What:
In celebration of the composer’s 120th birthday, the Marc Lavry Heritage Society is calling for musicians, academics, teachers and the public to engage in the Year of Marc Lavry.
When:
Concert season 2023-2024
Call To Action:
- Musicians and musical organizations (orchestras, chamber groups, choirs etc): Perform compositions of composer Marc Lavry.
- Festivals and musical competitions: include music by composer Marc Lavry in the program.
- Academics: write a paper/research on a topic related to Marc Lavry. See Research Topics for Academicsץ
- Teachers: teach a class about Marc Lavry and his music, and encourage students to write a paper about this topic.
- Music enthusiasts: Explore Marc Lavry’s music at the Music Room. Ask your local musical institutions to perform a composition/song by Marc Lavry.
Who:
All artists, academics, schools and the public are encouraged to partake in the event.
The list is growing and so far the following entities have committed to partake in this important event:
- Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition
Variations for Piano, Opus 350 – The premier of the last composition Lavry wrote
15-30 March, 2023
- Orchestra Abima, Trieste, Italy
Symphony No. 1 (The Tragic Symphony), Opus 171
Israeli Rhapsody for Accordion and Orchestra, Opus 317
Conductor: David Casali
11 June, 2023
- Kol Hamusika Festival in the Upper Galilee
Kfar Blum
Suite for Cello and Piano, Opus 51
Cello: Amir Eldan
Piano: Ofra Yitzhaki
6 July, 2023
- The Israeli Music Festival
Israeliana, Suite for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 258
Haifa Symphony Orchestra
Violin: Yael Barolsky
Conductor: Bar Avni
20 September, 2023 - The Israeli Music Festival
Three Jewish Dances, Opus 192 (arranged by Greg Nestor)
Mandolin: Jacob Reuven
Guitar: Adam Levin
September 20, 2023
- Pianos in Jerusalem Festival 2023
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2, Opus 210
Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra
Piano: Revital Hachamoff
Conductor: Nimrod David Pfeffer
9 November, 2023 - The Buchmann-Mehta Symphony Orchestra
Al Naharot Bavel (By the Rivers of Babylon) for Symphonic Orchestra, Opus 33
Conductor: Yi-An Xu
16, 17 November, 2023 - Israel Chamber Orchestra
Al Naharot Bavel (By the Rivers of Babylon) for String Orchestra, Opus 33 – The first composition that Lavry composed in Israel
Conductor: Bar Avni
22, 23 November, 2023
- Sounds in the Desert Festival
Raanana Symphonette
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 78
Mandolin: Dor Amran
Conductor: Omer Arieli
13 December, 2023 - The Israel Camerata Jerusalem
Beya’arot Polin (In the Forests of Poland), Suite for Small Orchestra, Opus 180
Conductor: Avner Biron
December, 2023
- Poem Balev – Israeli Chamber Music
Suite Concertante for Flute, Viola and Harp, Opus 348
Rosmarin Ensemble
The Tel Aviv Museum of Art
17 January, 2024 - Tel Aviv Ensemble Soloists
Jewish Suite for String Orchestra, Opus 17
Conductor: Barak Tal
20, 21, 23, 24 January, 2024 - Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra
Pictures from Jerusalem, Suite for Orchestra, Opus 293
Conductor: Evan Alexis Christ
24 January, 2024
- The Israel Sinfonietta Beer Sheva
Negev, Symphonic Poem, Opus 251
Conductor: Rani Calderon
3, 5 February, 2024 - The Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra (TICO)
Emek, Symphonic Poem, Opus 45
Conductor: David Amos
February 6, 2024
Cohen Social Hall of Tifereth Israel, 6660 Cowles Mountain Blvd., San Diego, CA
- Jewish Music Festival Cincinnati
Seven Hills Symphony, Cincinnati, OH USA
Negev, Symphonic Poem, Opus 251
Emek, Symphonic Poem, Opus 45
Conductor: Aik Khai Pung
17 March, 2024
- Haifa Symphony Orchestra
Emek, Symphonic Poem, Opus 45
Conductor: Nitai Rach
Petach Tikva Center for the Performing Arts
9 April, 2023
- Day of Romanian-Israeli Friendship
The George Enescu State Philharmonic in Bucharest
Selection of songs:- Kumi Ts’i (Come Out, My Sister, My Bride), Song, Opus 252
- Emek (Shir Ha-Emek), Song, Opus 40
- Shir Ahava (Love Song), Opus 231
- Tsror Hamor (A Sachet of Myrrh), Song, Opus 137.9
- Shechora Ani (I am Black), Song, Opus 137.14
- Hora, Song, Opus 206.3
Soprano: Prof. Dr. Simona Nicoleta Jidveanu
Piano: Prof. Dr. Diana Spânu
The Friedrich Schiller Cultural Center in Bucharest, Romania
9 May, 2024 - Jewish Music Festival
Quartet for Harp, Violin, Viola and Cello, Opus 83
Suite Concertante for Flute, Viola and Harp, Opus 348
Rosmarin Ensemble
Bar Ilan University
29 May, 2024 - “Excellence” – Young Artists in Concert
Outstanding Young Singers from the vocal department of the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, Tel Aviv University
Eden-Tamir Music Center, Ein Karem, Jerusalem
31 May, 2024, 12:00pm Israel time
The concert will be broadcast live on Kan Kol Hamusica (Israeli Music Radio Channel) – 91.3FM (live streaming on website)
- The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance Orchestra
Al Naharot Bavel (By the Rivers of Babylon) for Symphonic Orchestra, Opus 33
Conductor: Keren Kagarlitsky
2 June, 2024 - Haifa Symphony Orchestra
Emek, Symphonic Poem, Opus 45
Conductor: Amos Talmon
Herzelia Performing Arts Center
2 June, 2024 - Kan Kol Hamusica (Israeli Music Radio Channel) – 91.3FM (live streaming on website)
Radio Program for the Shavuot holiday, dedicated to composer Marc Lavry’s work.
11 June, 2024, 9am-12pm Israel Standard Time (UTC/GMT +2) - Haifa Symphony Orchestra
Suite for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 85
Violin: Asi Matatias
Conductor: Avi Ostrovsky
23, 24 June, 2024
- Raanana Symphonette
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 78
Violin: Hagai Shaham
Conductor: Omer Meir Wellber
4, 6 July, 2024 - Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion
Capriccio in the Sun for Orchestra, Opus 349 – The premier of the last composition Marc Lavry ever wrote
Conductor: Daniel Raiskin
24, 25, 27, 28 July, 2024
- Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
War and Peace, Symphonic Poem, Opus 167 – The premier (and last performance) was in 1943, also by the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Lahav Shani
7, 8, 9 August, 2024 - Haifa Symphony Orchestra
Emek, Symphonic Poem, Opus 45
Conductor: Nitai Rach
23 August, 2024
- Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
- The Ramat Gan Chamber Orchestra
- Kan Kol Hamusica (Israeli Music Radio Channel) – Will cover the Year of Marc Lavry with programs, recordings and live broadcasts
- National Library of Israel – Performances of Marc Lavry’s music as part of the events of the opening of the new Israeli National Library in 2024
