Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra

Jerusalem highlights: October 30-November 5

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

|ByHAGAY HACOHEN
Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra (see Sunday).
ILLUSTRATIVE: A woman's face is pictured behind a violin.

No whining and women: This Witches? Festival returns with a salute to female musicianship

The event was initiated by Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra (JBO) founder-conductor-artistic director David Shemer, with the JBO performing predominantly baroque scores.

|ByBARRY DAVIS
The Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra at the YMCA.

Top 10 reasons to leave the house: December 27-January 4

Fun events to take part in throughout Israel in the coming week.

|ByNERIA BARR
SOPRANO NAOMI Burla Levy.

Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra to perform new concert on last day of 2024

As the final notes of 2024 echo through the Jerusalem International YMCA, Kedusha will stand as a tribute to the enduring power of music to transcend time and bring cultures together.

|ByNERIA BARR

Jerusalem ‘Witches?’ music festival honors women with Baroque-era compositions - feature

'The Witches?' music festival highlights Baroque-era compositions performed by the Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra, pianist Gili Loftus, and violinist Susanne Scholz.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024ByHAGAY HACOHEN
GILLI LOFTUS (left) and Susanne Scholz (right) will be two of the performers at the ‘Witches?’ festival.

Bouncing Bach: The eighth edition of Bach Festival celebrates the composer's work - review

This year's Bach Festival, already in its eighth edition, will see the Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra perform the storied musician's pieces.

MARCH 19, 2024ByBARRY DAVIS
GERMAN TENOR Richard Resch: Baroque poetry has a different vocabulary.

Jerusalem highlights January 12-18

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

JANUARY 12, 2024ByHAGAY HACOHEN
THE TOWER of David Museum: Telling 4,000 years of Jerusalem history.

Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra moves from Baroque to Classic

Meniker says he was looking to give the audiences oxymoronic value for money when he got down to piecing the program together. 

JUNE 24, 2023ByBARRY DAVIS
ZVI MENIKER will conduct and take the solo spot on fortepiano.

Jerusalem highlights December 23-29

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

DECEMBER 23, 2022ByHAGAY HACOHEN
‘THE SEARCHERS’ was filmed at Monument Valley, on the Utah-Arizona state line.

Jerusalem Highlights December 9-15

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DECEMBER 9, 2022ByHAGAY HACOHEN
ARMENIAN MANTE at Taboon Wine Bar.

Bewitched but not bothered: Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra focuses on sirens

The image of the yesteryear sorceress – imagined or real – forms the basis for the forthcoming new Witches? Music Festival.

JULY 1, 2021ByBARRY DAVIS
A SCENE from ‘La Calisto,’ an opera by Francesco Cavalli.

Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra to perform for Beethoven's 250th birthday

Conductor Andrew Parrott will accompany the musicians as they prepare for the concert and will conduct via zoom from his home in Oxford.

DECEMBER 7, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra prepares for special concert "In the Living Room With Beethoven."

Jerusalem hosts eighth annual Pianos Festival for free, completely online

Thursday saw the debut of a new project by composer Tom Cohen, featuring guests Dudu Tassa and pianist Omri Mor, which blends the works of Beethoven with classical Andalusian music.

NOVEMBER 14, 2020ByIDAN ZONSHINE
The Jerusalem Philharmonic Orchestra plays at the 2019 Pianos Festival.

Rousset to conduct renditions of Bach’s work in upcoming jazz festival

Rousset says he is delighted to perform in the festival curtain-raiser, and to present works by two of the Baroque era’s most notable exponents.

MARCH 4, 2020ByBARRY DAVIS
CHRISTOPHE ROUSSET