Wed - June 16, 2004

Live Internet Concert Broadcast from Israel this Friday


From the Israel hour discussion list...

This coming Friday, June 18th, 2:00pm Israel time, the Israel Broadcasting Authority's Reshet Bet radio station will be presenting a live special broadcast of their weekly "Gaon BaRadio" show - Yehoram Gaon on the radio.

It's a tribute to the Israeli poet and lyricist Natan Yonatan Z"L, who passed away recently. The show is beautifully titled "Lich'yot B'toch Hashir" (To Live Inside the Song), and will be broadcast live from Tel Aviv's Heychal Hatarbut - the famous Mann Auditorium. Singers scheduled to perform include Shlomo Artzi, Dorit Reuveni, Ha'achim v'Ha'achayot, Orna and Moshe Datz, and of course, Yehoram Gaon himself. News also that Achinoam Nini and Tzvika Pik are also slated to appear.

Yonatan's list of poems includes such works as "Shir Eretz", "Shuv Natchil Mechadash", "Ne'esaf Tishrei (Met Av Umet Elul)", "Yesh Prachim", "Kmo Balada" and "Al Anfay Hashita". His most well-known poem outside of Israel is his famous "Chofim", which has become a standard at memorial services. "Chofim" was written by Natan Yonatan after he lost his son Lior in the Yom Kippur War:

Chofim hem lifamim ga'aguim l'nachal,
Ra'iti pa'am chof shenachal azavo
Im lev shavur shel chol va'even,
V'ha'adam - V'ha'adam hu lifamim gam ken
Yachol l'hisha'er natush u'vli kochot
Mamash kmo chof

Coincidentally, a poem by Natan Yonatan was also performed as a song at the 1974 Israel Song Festival - "Na'ari" sung by Ilana Rovina. The Ha'achim V'Ha'achayot quartet will perform at the show - they produced an album entitled "Al Anfay Hashita" which includes four of his songs.

If you have access to a high speed internet service, you can listen to the show! Just navigate to Rashut Hashidur and click on the Real Player button or the Media Player button in the left column of the web-page. If you have some decent speakers hooked up to your computer, you can close your eyes and pretend you're in Israel!

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Wed - April 7, 2004

Israel's Entry to the 2004 Eurovision contest - May 12-15, 2004 in Turkey


David D'Or is to represent Israel in this year's Eurovision contest to be held in Turkey, with his song, Lahaamin - To Believe.

Just announced is Israel's Eurovision entry, David D'Or. His website contains both a video and audio track you can listen to here (you will need Macromedia's Flash to listen - no piracy allowed!)

Again, we see another Israeli chimera song with a mix of Hebrew and English, destined to attempt to please the judges. I can't say the music is exactly danceable, but it does remind me of some dance material, such as Kobe's At Belibi.

In any case, if you want to see David D'Or's webpage, and download information about him, you can go here.

Now, the song is not a finalist but one of a number of song entries competing in the semi-finals on May 12. The actual final will be held on May 15. Of the 22 semi-finalists, only 10 will go ahead to the final judging.

Here are the semi-finalists:

SEMI FINAL (May, 12th) 1. Finland 2. Belarus 3. Switzerland 4. Latvia 5. Israel 6. Andorra 7. Portugal 8. Malta 9. Monaco 10. Greece 11. Ukraine 12. Lithuania 13. Albania 14. Cyprus 15. F.Y.R. Macedonia 16. Slovenia 17. Estonia 18. Croatia 19. Denmark 20. Serbia & Montenegro 21. Bosnia & Herzegovina 22. Netherlands

The 14 countries who are already in the final (no need to compete in the semis) are, in running order:
1. Spain 2. Austria 3. Norway 4. France 5. ---- (from semi final) 6. ---- (from semi final) 7. ---- (from semi final) 8. Germany 9. ---- (from semi final) 10. ---- (from semi final) 11. ---- (from semi final) 12. ---- (from semi final) 13. Belgium 14. Russia 15. ---- (from semi final) 16. ---- (from semi final) 17. Iceland 18. Ireland 19. Poland 20. United Kingdom 21. ---- (from semi final) 22. Turkey 23. Romania 24. Sweden

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Fri - February 20, 2004

Etnix and Eyal Golan in Concert this weekend - NYC


February 21 is the date; Brooklyn, NYC is the place.

Friend chatted with Gadi Bitton the other day and passed on that one of his Tel Aviv dance nights attracted some 2000 people, principally on the basis of Eyal Golan singing.

Eyal Golan and Etnix will be appearing in concert this weekend, according to the Mofaim website.

Here's the info from the site:

Saturday, February 21, 2004 9:00 PM $55-$100
Walt Whitman Theatre Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts, Brooklyn College 2900 Campus Road at Hillel Place Brooklyn, NY Tickets: Brooklyn: Sifrutake 718-382-9128 Queens: Sifrutake 718-575-5745 Naomi Pizza 718-520-8754 Shimon Peer 718-261-3030
שבת, 21 2004בפברואר 21:00 $55-$100
אתניקס ואייל גולן

Miami area residents - you're not left out! Here's the dope:

Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:30 PM $55-$100
North Miami Beach Performing Arts Theater 17011 NE 19th Avenue North Miami Beach, Fl 33162 Tickets: Fuad Ovadia: 305-362-4310 Miami: Issac's 305-937-1546 Tel-Aviv Deli 305-935-2684 Hollywood: Tel-Aviv Supermarket: 954-987-4345 Sifrutake: 954-967-4000 Ft. Lauderdale: Deli Tel-Aviv 954-746-7813
יום שלישי, 24 2004בפברואר 20:30 $55-$100
אתניקס ואייל גולן

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Thu - January 15, 2004

Israeli Music Show will play latest songs this Sunday (Jan 18) - live on the net!


Josh Shron who co-hosts the Israel Hour show out of Rutgers, is just back from Israel, and sent an email about this Sunday's show...

"...this Sunday, we'll be playing many of the songs I heard on the radio in Israel over the last 2 weeks.  Want to know what they're listening to in Israel?  Tune in this Sunday to find out!  You'll hear lots of brand new music from many of the artists you know and love - and many GREAT songs from artists you may not have heard of...yet."

Sunday, January 18, 1:00 PM Eastern (5am in Melbourne -oy!)
http://nj.com/wrsu

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Tue - January 13, 2004

Upcoming Israeli concerts in North America - Great Information site


Etnix and Eyal Golan in Miami and LA; Mashina in New York; and David Broza in Chicago - all appearing in February and just some of the events listed by MOFAIM.

What a great site this is! Listed in English and Hebrew with dates, location and costs (as well as local websites for more info), MOFAIM is a great site for US and Canada concerts of Israeli artists.

You can see listings by artists as well as location, as well as submit a show not yet mentioned.

Canadians are in for good times too, with Kobi Oshrat & Ehud Manorwith Boaz Sharaby & lnbar appearing in Toronto in late January.

You can visit this great site here.

Posted at 04:09 PM     |

Sun - December 7, 2003

Shmulik and Moshiko In Australia


First time ever two choreographers are together in an Australian dance camp

I can't think of a combination of choreographers at the first level who have done as many camps together. For many years now, Shmulik and Moshiko have combined their talents in the one venue at least twice a year - Tamaron in New York, and Machol Europa in the UK.

That doesn't count events and workshops in Israel of course.

So it makes perfect sense that if an Australian camp is going to be the first to have two choreographers, then it should be with Shmulik and Moshiko who have the experience of so often working with each other.

In July next year, both will visit Melbourne's Gold Rush area about 90 minutes drive in Ballarat for a weekend camp and likely weeknight workshops to review some of their classic material and teach some of their new unseen dances.

Both have been hosted by Melbourne's Hora group several times, and I know that the close relationship which exists between the leadership and the choreographers will bring out the best in their performances. With Shmulik and Moshiko it's never about just the dances anyway, as each tries to create some bond between Israel and the dancers when they teach. But I believe in the Hora context, camp goers will have an even better chance to get to know these two legends of IFD in a more personal way.

Keep watching the blog for more details as the camp dates get closer.

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