Upcoming in the Discoveries Series
Saturday 05/01/2019 | 20:30 | Tel Aviv Cinematheque
concert 3
Ilan Volkov - conductor
Olga Neuwirth Music to the silent film “The City without Jews” (1924)
by H. K. Breslauer, based on the book of the same title by Hugo Bettauer.(1922)
digitally restored and re-released in its original form by the Austrian Film Archive
for amplified ensemble
Saturday 09/02/2019 | 20:00 | Tel Aviv Museum
concert 4
Zsolt Nagy - conductor
Sara Medkova - piano and voice
Tibi Cziger - bass-clarinet
Hadas Peeri New work for ensemble and electronics
Ivo Medek Alter Ego Concerto for for piano, bass clarinet and ensemble
GyörgyLigeti Chamber Concerto
Additional Concerts
Saturday 23/03/2019
20:00 | Tel Aviv Museum
concert 5
Discoveries Series
The Israel Contemporary Players
Zsolt Nagy – Chief Conductor
Founded in 1991, the ICP is widely regarded as the best ensemble of its kind in Israel. Its activity has impacted the country’s musical life and popular appreciation of contemporary music. The ensemble regularly commissions, performs and records works by Israeli composers and so far has premiered over 100 Israeli compositions, besides performing an international repertoire from the 20th and 21st centuries. The ensemble collaborates with the finest European and Israeli conductors and soloists, including Michel Tabatchnik, Peter Rundel, Jonathan Nott, Ilan Volkov, Fabian Panisello, Christian Eggen, Dietrich Henschel, Irvine Arditti, Boris Berman and George Benjamin, to name just a few. The ICP, which was awarded the National Lottery Foundation prize for excellence in Israel, is internationally renowned and receives frequent invitations to perform at the most prestigious venues and festivals in Europe and Asia.