Newsletter from August 26, 2024: We would like to share some exciting moments we experienced recently, despite the difficult times. In the last few days we added video recordings of performances of two of Marc Lavry’s compositions. They were recently recorded and videotaped as part of the Year of Marc Lavry 2023-2024. Jewish Suite for…
Newsletter from May 1, 2024: Difficult times are weighing on all of us. Many performances during the Year of Marc Lavry did not take place. Many orchestras and artists are returning to regular activity and so is ours. We received inquiries regarding information about the concerts and are therefore providing an update. Below is a…
Newsletter from October 9, 2023: Participating in “The Year of Marc Lavry“, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra will open the season with the performance of the symphonic poem War and Peace. Tickets can be purchased at the Philharmonic Orchestra’s website for the concerts in Tel Aviv on October 21 and Jerusalem on October 22. 80(!) years…
Newsletter from September 6, 2023: As part of the “Marc Year of Marc Lavry” events, the Israeli Music Festival will perform the suite for violin and orchestra “Israeliana“. Free tickets for the September 20, 2023 concert in Haifa can be reserved here. The concert will be broadcasted in the future at the Kan Kol Hamusica…
Newsletter from May 17, 2023: As we celebrate Jerusalem Day (May 19, 2023), I recall my father’s first encounter with the city. Lavry arrived in Israel as a tourist in 1935, and after a short while he technically became an illegal alien. While rehearsing for a concert in Tel Aviv in 1937, a Jewish officer…
Newsletter from September 10, 2015: To receive future newsletter please go to the newsletter sign-up page. As Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) comes upon us, we are excited to launch the new website of the Marc Lavry Heritage Society www.marclavry.org. We tried very hard to make the site informative and easy to use…
We are saddened with the passing of Professor Noam Sheriff, a friend and a member of the society. Noam, a person of great achievements and a and pillar of Israeli music, inspired us all. He will be greatly missed. The members and management of the Marc Lavry Heritage Society.
Newsletter from March 23, 2017: To receive future newsletter please go to the newsletter sign-up page. While wandering through dozens of unidentified recordings that the National Library received from the Israeli Broadcasting Service, I stumbled upon a recording which style I immediately recognized. Although I had never heard the composition, Lavry oozed from…
Newsletter from March 21, 2016: To receive future newsletter please go to the newsletter sign-up page. Efrat, Marc Lavry’s daughter, recalls: I remember one of the many parties at my parents house. It was Purim (the Jewish holiday where people dress up in costumes). As usual, Dad sat at the piano and described…
Newsletter from September 8, 2015: To receive future newsletter please go to the newsletter sign-up page. At the beginning of his career, Marc Lavry did not write any works with Jewish themes. Suddenly, during his stay in Berlin between 1928-1933, the composer wrote five Jewish compositions: Jewish Folk Songs for String Quartet (Op. 14),…
Newsletter from April 30, 2015: To receive future newsletter please go to the newsletter sign-up page. Additional information about the composition: Dan Hashomer (Dan the Guard), Opera, Op. 158. Best regards, The Marc Lavry Heritage Society www.marclavry.org P.S. Want to share future newsletters with friends? Refer them to the Society’s newsletter sign-up page.
Newsletter from February 6, 2021: To receive future newsletter please go to the newsletter sign-up page. The Oratorio Sacred Service (Avodat Hakodesh) by Marc Lavry will be performed in February 2015 at the Jewish Music Days Festival at the University of Haifa. 60 years ago Marc Lavry was invited to write the Oratorio…
Like all young men in Russia, Marc Lavry was enlisted to the army. Lavry, did not want to serve in the military, but wanted much less to be labeled as a “Draft Dodger Jew”. (To join he even hid an injury from when he was 12 that nearly caused his arm to be amputated.) Lavry…
Marc Lavry’s Three Jewish Dances for Piano (Op. 190) will be performed and discussed by pianist Elisabeth Hoegberg as part of “Musical Journeys of Immigrant Composers,” a recital sponsored by the Indianapolis Spirit and Place Festival that explores in music and words how emigration shaped composers’ lives and artistry. Details: Time: Monday, November 10, 2014…
A New Year greeting from September 22, 2014: To receive future newsletter please go to the newsletter sign-up page. In Lavry’s desk drawer we found a personalized New Year greeting card of the composer and his wife from the late Fifties. (Interestingly, Helena Lavry signed as Ellen in English since her American friends called…
