Tag Archives: Tel Aviv

The ‘Romanian Evening’ at the New Israeli Opera (‘Un ballo in maschera’ at the NIO)

Posted on January 19, 2014 by admin

Un ballo in Maschera has a very convoluted history. Created in the years that preceded the unification and independence of Italy, the opera was originally written as a regicide plot based on the historical facts of the assassination of king Gustav … Continue reading →

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World Press and Local Testimony 2013

Posted on December 22, 2013 by admin

Bringing to Israel the international Word Press journalistic photography winners and joining in the same exhibition the Israeli Local Testimony collection has become a tradition, and so is my visiting the show at the Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv. … Continue reading →

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Despre ‘dilemele identitare’ la ICR Tel Aviv

Posted on September 27, 2013 by admin

ICR Tel Aviv a organizat in aceasta dimineata un eveniment care i-a avut ca invitati pe scriitorii Carmen Firan si Adrian Sangeorzan care traiesc la New York, ocazie pentru publicul israelian de a-i cunoaste pe cei doi scriitori si de … Continue reading →

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Avishai Cohen at Zappa in Tel Aviv

Posted on March 2, 2013 by admin

Bass usually takes a back seat in jazz performances. Starting with the location on the stage, where the bass is relegated to the back of the stage (maybe no to dwarf the other instruments some will say) and especially in … Continue reading →

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Companhia de Dança Deborah Colker in Tel Aviv

Posted on January 27, 2013 by admin

The Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center (or the Opera House as it is popularly known) has a very solid dance program each season which brings every year to Tel Aviv most of the best ballet and modern dance companies world-wide. … Continue reading →

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Joel Frahm (again) in Tel Aviv

Posted on December 9, 2012 by admin

The first evening in the Hot Jazz series at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art this year that I am attending (it was actually the second one, but I missed the first because of my professional trip in November) provided … Continue reading →

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Richard III under Rocket Attacks

Posted on November 16, 2012 by admin

This is maybe one of the most unusual texts about a theater performance that I have ever written. It is not only about Shakespeare’s masterpiece, not only about the staging (and I have great references to compare with, starting with … Continue reading →

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Madeleine Peyroux in Tel Aviv

Posted on November 12, 2012 by admin

I first saw and listened to Madeleine Peyroux’s music in the mid-90s. The performance was filmed at one of the major jazz festivals, maybe the one in Montreal, but I am no longer sure. She was in her mid 20s, … Continue reading →

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Snapshots in Tel Aviv and Yaffo

Posted on October 19, 2012 by admin

Below are a few pictures taken this morning during a short tour in Tel Aviv and Yaffo.     Beit Tamar is the name of the building that stands at the intersection of the streets Chelouche and Shabazi in the … Continue reading →

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‘Encounters in Edvard Munch’s Space’ at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art

Posted on October 13, 2012 by admin

Twenty years ago Liliana and me visited Paris for the first time in our lives. It was a memorable trip from many respects, and one of the major highlights of that first encounter with the magic city was the exhibition … Continue reading →

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