Annette Celine talks about her life, her music and her passion for the International Music Festival, named in honour of her mother: Felicja Blumental. For details and purchasing tickets, visit our dedicated festival website: www.blumentalfestival.com
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We are very pleased to announce the appearance of La Ritirata at the Felicja Blumental International Music Festival 2017, at Tel Aviv. Here is what Acción Cultural Española wrote about the festival and this group: El Festival Internacional Felicia Blumental juega un importante rol en la programación musical de Israel. Sus actividades de música [Read more]
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We are very happy to announce Chopin Complete Waltzes is just released on vinyl, played by Felicja Blumental (on Brana records). These recordings of Chopin’s Waltzes show Ms. Blumental exploring her Polish background. She has an understanding of the dance forms that inspired Chopin, and the technical agility and artistic intuition which are key to a true [Read more]
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Win 1 of 5 LPs of Felicja Blumental performing Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No.1 Ends: 20 April 2017 “All told, it brings a well-worn work to life, adding freshness and vitality. At a time when vinyl is making a comeback, this will surely be something to treasure for LP aficionados.” MusicWeb International Felicja Blumental performs Tchaikovsky’s [Read more]
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19.5 / Friday / 12:00, 20:00 Shidlovsky Auditorium OCEAN SPOON – Theatrical performance A theatrical performance inspired by Wislawa Szymborska (1923-2012). Noam Ben Azar, director. Anna Gelfand & Abigail Arnheim, actresses & creators. Verde Dekel, music. As inspired by her poetry, two different characters were created to portray the two different faces of Szymborska’s [Read more]
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19.5 / Friday / 21:30 Recanati Auditorium BIG COUNTRY – From Stephen Foster to Bob Dylan Gilad Ephrat Ensemble: Gilad Ephrat, arrangements, contrabass. Hila Epstein, cello. Keren Tenenbaum, vocalist, violin. Shmuel Elbaz, mandoline. Guests: Yermi Kaplan, Aramat Arnheim-Sharon, Shmulik Shamir A tribute concert to poet and composer Stephen Foster, “the father of American music” [Read more]
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17.5 / Wednesday / 20:30 Assia Gallery SWING DE GITANES, Host Stephane Wrembel GYPSY SWING AND JAZZ: Yakov Hoter, guitar. Oren Sagi, contrabass. Alon Sagi, guitar. Stephane Wrembel (France/USA), guitar & composition. Guitarist Stephane Wrembel, who scored the theme of the Woody Allen movie “Midnight in Paris”, is considered to be one of the leading [Read more]
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15.5 / Monday / 18:00 Shidlovsky Gallery JEFF KOONS, American Pop Art Sigal Mordechai, lecturer. Lecture (in Hebrew) about the life and works of the renowned artist, Jeff Koons. Lecture includes excerpts from various documentaries. SPECIAL OFFER: Use the code 1010 and pay 40 NIS, instead of 60 NIS. Online tickets & information: www.blumentalfestival.com [Read more]
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Felicja Blumental International Music Festival 15-20 May 2017 at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art In it’s 19th year the festival continues to promote collaborative encounters in early music, folk music and contemporary music between musicians from all over the world. ECCO LA PRIMAVERA / Renaissance, baroque and folk music with Mezzo Ensemble DON QUIXOTE [Read more]
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Annette Celine’s mother – Felicja Blumental – was an acclaimed pianist who was greatly admired by notable 20th century composers, who wrote pieces especially for her. We are very pleased to share a new review of Felicja Blumental’s recording of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 2. Here follows an [Read more]
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