Calendar

 

(Due to a large volume of activity, the calendar is no

being updated.)

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For a continually updated and detailed list of

activities (english/hebrew),please go to

Oded Zehavi Music Facebook page)

 

 

 

highlights for the 2020 season

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Netanya Kibbutz Chamber Orchestra, Christian Lindberg (cond.), Shmuel Elbaz (soloist), 'Piyut' concerto for mandolin and orchestra, world premiere, Israel and Sweden.

 

Sinfonietta Beersheva, 'Yasmin', Dege Feder-Levy (soloist), world premeiere, Beersheva.

 

Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, 'Sela [Rock]' for orchestra, performance, Jerusalem.

 

Cleveland Orchestra, Matthias Pintscher (cond.), Mary Kay Fink (soloist), Concerto for piccolo and orchestra, world premiere, United States.

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Residency at Avaloch Farm Music Institute, October, United States.

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Illya Filshtinskiy, 'Memories' for piano solo, recording, aTonalHits label, United States.

 

Oberlin Trio, 'Gal [Wave, a lullaby]', performance, United States.

 

Jerusalem Trio, 'The Farewell', performance, Tel Aviv Museum of Modern Art.

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selected events 2014-19

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Pamela Ryan, viola. 'Voices of the Earth' for solo viola, University of Colorado at Boulder, Grusin Music Hall, January 26 & 29, 2019.

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Faculty recital at Aaron Copeland School of Music at Queens College, USA. 'Mesik' [Olive Vine] for bassoon and piano with Gili Sharett, (bassoon) and Konstantza Chernov (piano), October 27, 2016.
 

Residency at Avaloch Farm Music Institute, New Hampshire USA. October, October 3-23 2016.

 

'Half Sabbatical' (2016), commissioned and premiered by the Kerem Trio with Yeela Avital, Stricker Conservatory of Music, Tel Aviv, February 1, 2016.

 

'Farewell Trio' (2006), performances by the Alexander Trio (Nitai Zori; violin, Ella Toovy; cello and Michal Tal; piano). January-February concerts at Felicia Blumenthal Music Center Tel Aviv, Etnatchta (live IBA broadcast) Jerusalem and Kibbutz Ein Shemer.  

 

Release of Barrocade the Israeli Baroque Collective record. Independent. November 2015. [recording producer, sound editing]

 

Budapest Hungary premiere of 'Kolot HaAdama' [Sounds of the Earth] for solo viola on November 17, 2015 by violist Rivka Golani. Works by Joachim, Hubay, Weiner, Kodaly, Partos, Brahms and Zehavi. Hungarian Radio Marble Hall, Budapest, 19:00. Live recording for broadcast on November 28, 2015 by Radio Bartok Budapest. 

 

Case Western Reserve Department of Music Colloquia presents Professor Oded Zehavi (University of Haifa): 'Cultural Identity as a Composer'. A forum for presentation and discussion of recent research by distinguished visitors and by CWRU faculty and graduate students in musicology, historical performance practice, and music education. November 6, 2015, Cleveland Ohio.

 

Premiere of 'Shadowbox' by Groundworks Dance Theatre. David Shimotakahara, choreographer. October 16 & 17, 2015; Allen Theater at Playhouse Square and November 15, 2015; Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage. In cooperation with Violins of Hope-Cleveland.

 

Pre-concert lecture (Violins of Hope) and performance of 'Seagull' for violin and piano. Joan Kwon; violin and Antonio Pompa-Baldi; piano. October 7, 8pm, Cleveland Institute of Music, Kulas Hall. Along with Schulhoff's 'Duo' for violin and cello and Messiaen's 'Quartet for the End of Time'.

 

Premiere of 'Mesik' for bassoon and piano. Gili Sharett; bassoon, Gili Melamed-Lev; piano. Works by Mozart, Piazolla, Britten, Strauss and Zehavi. Camphill Ghent Culture Hall, Chatham NY. October 17, 2015.

 

Premiere of 'In the Garden' [Ba Gina} for mezzo-soprano and brass quintet. Israeli Music Festival (Hag HaMusika HaIsraelit), September 2015.

 

Lecture, Violins of Hope-Cleveland. 'A Musical Journey Through Israel's History', September 2, 2015.

 

Lecture, Violins of Hope-Cleveland. 'The Birth of an Israeli Sound: War, Refugees and the Founding of an Orchestra'. September 9, 2015.

 

Performance of two gypsy songs for soprano and piano ("I'm not Sorry" and "Even My Soul Feels the Pain"), from the 2015 album 'Lonely Bird'. Coraine Tate, soprano and Adam Whiting, piano. Cleveland Institute of Music, Opening Exercises ceremony, August 28, 2015.

 

UK and Canadian premieres of 'Voices of the Earth' for viola solo and viola with chamber ensemble. Rivka Golani, viola, 2015.

 

Premiere of "Windmill" and "The Map" for dancers. Ayelet Cohen and MakesounD, Suzanne Dellal Dance Center, June 2015.

 

Tour in support of 'Lonely Bird' CD release throughout 2014-15: Tel Aviv, Haifa, other dates TBA.

 

Release of 'Lonely Bird' CD and score, 18 Jewish art songs for voice and piano (Claire Meghnagi; soprano, Irena Friedland; piano], Israel Music Institute, October 2014.

 

Performance of 'Eli, Eli' and 'Yarad Dodi Lagano', Anna Mayilyan; soprano and instrumental ensemble, arrangements by Oded Zehavi, Cafesjian Center for the Arts, Yerevan, Armenia, October 2014.

 

Performance of Symphony No. 1, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Guy Feder, cond. Israeli Music Festival, Henry Crowne Hall, Jerusalem, October 2014.

 

Performance of 'Intermezzo' for mandolin quartet, Kerman Mandolin Quartet (Jacob Reuven: Mandolina I / Mari Carmen Simón: Mandolina II, Fabio Gallucci: Mandola / Vincent Beer-Demander: Mandocello), Israeli Music Festival, Tel Aviv Museum of Modern Art, October 2014.

 

Prime Minister's Prize for Composition, September 2014.

 

Performance of 'Intermezzo' for mandolin quartet, Kerman Mandolin Quartet, La Rioja International Festival of Plectro Music, Spain, August 2014.

 

Premiere of 'Sound' [Tzlil] for choir, audience and chamber ensemble at Kfar Blum Chamber Music Days, July 2014.

 

Performance of 'Farewell Trio, Les Adieux', Jerusalem Music Center Summer Festival for Gifted Young Musicians, Claremont Hall, Tel Aviv University, July 2014.

 

Brown University, Rhode Island USA. Lecture: 'Nationality and Immigration in early days of Israeli Art Music' as part of conference: 'Zionism as a Cultural Movement'. Curated concert of Jewish art music in this conference with soloists of the Israel Philharmonic, including '5 lieder' for soprano and piano (Clarie Meghnagi; voice and Irena Friedland; piano), April 2014.

 

Premiere of 'Two Sacred Hymns' for voice and piano [Hebrew hymns from the 13th and 16th centuries] (Merav Eldan; voice and Ashchen Agasarian; piano) recorded and podcast by the European Broadcasting Union, Akko Israel, April 2014.

 

Premiere of 'Mighty and Enlightened' for rock vocalists and chamber orchestra, Maya Belzitsman and Hemi Rudner; vocalists, Noam Zur; conductor, Israel Camerata Jerusalem, Kibbutz Kfar Blum, March 2014.

 

European and American screenings of 'Natural Life', a US juvenile justice system experimental documentary by Tirtza Even. [soundtrack]

 

Release of Rio-Paris CD arrangements with Liat Cohen, Natalie Dessay and others for Erato/Warner Classics

 

Release of Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique (Gianandrea Noseda), Israel Philharmonic Orchestra for Helicon Ltd. [recording producer, sound editing]

 

Release of Bruckner Symphony 8 (Zubin Mehta), Israel Philharmonic Orchestra for Helicon Ltd. [recording producer, sound editing]