Upcoming in the Discoveries Series
Tuesday 08/05/2018 | 20:30 | Tel Aviv Museum
concert 5
Percussion de Strasbourg
Ensemble Tremolo
Edgard Varèse Ionisation (Percussion de Strasbourg version)
ToruTakemitsu Rain Tree
Gérard Grisey Tempus ex Machina
Thierry de Mey Pièce de Gestes
Andy Emler Obsissens
Dor Fischer "Absurd", 2016 (From percussion concerto, arranged for five percussionists)
Saturday 16/06/2018 | 20:30 | Tel Aviv Museum
concert 6
Daniel Kawka - conductor
Saar Berger - horn
Anton Webern concerto op.24
Nina Šenk One’s Song for horn solo
Pascal Dusapin Coda
Dan Yuhas Repercussions for horn and ensemble
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.