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Esther Ofarim & Miri Mesika - fotos taken from yosmusic.com |
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April 19, 2006
Festival with Esther
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Esther Ofarim & Miri Mesika - fotos taken from yosmusic.com |
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Esther Ofarim performed during the Passover (Pessah) Music Festival of
Holon (near Tel Aviv, Israel) on April 19th.
According to the
following article the festival will include:
"a
one-time performance by Esther Ofarim with Yoni Rechter and Miri Mesika"
Esther and Miri performed "Ma omrot eynaich" and "Ten li
yad".
Holon music festival to open on April 14
'Days
of Song' to run six weeks, will be a celebration of Israeli music
Merav Yudilovitch
The “Days of Song” Hebrew song festival, which opens in Holon on April 14 and continues for six weeks, will feature 22 performances, some of them created especially for the festival.
The festival opens with the Cohen
family’s performance of “Shirat Hashevet,” a tribute to Suleiman the
Magnificent. Tzur Ben Ze’ev is musical
director of “Shirat Hashevet,” and Dan Almagor, Edna Goren, Yonatan Carmon,
Saraleh Sharon, accordion player Shlomo Shavit, and the “Hora Re’im”
dancers from Holon will also appear.
Singer Nurit Galron, recipient of
the festival’s performance prize, will perform to mark the appearance of her
new album, “What Heaven Gives.” Galron will host poet Natan Zach and
musicians Yizhar Ashdot, Ilan Virzberg, Rona Keinan, and Shila Ferber.
Awards,
performances Prizes
for the best work will be awarded to songwriter, poet and author Yoram Taharlev,
and Matti Caspi; performances will include the Parvarim, Shlomit Aharon, Ran
Eliran, Limor Oved, Ilan Weil, Hazvuvonim, Gabi Berlin, Ehud Hitman, and the
Central Command Entertainment Troupe. Other
special performances at the festival include Miki Gavrielov singing songs of the
poets and hosting Danny Litani and Shira G., Moshe Becker and Ruti Navon in a
performance in memory of Rafi Pesachson, the launching of the premiere album of
Din Din Aviv, a one-time performance by Esther Ofarim with
Yoni Rechter and Miri Mesika, and a performance in memory of Yair
Rosenblum with “Kolot Besdera” and the Holon choir and Yair Shragai as
master of ceremonies. This
year festival management has decided to focus on contemporary Israeli music, and
the main performances every evening will include outstanding Israeli rock
artists such as Eran Tzur, Shlomi Shaban, Yasmin Even, Shahar and Ehud Ariel,
Hazvuvonim, Keren Peles, Ehud Hitman, Tamir Hitman, Shila Ferber, and Ofer
Bashan. In
addition, the Holon Theater’s cafe will hold evening singalongs with Gabi
Berlin, Yossi Lev, Gila Hassid, and Uzi Rosenblatt, and an arts fair will be
held in the theater plaza.
(03.23.06,
13:03)
taken from Ynetnews