Van Klassiek tot Yiddish en Jazz: Muzikale tradities uit Slavische landen

Over het programma:

Van Klassiek tot Yiddish en Jazz; Music from Slavic countries.

This program draws from the varied musical language of the 20th Century, with a particular focus on Jewish-Slavic works. The music is a wonderfully eclectic mix of classical, nationalistic, klezmer and jazz styles, all of which are being explored in this program.

Our own Jewish-Slavic routes further enhance our affinity with this fabulous music.

De Musici:

Mor Levin – klarinet

Born in Israel in 1985, Clarinetist Mor Levin is a graduate of the Buchmann-Mehta school of music in Tel-Aviv, and a graduate of the Master program at the Conservatory of Amsterdam with specialization in Clarinet and Bass-Clarinet
In Israel, she has been invited to play in all the orchestras, including the Israel Philharmonic orchestra. She has also recorded various concerts to the media. In Benelux, she has been invited to play with renowned ensembles, such as the ASKO I Schoenberg ensemble, Holland Symponia and the Flemish Opera orchestra. Since 2012, Mor is a member of the “Baltic youth philharmonic”, a young-talent orchestra with which she has been touring around Europe. She has worked with world renown conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Kurt Masur and Maxim Vengerov.
Mor is a chamber music enthusiast, and has performed an extensive ammount of chamber pieces around Europe, USA, Canada, Israel and China.
She has also performed as a soloist with the Israel chamber orchestra, under the direction of Vahagn Papian.

Mor has recently finished a Master study in Clarinet and Bass-Clarinet at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, where she has been studying with Harmen de Boer, Arno Piters and Erik van Deuren. She previously completed a bachelor of music degree at the Buchmann- Mehta School of Music (Tel-Aviv University), where she has been studying with Yevgeny Yehudin and Richard Lesser (Israel Philharmonic orchestra). Mor has been invited to play as a guest clarinetist with the Flemish Opera Orchestra in Belgium, the ASKO Schonberg ensemble, an ensemble of “Holland Symfonia” and more. She has been selected as a member of the “Baltic Youth Philharmonic” for 2012-14. She has been the principal clarinet player of “The World Orchestra” of Juenesses Musicales in 2008-10. She has been invited to substitute in all of the orchestras and ensembles in Israel, including the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Israel Symphony Orchestra and the Israel Camerata. She has played under the baton of conductors Zubin Mehta, Kristjan Järvi, Kurt Masur, Ed Spanjaard, Bas Wiegers, David Robertson and Maxim Vengerov. Mor has performed as a soloist with the Israel Chamber orchestra under the baton of Vahagn Papian, and with the “Thelma Yellin” orchestra under the baton of Menachem Nebenhoiz. In 2010-11 She was selected as a member of the “Gyorgy Ligeti Academy” of the ASKO Schönberg ensemble. Mor has won several competitions in Israel, including first prize at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music competition and “Turgeman” competition. She has won consecutive excellence scholarships from the America-Israel cultural foundation between 2001 2011, as well as excellence stipends from the “Lions” organization, Sweelinck fonds and more.
Mor has participated in numerous master-classes and Chamber-music sessions across Europe, USA, Canada, China and Israel, where she has worked with musicians such as Sabine Meyer, Yehuda Gilad, Charles Neidich, Andreas Sunden, Olli Leppaniemi and Martin Spangenberg.

Anne Veinberg – piano

Australian pianist Anne Veinberg (1986) is a versatile pianist, encompassing repertoire of a wide range of stylistic influences.
She completed her Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Melbourne, and her Master of Music degree at the Conservatory of Amsterdam.
Anne has performed in Australia and Europe, as recital and concerto soloist, improvisor, as a chamber-music and large ensemble player.
She was the winner of the “Grachten-festival” music competition in the Netherlands in 2009.
She regularly collaborates with composers, commissioning and premiering new works.

Anne Veinberg (1986) is currently based in the Netherlands. Her repertoire encompasses a wide range of stylistic influences, from classical repertoire to electro-acoustic and interdisciplinary works. Anne has been soloist with The Queensland Orchestra and The National Capital Orchestra among others. She has performed in Australia, The Netherlands, Canada, United Kingdom and France, in venues such as De Doelen, Felix Meritis, Muziekgebouw
aan ‘t Ij, Wigmore Hall, Banff Arts Centre and the Sydney Opera House. She has also been broadcasted on radio and television on various occasions. As an active contributor to the contemporary music scene, Anne regularly collaborates with composers. She has worked with a.o. Wim Hendrickx, Jorrit Tamminga, Michael Young
and gave premieres of works by a.o. Felipe Ignacio Noriega, Andys Skordis, Lorenzo Alvaro and Charlie Sdraulig.

In 2010, Anne gave the premiere of Jos Zwaanenburg’s “oo” for piano, voice (with Lore Binon) and live electronics. This further inspired her to explore the combination of piano and electronics, writing her Master’s thesis on the art of performing on piano with live electronics, and leading to her latest project, Keys & Cables. In 2011, through the “klanktheater”, Anne commissioned and premiered “as i hear it”; a music theatre piece by Anthony Dunstan. Her music theater show, The Piano and Me, incorporating this work and both standard and less standard piano repertoire, was performed in the Grachten Festival 2012.

Anne was the winner of the Grachten Festival Conservatory Concours 2009, keyboard finalist in the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Young Performers Award 2008 and semi-finalist in the 2011 Gaudeamus Interpreters Prize, amongst others. She has been supported by the J Vonks Fond, Australian Music Foundation, the Donovan Johnson Scholarship, FW Homeward Memorial Scholarship and held a full fee faculty merit scholarship for the duration of her undergraduate studies at the Melbourne Conservatorium, University of Melbourne. Anne is a former student of Daniel Herskovitch and Ronald Farren Price, and is currently in the final stage of her Masters at the Conservatorium of Amsterdam where she follows electronic subjects with Jos Zwaanenbrug and is a piano student of David Kuyken.