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Interview with Israeli Musician Tali Rubinstein

By Jspace Staff on 5/17/2013 at 4:44 PM

Categories: Culture, Israel, Music

Interview with Israeli Musician Tali Rubinstein

Every Friday, Jspace News partners with the America Israel Cultural Foundation to bring you an interview with one of the many Israeli artists they support throughout the world. Tali Rubinstein is a contemporary recorder player, singer, and composer. She graduated with honors from prestigious music institutions in Israel: Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts, Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music, and The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. She also studied at the Buchman-Mehta School of Music, Tel-Aviv …More

Interview with Israeli Composer Ady Cohen

By Jspace Staff on 5/10/2013 at 5:01 PM

Categories: Israel, Culture, Music

Interview with Israeli Composer Ady Cohen

Every Friday, Jspace News partners with the America Israel Cultural Foundation to bring you an interview with one of the many Israeli artists they support throughout the world. Ady Cohen is a film composer who also composes music for the stage, television, and the concert hall. He is the winner of the 1998 Israeli Academy Award for Best Film Score. The film, “Dangerous Acts,” won seven Israeli Academy Awards, including Best Director. Ady has composed over 30 film scores in Israel, the United States, …More

Interview with Israeli Musician Daniel Meron

By Jspace Staff on 5/3/2013 at 4:45 PM

Categories: Culture, Music, Israel

Interview with Israeli Musician Daniel Meron

Every Friday, Jspace News partners with the America Israel Cultural Foundation to bring you an interview with one of the many Israeli artists they support throughout the world. A native of Israel, Daniel Meron succeeds in expressing in his music the diversity of influences from his homeland. Nourished by the tradition of jazz improvisation, but recognizing the value of classical and folklore music, Daniel finds a way to feature his unique playing style in brilliant compositions that are both sophisticated and …More

Interview with Israeli Dancer Zvi Gotheiner

By Jspace Staff on 4/26/2013 at 5:17 PM

Categories: Culture, Art, Israel

Interview with Israeli Dancer Zvi Gotheiner

Every Friday, Jspace News partners with the America Israel Cultural Foundation to bring you an interview with one of the many Israeli artists they support throughout the world. Zvi Gotheiner began dancing at 17, and soon after formed his first performance group. He came to New York in 1978 on a dance scholarship from the America Israel Cultural Foundation, and went on to dance with the Joyce Trisler Dance Company, Feld Ballets/NY, and the Bat-Sheva Dance Company. After directing Tamar Ramle and the Jerusalem …More

Interview with Israeli Pianist Yuval Gilad

By Jspace Staff on 4/19/2013 at 4:48 PM

Categories: Culture, Art, Music

Interview with Israeli Pianist Yuval Gilad

Every Friday, Jspace News partners with the America Israel Cultural Foundation to bring you an interview with one of the many Israeli artists they support throughout the world. Yuval Gilad was born in Israel in 1992, and started playing the piano at 6. At the age of 9 he had already performed as soloist with the Jerusalem Symphony and soon thereafter with the Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion, the Israeli Stage Orchestra, and the Haifa Symphony Orchestra. At the age of 11 he won the Bartok-Prokofiev …More

Interview with Israeli Painter Avital Burg

By Jspace Staff on 4/12/2013 at 4:49 PM

Categories: Art, Culture, Israel

Interview with Israeli Painter Avital Burg

Every Friday, Jspace News partners with the America Israel Cultural Foundation to bring you an interview with one of the many Israeli artists they support throughout the world. Avital Burg is an Israeli painter, currently residing in Brooklyn, NY. Burg attended the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, and completed a master class program at Hatahana School of Figurative Painting and Drawing, Tel Aviv. Burg currently attends the New York Studio School for Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture. Her work deals …More

Interview with Israeli Dancer Idan Sharabi

By Jspace Staff on 4/5/2013 at 4:27 PM

Categories: Israel, Art, Culture

Interview with Israeli Dancer Idan Sharabi

Every Friday, Jspace News partners with the America Israel Cultural Foundation to bring you an interview with one of the many Israeli artists they support throughout the world. Dancer Idan Sharabi studied at the Thelma Yellin Arts High School in Tel Aviv and then at the Juilliard School. At Juilliard, Sharabi was given the Zeraspe Award for 2006, Best Juilliard Choreographer for choreographing numerous pieces throughout the four years of his studies. He was chosen for ChoreoComp (a project of collaboration with a …More

Interview with Musician Arnan Raz

By Jspace Staff on 3/29/2013 at 4:42 PM

Categories: Israel, Music, Organization

Interview with Musician Arnan Raz

Every Friday, Jspace News partners with the America Israel Cultural Foundation to bring you an interview with one of the many Israeli artists they support throughout the world. Energetic, emotional, and at the same time intelligent and melodic, Arnan Raz's music combines jazz with his Israeli and Jewish roots. His music is influenced by jazz idols such as Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane. Born 1985 and raised in Kibutz Merhavia in Israel, Arnan was exposed to a wide …More

Interview with Pianist Orli Shaham

By Jspace Staff on 3/22/2013 at 5:39 PM

Categories: Israel, Music, Organization

Interview with Pianist Orli Shaham

Every Friday, Jspace News partners with the America Israel Cultural Foundation to bring you an interview with one of the many Israeli artists they support throughout the world. A consummate musician recognized for her grace, subtlety, and vitality, Orli Shaham has established an impressive international reputation as one of today's most gifted pianists. Hailed by critics on four continents, Orli is in demand for her prodigious skills and admired for her interpretations of both standard and modern repertoire. The …More

Interview with Artist Noa Shay

By Jspace Staff on 3/15/2013 at 4:54 PM

Categories: Israel, Art, Organization

Interview with Artist Noa Shay

Every Friday, Jspace News partners with the America Israel Cultural Foundation to bring you an interview with one of the many Israeli artists they support throughout the world. Born in Kibbutz Ramot Menashe in Israel, Noa Shay studied painting at the Jerusalem Studio School before moving to New York City to pursue a Master's degree in Fine Arts at Brooklyn College. Her work, which ranges from sculpture and bar relief to painting, has been exhibited in Israel and in the US and is presented in both public and …More

Interview with Pianist Misha Namirovsky

By Jspace Staff on 3/8/2013 at 4:21 PM

Categories: Music, Organization

Interview with Pianist Misha Namirovsky

Every Friday, Jspace News partners with the America Israel Cultural Foundation to bring you an interview with one of the many Israeli artists they support throughout the world. Misha Namirovsky is a sensitive musician who always strives for a deep understanding of the character of his music, and vividly transmits it to his audiences. Following a performance of Chopin “Concerto No. 1” with the Springfield Orchestra of Massachusetts, the Union News wrote, “Misha Namirovsky astounded the audience …More

Interview with Musician Tal Gur

By Jspace Staff on 3/1/2013 at 4:47 PM

Categories: Music, Organization

Interview with Musician Tal Gur

Every Friday, Jspace News partners with the America Israel Cultural Foundation to bring you an interview with one of the many Israeli artists they support throughout the world. Tal Gur's personality began to develop while listening and watching takeoffs and landings of aircrafts in an air force base where Tal grew up in the heart of the pastoral valley of Yizre’el. Over time he developed an identity as a soloist who played different styles such as jazz, folk, rock, Balkan, and performed on many stages in …More