Israel Philharmonic OrchestraLahav Shani (conductor), Igor Levit (piano)
This event is in the past.
Considered one of the world’s best orchestras, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is today Israel’s musical ambassador. In 1936, the violinist Bronislaw Huberman, one of the most successful musicians of his time, used his influence to enable numerous Jewish musicians to leave Europe for the safe haven of Palestine.
This event is in the past.
Considered one of the world’s best orchestras, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is today Israel’s musical ambassador. In 1936, the violinist Bronislaw Huberman, one of the most successful musicians of his time, used his influence to enable numerous Jewish musicians to leave Europe for the safe haven of Palestine.
Glowing reviews in the press of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra’s concert with Lahav Shani and Igor Levit:
“Igor Levit: Powerfully gripping and highly virtuosic in the cadenza. (…) A kind of gentle meditation, often so delicately played that you barely dare breathe in the hall. All the more intense was the applause after the tightly executed final rondo, which whet the appetite for his further concerts.” (Münchner Merkur, 9/23)
“Lahav Shani moulds [the sound] with his whole body and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, with its dark strings, astonishes with every note. (…) It’s all verve, melancholy, elegance. There is never harshness in the sound; it is never forced, never overruns the audience. (…) Not only the pianist Igor Levit is amazed; the increasingly overjoyed audience is, too, and will probably never forget this concert.” (Süddeutsche Zeitung, 9/23)
Programme
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5 in E-flat major, Op 73, Emperor Concerto
- Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5 in E minor, Op 64, Schicksals-Sinfonie
