Our Next Event

 

Sounds and Flavors: Musical Brunch 

Friday, Dec. 26. 2008, 10:30, Hilton Hotel, Tel Aviv

Celebrating Hannukah

In cooperation with American Express and Hilton Hotel, Tel Aviv

with Fourth Prize Winner and two additional prizes
Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, 2008

David Fung, (Australia) Piano
and
Gil Sharon, (Holland/Israel) Violin
Hillel Zori, (Israel) Cello

Li-Ron Children's Choir and Ensemble
with Alex Gruzberg, Piano
Ronit Shapira, Conductor

10:30	Gathering and Brunch (cocktail style)
11:30	Concert
Program
Joan Solomon/Levin Kipnis	Lights of Hanukkah
Linda Spevacek	A Choral Flourish
Beethoven	Variations on a theme from Handel’s “Judas Maccabeus”
Handel/ Halvorsen	Passacaglia
Jan Dusek	Ave Maria
Sara Shoam/Shin Shifra	Em Harachamim
Chopin	Ballade no. 4 in F minor, op. 52
Ravel	La Valse
Andre Hajdu	Proverbs of Solomon
Robert Petrosyan	Polyphonic Joke
Dvorak	Piano Trio in E minor, op. 90, “Dumky”

The Program is subject to change.

 

Tickets

Friends of the Arthur Rubinstein Society: NIS 135
American Express - Business and Gold card holders: NIS 160
American Express - Platinum card holders: NIS 120

For tickets and additional details, please call:
The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society
Tel: +972-3-685-6684

 

 

 

 

Previous Events

 

In Memory of J.J. Bistritzky, founder of the Arthur Rubinstein Competition

 

Greeting the New Year  

A Taste of Honey
 A cultural experience for connoisseurs

Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008, 19:30
Herzliya Performing Arts Center, Air Force House, Herzliya

In cooperation with
American Express 

With two of the winners of the
12th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition

Khatia Buniatishvili (Georgia)
Roman Rabinovich (Israel)

and

Emil Aybinder & Friends

Emil Aybinder, Accordion
Tom Cohen, Mandolin
Stanislav Baulin, Double bass

 

19:30	Opening & Cocktail
20:30     Concert : Solo and Four Hand Piano
	Schubert	Military March
Buniatishvili & Rabinovich, Four Hands
	Brahms	Variations on a theme by Handel, op. 24
	Roman Rabinovich
	Chopin	Ballade no. 4, op. 52
	Khatia Buniatishvili
	Rachmaninov	Two Preludes op. 32, no. 5 in G major op. 23, no. 5 in G minor
	Roman Rabinovich
	Liszt	Mephisto Waltz No. 1
	Khatia Buniatishvili
	Stravinsky	Russian Dance from “Petrouchka”
Buniatishvili & Rabinovich, Four Hands

21:30     Intermission & Dessert
22:00    Concert: Music of the World
Gypsy Music and Tango              Emil Aybinder & Friends

Tickets available for Amex customers at

Herzliya Performing Arts Center, Herzliya
1-700-70-29-29

 

For additional details, please call:
 

The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society, 03-685-6684

 

 

 

 

The 12th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition

March 8-27, 2998

 

REMEMBERING RUBINSTEIN

 

Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 8:30 pm

Duke's Hall, Royal Academy of Music

Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5HT, England

 

 

 

Programme

 

•   Video tribute by Daniel Barenboim filmed specially for the occasion
•   Original video recordings of Arthur Rubinstein
•   Panel discussion with members of the Guarneri String Quartet, Janina Fialkowska, and   Max Wilcox chaired by Ronald Harwood
•   Solo piano programme Alexander Gavrylyuk (winner of the 2005 Arthur Rubinstein   International Master Piano Competition)
•   Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat op. 44 Guarneri String Quartet and Janina Fialkowska
  

 

 

In a discussion to be chaired by Ronald Harwood, the Guarneri String Quartet who performed and recorded many times with Arthur Rubinstein will celebrate his life and work together with his long-standing record producer Max Wilcox and Janina Fialkowska, Rubinstein's last protege whose career he launched in 1974 after her prize at his inaugural Master Piano Competition.

 

 

 

 

Sounds and Flavors: Musical Brunch

 

Friday, Nov. 2, 2007, 10:30, Hilton Hotel, Tel Aviv

In cooperation with American Express and Hilton Hotel, Tel Aviv

 

 

10:30	Gathering and Brunch (cocktail-style)
11:30	Concert with
	Igor Levit (Russia/Germany), piano 2nd prize winner of the 11th Arthur Rubinstein Competition
	Yeol Eum Son (Korea), piano 3rd prize winner of the 11th Arthur Rubinstein Competition
	Adi - New Israeli Choir conducted by Yishai Steckler
	Program: Music by Chopin, Mussorgsky and Brahms

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Program is subject to change.

Tickets

Friends of the Arthur Rubinstein Society: NIS 135
American Express - Business and Gold card holders: NIS 160
American Express - Platinum card holders: NIS 120

For tickets and additional details, please call:
The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society
Tel: 03-6856684, 03-6856628

 

 

 

Friday, June 8 2007, 10:30, Hilton Hotel, Tel Aviv
Sounds and Flavors: Musical Brunch
In cooperation with American Express and Hilton Hotel, Tel Aviv

 

 

10:30	Gathering and Brunch (cocktail-style)
11:30	Concert with
	Ohad Ben Ari (Israel), piano - 3rd prize winner of the 8th Arthur Rubinstein Competition
	Natsuko Inoue (Japan), piano
	Ilya Gringoltz (Russia/Switzerland), violin
	Tel Aviv Soloists Ensemble, conducted by Barak Tal
	Rossini: String Sonata no. 6 in D major
	Mozart : Concerto for 2 pianos in E flat major, K. 354
	Mendelssohn : Concerto in D minor for Violin, Piano and Strings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26-29 April 2007

 

A Tribute to Arthur Rubinstein,
the Legendary Pianist of the 20th Century
in Isrotel

 

Artistic Director: Idith Zvi

 

Isrotel Royal Beach Hotel, Eilat

 

The Artists

Prize Winners of The 11th Competition, 2005

Jie Chen (China), 4th Prize
Tatiana Kolesova (Russia), 4th Prize
Minsoo Sohn (Korea), 5th Prize

and

The Israel Camerata Woodwind Quintet
Amy Brown, Flute
Muki Zohar, Oboe
Ilan Schul, Clarinet
Michal Mossek, Horn
Mauricio Paez, Bassoon

 

The Israel Camerata Jerusalem

Avner Biron, Arie Vardi, Conductors

David Zebba (Baritone) & Irit Rub (Piano), "Crazy about Opera"

Danny & Jonathan Wolach ( Piano & Vocals), South American Music

 

Winners of the 2nd Schimmel USasu International Piano Competition
Young talent from the Far East

Min Soo Hong, Wei Xin Zhou, Liyan He

 

 

 

Sunday, January 21, 2007, 20:00, Mary Nataniel Golden Hall of Friendship at the YMCA, Jerusalem

 

 

A Salute to the greatest pianist of the 20th century
Arthur Rubinstein
Special event on his 120th birthday

         

Alexander Gavrylyuk (Ukraine), First prize winner of 11th Arthur Rubinstein Piano Competition, 2005

With the Ariel Quartet

Sasha Kazovsky, violin
Gershon Gerchikov, violin
Sergey Tarashchanski, viola
 Amit Even-Tov, cello

 

Guests of honor

Lady Anabelle Weidenfeld
Jacob J. Bistritzky
Prof. Arie Vardi

Program

  

20:00  Remembering Arthur Rubinstein
Reminiscences with acquaintances and friends 
Screening of rare footage from master classes held at the Jerusalem Music Center

21:00  Concert

Brahms - 2 Intermezzi, opus 117 and 2 Rhapsodies, opus 79
Chopin - 4 Etudes from opus 25 and opus 10
Dvorak - Piano Quintet in A Major for piano and strings, opus 81

22:30  Cocktail

 

In cooperation with

  Zfunot Tarbut Society, http://www.zfunotarbut.org
 Jerusalem Music Center, http://www.jmc.co.il

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

January 7- 21, 2007

Photography Exhibition, Michael Cohen, photographer
A picture exhibition in Arthur Rubinstein’s honor at the Jerusalem Music Center, Mishkenoth Sha’ananim.
Pictures taken by Michael Cohen and from the archives of the Arthur Rubinstein Society.

 

 

Monday evening, January 22, 2007

Street Naming Ceremony in honor of Arthur Rubinstein, Tel Aviv Museum of Arts

Arthur Rubinstein is one of the many artists who had a street named after him in the new Ramat Aviv area of Tel Aviv.

 

Among the artists who performed at this ceremony is Alexander Gavrylyuk, the first prize winner of the 11th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, 2005. Gavrylyuk played the second movement of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, Op. 11.

 

 

 

Friday, Jan. 5, 2007, 10:30, Hilton Hotel, Tel Aviv
Sounds and Flavors: A Musical Morning

Benjamin Frith, First Prize Winner, Sixth Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, 1989

Solo pieces and Chamber Music with Yossi Arnheim, first flute, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Sagi Hartov, cello, Israeli cellist residing in England

Program

Haydn              Trio in D Major for Piano, Flute & Cello, Hob. XV:16  

Mendelssohn     2 Songs without Words op. 67, nos. 1 & 4
Chopin               Nocturne, Valse and Polonaise
Kapustin           Trio for Piano, Flute & Cello (In the style of Jazz)

 

In cooperation with American Express and Hilton, Tel Aviv

 

 

Yeol Eum Son & Bishara Harouny; Solo and four-hand recital
Oct. 28, 2006: Haifa, Rapoport Auditorium; In cooperation with the Haifa Chamber Music Society
Oct. 31, 2006: Kfar Shmaryahu, Weil Auditorium; In cooperation with Tzfunot Tarbut Society 

 

May 11-14, 2006

Piano Festivities

Eilat