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BEYOND THE NOTES: ChamberFest Cleveland
Presented by ChamberFest Cleveland
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Sunday, April 3 @ 11:00 am
In Person Jewish Federation of Cleveland Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Building 25701 Science Park Drive This program will be presented in Russian and English. По-русски! ChamberFest co-Artistic Directors Roman Rabinovich and Diana Cohen, will go “Beyond the Notes: and discuss the upcoming 10th Anniversary Season of the criticallyacclaimed ChamberFest Cleveland. Launched in 2012 by Cleveland Orchestra principal clarinet emeritus Franklin Cohen and daughter Diana Cohen, concertmaster of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, ChamberFest Cleveland burst onto the scene with a Big Bang! Steeped in a lifetime of participation in music festivals, the Cohens dreamt of bringing a world-class chamber music festival to the Cleveland community. ChamberFest Cleveland is now the region’s only such festival, creating thematic programming for unique chamber music experiences in a variety of venues around town. • For information visit jewishcleveland.org/arts or email israelarts@jcfcleve.org.
Presented by the Jewish Federation’s Cleveland Israel Arts Connection
a program of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland
CHAMBERFEST CLEVELAND SEASON X
June 15 – July 2
Various Venues
Photo: Maarit Kytoharju ROMAN RABINOVICH, Co-Artistic Director Roman Rabinovich was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 1985, and in 1994 emigrated with his family to Israel, where he studied at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music in Tel Aviv. He made his Israel Philharmonic debut under the baton of Zubin Mehta at age 10. Rabinovich was the winner of the 2008 Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition. Married to violinist Diana Cohen, he joins Diana and her father, Franklin, as an Artistic Director of ChamberFest Cleveland beginning with the 10th festival, Season X.
Sivan Magen, harpist
Born in Jerusalem, Sivan Magen is the only Israeli to have ever won the International Harp Contest in Israel. Magen is a winner of the Pro Musicis International Award. He appeared as a soloist across the US, South America, Europe, and Israel, in venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Sydney Opera House, and the Vienna Konzerthaus. In 2008 Magen became a founding member of the Israeli Chamber Project, a group which performs in both outreach venues and major concert halls in Israel and the U.S.
• For information visit chamberfestcleveland.com or call 216-471-8887.
Sponsored with support from the Jewish Federation’s Cleveland Israel Arts Connection a program of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland
PIANO DAYS @ CLE
Presented by Piano Cleveland
Piano Days @ CLE is a thrilling summer piano festival bookended by phenomenal Israeli pianists.
DUO AMAL Sunday, July 24 @ 2 pm
In Person Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art 11150 East Boulevard, Cleveland
Originated in the conflicted Middle East, Duo Amal was formed by international pianists Yaron Kohlberg and Bishara Haroni. The duo’s name, Amal, means hope in Arabic and reflects their belief that music can overcome different backgrounds and cultural boundaries. • For information visit pianocleveland.org
“Duo Amal bears testament to the capacity of music to transcend conflicts that have proved intractable.” ~ The Sydney Morning Herald
COVID PROTOCOLS: As the situation with COVID-19 is ever evolving, all programs are subject to change. Please call ahead to ensure whether programs are in person or virtual, and the specific protocols in place at each venue.
Community-Wide YOM HA’ATZMAUT CELEBRATION
Presented by Jewish Federation of Cleveland
Thursday evening, May 5
• For information visit jewishcleveland.org
DUELING PIANOS Sunday, August 14 @ 5 pm
In Person The Madison 4601 Payne Avenue, Cleveland Piano Days @ CLE concludes with celebrated Israeli jazz pianist Omri Mor as he “duels” with Cleveland’s own Jackie Warren in an exciting gala performance experience.
Omri Mor is a pianist, composer, and arranger. His musical prowess ranges from Classical and Jazz to Arabo-Andalusian music. He tours frequently with Bassist Avishai Cohen’s trio. As an arranger and composer, Mor’s soulful compositions are emblematic of his diverse musical influences and present his virtuosic pianistic skills, all of which will certainly be highlighted during this unique gala experience. • For information visit pianocleveland.org
Sponsored with support from the Jewish Federation’s Cleveland Israel Arts Connection
a program of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland
WAYS YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
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Connection Patron and bring our program to life! • Ensure creative Israel arts programming by responding with your own ideas and programs.
a program of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland
CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC
Recently named Director of Orchestral and Conducting Programs and Principal Conductor at Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM), Carlos Kalmar was born in Uruguay to Jewish immigrant parents from Austria He began violin studies at the age of six and at fifteen his musical promise was such that his family returned to Austria in order for him to study conducting at the Vienna Academy of Music. Most recently Kalmar was the Music Director of the Oregon Symphony and continues to serve as Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of Chicago’s Grant Park Music Festival, a position he has held since 2000.
“The Jewish heritage of my parents made them flee their central European home for South America where my brother and I were born.” ~ Carlos Kalmar
ERNEST BLOCH’s “MacBeth” February 22 – 26
In Person Kulas Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland
CIM Opera Theater brings to the stage three operatic incarnations of plays by William Shakespeare including the rarely performed Macbeth by CIM’s first director, Ernest Bloch. Swiss-born Ernest Bloch was the Cleveland Institute of Music’s founding musical director from 1920 – 1925. A prolific composer, many of Bloch’s works draw heavily on his Jewish heritage. Bloch’s father had at one stage intended to become a rabbi, and the young Ernest had a strong religious upbringing; as an adult he felt that to write music that expressed his Jewish identity was “the only way in which I can produce music of vitality and significance.” • For information visit cim.edu/events
Photo: Roger Mastroianni
SHULAMIT RAN’s “Monologue for Clarinet” Sunday, February 27 @ 4 pm
In Person Mixon Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland The program features “For an Actor: A Monologue for Clarinet” by Shulamit Ran. Shulamit Ran is an Israeli-American composer and pianist who began composing songs to Hebrew poetry at the age of seven. She moved to New York at age 14 to continue her studies. Ran’s “Symphony” won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1991.
CIM Faculty Recital: Ilya Kaler & Olga Dubossarskaya Kaler Wednesday, March 2 @ 7 pm
In Person Mixon Hall at Cleveland Institute of Music 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland Russian born Ilya Kaler is the only violinist in the world to win the Gold Medal at three of the world’s most prestigious international violin competitions: the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow (1986), the Sibelius Competition in Helsinki (1985), and the Paganini Competition in Genoa (1981). • For information visit cim.edu/events Carlos Kalmar Conducts the CIM Orchestra Wednesday, March 23 @ 7 pm
In Person Severance Music Center 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland • Free tickets available in late
February at clevelandorchestra. com or 216-231-1111.
Wednesday, April 13 @ 7 pm
In Person Kulas Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland • For information visit cim.edu/events
• For tickets visit clevelandorchestra.com or call 216-231-1111. • Use code “JFED” for ticket discounts.
COVID PROTOCOLS: As the situation with COVID-19 is ever evolving, all programs are subject to change. Please call ahead to ensure whether programs are in person or virtual, and the specific protocols in place at each venue.
THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA
Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Concert Hall In Person
Severance Music Center 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG’s “Concerto for Piano and Orchestra” February 24-26
Arnold Schoenberg was an Austrian and American composer, music theorist, teacher, writer, and painter. Born into a Jewish family in Vienna in 1874, Schoenberg is widely considered one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. EMANUEL AX PLAYS CHOPIN April 7-10
Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor Emanuel Ax is a Grammy-winning Jewish American classical pianist. He was born to a Polish-Jewish family in Lviv, Ukraine; both of his parents were Nazi concentration camp survivors. Ax is widely considered to be one of the best living classical pianists
SIEGAL LIFELONG LEARNING PRESENTS
To register visit case.edu/lifelonglearning or call 216-368-2091.
JEWISH ART AND IDENTITY: ANCIENT THROUGH MEDIEVAL TIMES Mondays, February 7-28 @ 1:30 - 3 pm
Over the last century, an astonishing assortment of ancient and Medieval Jewish art has been unearthed by archeologists and historians. These artifacts offer insight into how Jewish communities lived, how they perceived themselves and their relationship with the cultures that surrounded them. This course will explore these discoveries and the implications they have for the understanding of Jewish tradition and cultural history. Avi Rose, Ph.D. is an arts-based educator, psychologist, and Jewish/Israel studies lecturer. He is currently writing a book on the origins and development of the arts in Israeli society.
COVID PROTOCOLS: As the situation with COVID-19 is ever evolving, all programs are subject to change. Please call ahead to ensure whether programs are in person or virtual, and the specific protocols in place at each venue.
FROM MAXWELL HOUSE TO MOSS: THE HAGGADAH THROUGH HISTORY Mondays, March 21 - April 11 @ 1:30 - 3 pm
In Person Landmark Centre 25700 Science Park Drive, Beachwood
The Haggadah is one of the most published books in Jewish history. The thousands of different editions – and the artwork and commentaries they contain – provide a window into history, culture, geography, and the evolution of Jewish practice. Join us as we journey through Jewish history by exploring these diverse books. Gila Silverman is the Director of Jewish Lifelong Learning, Siegal Lifelong Learning, CWRU. Dr. Silverman is a cultural anthropologist, whose research has explored intersections of Judaism and healing, Jewish mourning and end-of-life care, American Jewish identity, the impact of gender on careers in Jewish Studies and Israel Studies, and American Jewish environmentalism.
STORIES OF SURVIVAL: OBJECT. IMAGE. MEMORY.
Presented by Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage
through February 27
In Person
Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage 2929 Richmond Road, Beachwood
• Visitors will be able to explore the exhibition one of two ways: • Online via virtual tour • In-person at the museum • For information visit maltzmuseum.org or call 216-593-0575.
“THE BREATH OF EVERY LIVING THING:” Zoocephali in the Hammelburg Mahzor and the Limits of Alterity
Keynote address at the Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies Presented by Case Western Reserve University
Friday, March 25 @ 5:15 pm
In Person
Cleveland Museum of Art 11150 East Boulevard, Cleveland
The Hammelburg Mahzor, a Jewish festival book completed in the middle of the fourteenth century—in the wake and on the eve of some of the worst pogroms in medieval Europe—is a striking manuscript. Animals, hybrids, and mythological beasts roam across its pages with bursts of color, given free rein to interact with the text. The book’s most remarkable feature is the inclusion of carefully curated zoocephalic figures: humans with beastly and bestial heads. The lecture will explore the semiotics and phenomenology of this alterity and suggest that its presence lies at the intersection of language, philosophy, theology, and history. • For information visit vagantesconference.org
COVID PROTOCOLS: As the situation with COVID-19 is ever evolving, all programs are subject to change. Please call ahead to ensure whether programs are in person or virtual, and the specific protocols in place at each venue.
CHAGALL FOR CHILDREN
Presented by Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage
May 11 – August 28
In Person Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage 2929 Richmond Road, Beachwood
“Chagall for Children” is a multi-sensory, hands-on exploration of one of the best-known and best-loved artists of the twentieth century, Marc Chagall. This world class exhibition is specifically designed to engage ages 2 – 12 and features multi-sensory exploration stations, each incorporating of one of Marc Chagall’s works encouraging children to explore art principles such as color, composition, light, and texture. • For information visit maltzmuseum.org or call 216-593-0575.
A NIGHT OF BROADWAY FAVORITES
Presented by The Cleveland Pops Orchestra Saturday, April 2 @ 8 pm
In Person Severance Music Center 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland
The Cleveland Pops introduces songstress Lauren Berry along with Pops favorite Connor Bogart for an evening of Broadway hits. The program includes music by legendary Jewish composers and lyricists: Irving Berlin, Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick, George & Ira Gershwin, Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerry Herman, Jerome Kern, Stephen Schwartz, and Stephen Sondheim. The program will also feature Carl Topilow’s “Clarinetist on the Roof!” • For tickets visit clevelandpops.com or call 216-765-7677. • Use code “JFED” for ticket discount.
COVID PROTOCOLS: As the situation with COVID-19 is ever evolving, all programs are subject to change. Please call ahead to ensure whether programs are in person or virtual, and the specific protocols in place at each venue.
THE ARONSON CELLO FESTIVAL (ACF)
Hosted by The Cleveland Institute of Music June 6 – 12
In Person Cleveland Institute of Music 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland Severance Music Center 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland As a young cellist, Lev Aronson had dreams of becoming an international soloist. But history had other plans. After surviving two death camps during World War II, Lev Aronson made his way to the United States where he was appointed principal cellist of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Today, Aronson is remembered as an extraordinary teacher. He mentored young musicians who later became acclaimed soloists, principal cellists of the great orchestras of the world, and teachers carrying on his legacy. Now in its 7th Series, The Aronson Cello Festival honors education, the arts, and the intersection between music and areas of influence from business to entertainment to sports. Join us for a festival with inspiring lectures, recitals, master classes and special guests. • For information visit: AronsonCelloFestival.com Making the world a better place through music.™
CLEVELAND ISRAEL ARTS CONNECTION The Cleveland Israel Arts Connection is a program of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland, connecting our community with the most dynamic 21st century cultural experiences that Israel has to offer. Working in partnership with Northeast Ohio’s leading arts organizations, we strive to identify, enhance, promote, and create unique and engaging Israeli cultural opportunities. J. David Heller, Board Chair Erika B. Rudin-Luria, President
CLEVELAND ISRAEL ARTS CONNECTION ADVISORY GROUP Roe Green and Erica Hartman-Horvitz, Co-Chairs Edna Akrish Leslye Arian Ziona Austrian Eric Baer Samantha Baskind Howard Bender Timothy Beyer Zeda Blau Richard Bogomolny Amy Budish Sue Cahn Rebecca Carmi Reneé Chelm Joanne Cohen Deena Epstein Natalie Epstein Marc Freimuth Mady Friedman Barbara Galvin Matthew Garson Jay Geller Valerie Geller Jane Glaubinger Florence Goodman Tyler Grasee Rochelle Gross Lilli Harris Rebecca Heller Stephen H. Hoffman Sara Hurand Bob Immerman Susan Immerman Bob Jackson Roseanne Kadis Sue Koletsky Susan Krantz Karen Krause Lisa Kurzner Leora Lanzola Daniel Levin Karen Levinsky Toby Lewis Sarah Liska Irwin Lowenstein Michael Milgrom Margie Moskovitz Linda Olejko Debbe Deutch Rabinowitz Deborah Ratner Barbara Robinson Sharon Rosenbaum Bill Rudman Linda Sandhaus Nancy Schwartz-Katz Abbie Sender Charna E. Sherman Anita Siegal Scott Sill Gila Silverman Marjorie Simon Margaret Singerman Patrice Moore Smith Ivan Soclof Marilyn Soclof Cathy Stamler Marla Comet-Stark Robert Stark Barbara Tannenbaum Richard Uria Herb Wainer Susan Wasserman Penni Weinberg Elie Weiss Judith Weiss Trudy Wiesenberger Ruth Wolfson
STAFF Rachel Lappen, Chief Development Officer Hedy P. Milgrom, Senior Development Officer Israel Wiener, Israel Arts & Culture Consultant Debra S. Yasinow, Director, Cleveland Israel Arts Connection
The Jewish FederaTion’s 2021-22 Cleveland israel arTs ConneCTion is broughT To you by These generous individuals, CorporaTions, and FoundaTions:
Roe Green, Honorary Producer
STAR PATRONS Roe Green Foundation Richard Horvitz & Erica Hartman-Horvitz Robert & Susan Immerman Karen & Alan M. Krause
PLATINUM PATRONS Stanley I. and Honnie R. Busch Memorial Endowment Drs. Jane Glaubinger & Eric Baer The John & Peggy Garson Family Foundation Steve & Penni Weinberg
GOLD PATRONS Richard Bogomolny & Patricia Kozerefski Reneé Chelm Matt Garson & Case Bochenek Harley & Rochelle Gross Sara Hurand & Elie Weiss
SILVER PATRONS
Zeda W. Blau Rebecca & Irad Carmi Marc Freimuth Barbara Galvin Florence Goodman Lilli Harris Amy & Steve Hoffman Jewish Arts Endowment Fund Roseanne Kadis Rachel & Justin Lappen Cookie & Herb Marcus Hedy & Michael Milgrom Ashley Hartman Robinson Barbara Robinson Sharon & Bruce Rosenbaum Linda M. Sandhaus, M.D. Charna E. Sherman Michael & Anita Siegal Family Foundation Robert & Eileen Sill Family Foundation Marjorie Simon Margaret Singerman Richard & Beverley Uria Herb & Jody Wainer Susan Wasserman Judith Weiss Trudy & Steve Wiesenberger
FRIENDS The Edna & Yair Akrish Family Leslye Arian Deena & Richard Epstein Debra S. Yasinow
Jewish Federation of Cleveland Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Building 25701 Science Park Drive Cleveland, Ohio 44122 NON-PROFIT U.S. POSTAGE PAID CLEVELAND, OHIO PERMIT NO. 581
The Jewish FederaTion’s Cleveland israel arTs ConneCTion is broughT To you by These generous sponsors: Roe Green, Honorary Producer
The Leonard Krieger Fund of the
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