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ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC

Lahav Shani, Music Director Presented by the Jewish Federation of Cleveland

Saturday, November 12, 2022 @ 8 pm ET

Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Concert Hall Severance Music Center 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland

The Israel Philharmonic returns to Cleveland under the direction of Music Director Lahav Shani, successor to Maestro Zubin Mehta. The Israel Philharmonic is the leading orchestra in Israel and globally recognized as a world class symphonic ensemble. Founded in 1936 by famed Polish violinist Bronislaw Huberman, the philharmonic performs regularly in its home, the Charles Bronfman Auditorium in Tel Aviv, as well as across Israel, including Jerusalem and Haifa. Additionally, it tours internationally, from Europe to Asia to North and South America. Since its inception, the ensemble has enjoyed long-lasting relationships with renowned soloists and conductors, keeping it at the forefront of the classical music world. • Tickets available at the Severance Music Center

Box Office, 216-231-1111 or 800-686-1411, or by scanning the QR code. • For sponsorship information, contact Rachel

Lappen, Chief Development Officer, at rlappen@jewishcleveland.org or 216-593-2841.

“It is impossible to imagine Israel without its philharmonic orchestra.”

~ Shimon Peres: Israeli President, Prime Minister & Nobel Prize Laureate

LAHAV SHANI, Music Director

Lahav Shani is music director of the Israel Philharmonic, he was appointed in 2020. Since his conducting debut in 2013, he has conducted it every season. His close relationship with the orchestra began in his youth when he played as a pianist in a youth concert, and in 2007 when he performed as a soloist under the baton of Zubin Mehta. In 2013, Lahav Shani rose to fame after winning the prestigious Gustav Mahler International Conducting Competition in Bamberg. Since 2018, he has been serving as Chief Conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the youngest conductor to hold the position in the orchestra’s history. Born in Tel Aviv in 1989, Lahav Shani began his piano studies at age six. He studied with Prof. Arie Vardi at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, Tel Aviv University and completed his studies at the Academy of Music Hanns Eisler, Berlin, where he studied conducting with Prof. Christian Ehwald and piano with Prof. Fabio Bidini. He was mentored by Daniel Barenboim during his studies.

SHALVA BAND

May 9, 2023 (Lag B’Omer)

Details to come!

The Shalva Band, comprised of 8 talented musicians with disabilities, performed on Season Six of The Rising Star in Israel. Hundreds of thousands of people tuned into the popular broadcast to watch their performances. They united a country, and world, in support of inclusion. Their performances changed how millions of people view and embrace disability. They strengthened children and families to believe in their amazing potential and have proven to the world that people deserve to be judged and celebrated for their abilities. The Shalva Band’s performance at Eurovision 2019 was broadcast live and seen by 150,000,000 people around the world.

AN EVENING WITH ITZHAK PERLMAN

Presented by Tuesday Musical

Thursday, April 27, 2023 @ 7:30 pm

EJ Thomas Performing Arts Hall 198 Hill Street, Akron

Undisputedly one of the world’s most respected violinists and music educators, Itzhak Perlman is also beloved by generations through appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show to Sesame Street to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (in a duet with jazz pianist Jon Batiste). Don’t miss this historic, exclusive evening with a living legend. Mr. Perlman will share intimate anecdotes and multi-media images from his life and career — and perform with longtime collaborator and friend Rohan De Silva — all curated by Tony Award-winning director Dan Sullivan. • For tickets visit www.tuesdaymusical.org or call 330-761-3460. • Use code “JFED” for ticket discount, offer expires December 1.

Expelled from their homes and scattered across the earth, exiled peoples have often found strength and resilience in their music. This new program from Jeannette Sorrell begins where “O Jerusalem!” ended – celebrating the interwoven connections of the Sephardic, Ashkenazy, Palestinian, and African traditions.

DAVID RADZYNSKI, Concertmaster, The Cleveland Orchestra

The Cleveland Orchestra recently announced the appointment of Israeli-American violinist David Radzynski as concertmaster, after an extensive and rigorous audition and search process. Radzynski comes to Cleveland from Israel, where he has served as concertmaster of the Israel Philharmonic since 2015. He has worked extensively both with the orchestra’s music director emeritus Zubin Mehta, and since 2020 with the newly appointed music director Lahav Shani. Raised in Columbus, Ohio, Radzynski has led the philharmonic on tours throughout Europe, China, Singapore, South America, the United States, and in Mehta’s hometown Mumbai, India.

Jewish-themed cultural event

EXILE: Music of the Jewish & African Diasporas

Presented by Apollo’s Fire

March 8-10 and April 4, 2023

Various Venues, including The Temple-Tifereth Israel, Beachwood

Rachel Weston, mezzo-soprano Jacob Perry & Haitham Haidar, tenor Jeffrey Strauss, baritone Daphna Mor, recorder, ney, vocals • For tickets and venue information, visit www.apollosfire.org or call 216-360-0012. • Use code “JFED” for ticket discounts.

A voyage of faith for the 21st century… An ensemble at the peak of their powers, making vital statements about the world… –Seen & Heard International (review of O Jerusalem!)