 The
artistry and spirit of Arthur Rubinstein has been preserved for eternity
in his myriad recordings. But his own words are perhaps more telling than
his legendary genius, "I'm passionately involved in life - to be alive,
to have music, to walk, to see - it's all a miracle. Music is not a hobby
not even a passion. Music is me."
Sealed with the name of this colossus of the music world, our Competition
is a symbol of the commitment to keep alive the spirit of Arthur Rubinstein
beyond his death. To commemorate his unprecedented legacy of music and
humanitarianism, the Competition aims at fostering the most promising
of today's young master pianists. For them, Arthur Rubinstein remains
as the supreme artist.
These are the young people who play a crucial role in preserving the
tradition of great music and it is with them that Rubinstein always
expressed a unique communion.
Worldwide Concert Series
The "Hommage a Rubinstein" concert series began with the acclaimed
"Hommage a Israel - Hommage a Rubinstein" - a special recital, granted
us by Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, to inaugurate the First Competition
(1974).
Since Maestro Rubinstein's death in 1982, a great many artists, including
our own Competition laureates, have played in tribute to the Maestro.
All proceeds from this series are donated to the Competition International
Fund.
- Maurizio Pollini - Recital - Tel Aviv, April 1983
- Halina Czerny-Stefanska - Recital - Tel Aviv 1986
- Penderecki, Guarnieri Quartet, Duchable - Memorial Day, London
Festival Hall - BBC Orchestra, January 1987
- Sviatoslav Richter - Recital - Paris, in cooperation with
UNESCO, June 1988
- "UNA VITA NELLA MUSICA": Arthur Rubinstein - Book presentation
(Hebrew version - edit. Bruno Tosi and J. Bistritzky) and concert
by Mario del Fonti and Carlo Loui Minchi - Tel Aviv, March 1989
- Krzysztof Jablonski - Recital - Tel Aviv, March 1990
- Andras Schiff - Recital - Tel Aviv, December 1990
- Benjamin Frith - Recital - Tel Aviv, October 1991
- John Lill, Gerhard Oppitz, Dmitri Bashkirov, Justus Franz, Joaquin
Soriano and Hiroko Nakamura - Six Concerts - Marathon to
mark the 10th anniversary of Arthur Rubinstein's death, March-April
1992
- Sviatoslav Richter - Recital in the frame of Rimini Festival-Rubinstein
Memorial - Italy, September 1992
- Hiroko Nakamura - Japan (series) - June 1992
- Maurizio Pollini - Recital - Paris, in cooperation with UNESCO,
November 1992
- Giorgia Tomassi - Recital - Tel Aviv - June 1993
- Gerhard Oppitz - Recital in Berlin - November 1993, under
the patronage of the President of Israel, Mr. Ezer Weizman,
and the President of Germany, Mr. Richard Von Weizsacker, Evgeny
Kissin - Recital - Tel Aviv - January 1994
- Simone Pedroni - Recital - Tel Aviv, January 1994
- Pietro De Maria - Recital - Sintra, Portugal, July 1994
- Oxford Chamber Orchestra, Ilan Rogoff - Geneve Prestige Association
- Concert - Geneva, February 1995
- Alexander Korsantia - Recital in the frame of Colmar Festival-
July 1995
- Alexander Korsantia - Recital -Tel Aviv - February 1996
A 5-day Festival "Hommage a Arthur Rubinstein" - Geneva - October
1996 featuring:
Alexander Korsantia - Recital
The Israel Camerata Jerusalem under Avner Biron with Alexander
Korsantia.
Camerata String Quartet with Benjamin Frith
The Swisse Romande Orchestra with Francois-Rene Duchable
Recitals at the Tel Aviv Performing
Arts Centre (2000-2001)
featuring:
Gerhard Oppitz - March
2000
Yakov Kasman -
May 2000
Ilya Itin - Recital
- June 2000
Barry Douglas -
December 2000
Emanuel Ax - January
2001
A 4-day Festival in Miami
followed by a Cruise to the Bahamas - April 2000
featuring:
Alexander Korsantia - Recital
Igor Tchetuev - Recital
New World Symphony Orchestra under Arthur Post with Alexander
Korsantia and Igor Tchetuev
Prof. Arie Vardi - Lecture/Recital
Festivities commemorating the 20th anniversary of Arthur Rubinstein’s
death
A 8-day Festival in Tel
Aviv, Haifa and Kfar Blum – April 2003
featuring:
Martin Helmchen,
winner of the Clara Haskil Competition (2001)
Alessio Bax
, winner of the Leeds Competition (2000)
Boris Giltburg
(Israel) winner of the Santander Competition (2002)
Haifa Symphony Orchestra
under Stanley Sperber
Performing solo, four, six and
eight hands piano works and concertos. Benefit
Piano Recital – October 13, 2003
Worldwide “Living
Memorial to Arthur Rubinstein”
December 2002 –
December 2003
Warsaw, Berlin, Osaka,
Tokyo, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, London, Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Philadelphia,
New York and Tel Aviv
Exhibitions dedicated to the life and art of Arthur Rubinstein,
initiated and organized by the Arthur Rubinstein International Music
Society:
- London - Rubinstein Memorial - 1987
- Madrid - Rubinstein 100th Birth Anniversary - 1987
- Rimini - Rubinstein Memorial - September 1992 - Prof. Arie
Vardi gave a Lecture-Recital dedicated to Arthur Rubinstein and played
Mazurkas by Chopin.
- Geneve - February 1995
- Colmar - July 1995
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