal need, to make music for the world

Leon Fleisher, acclaimed Jewish pianist, dies aged 92

Fleisher battled through a three decade long hand injury during which he played left handed only, before recording two new albums of two-handed music in the early 2000s.

Pianist Leon Fleisher, a 2007 Kennedy Center Honoree, greets photographers as he arrives for a Gala Dinner at the State Department in Washington December 1, 2007.

Keying up for Israel's first online piano festival

“The PianoWebFest is all about international, online communication.”

ISRAEL’S FIRST online piano festival, the International Piano Web Festival, will run from August 18-25.

Rubinstein piano competition slated for 2021

The competition, to take place in Tel Aviv, will be held under the artistic direction of pianist Ariel Cohen.

ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN.

Encountering Peace: Quarantine pastimes

We all have “projects” that we have avoided doing for years. Well this is the perfect opportunity to finally get them done.

Jerusalem residents enjoy the holiday of Purim while wearing costumes that poke fun at the coronavirus pandemic, pretending to bury the virus

How music changed my life

Lena is justifiably proud of her students who go on to illustrious careers, but she also thrills to the music produced by the children with special needs.

Students take a breather from practice, relaxing on the stairs

Meditation, Hania Rani style

The Shaman of Sounds series presents gifted Berlin-based Polish pianist

Hania Rani