AICF 72nd Anniversary Gala Concert

When:
Sunday, December 4, 2011 3:00pm

Where:
Rose Theater
Frederick P. Rose Hall
Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center
Broadway at 60th Street, New York, NY

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The afternoon’s program will include:

· Abraham Cohen presenting the King Solomon Award in memory of Eli Hurvitz

· AICF's young scholarship recipient Alon Kariv (piano)

· 2011 Aviv Competition winner Kobi Malkin (violin) with Michael Katz (cello) and Rafael Skorka (piano)

· “Songs of the Nation”, featuring vocalists Re’ut Ben-Ze’ev, Hani Furstenberg, Mika Hary, Bavat Marom, and Omer Shaish accompanied by contemporary chamber ensemble

· Choreographer Zvi Gotheiner and ZviDance

And

· A special performance by Miriam Fried (violin) and Jonathan Biss (piano)

Volunteer Gala Committee:

Judith B. Bass and Jack Levy, Moty Ben Yona, Brian S. Cousin, Jacquin Fink and Jo Sullivan Loesser, Avri Fuchs, Elizabeth and Richard Kadin, Martin E. Karlinsky, Barbara Leibowitz, Suzanne Seeber, Al and Mona Sutnick

Board Gala Committee:

William A. Schwartz, President
Barbara Samuelson, Vice President
Linda Schonfeld, Secretary
Joseph E. Hollander, Treasurer
Jonathan E. Goldberg, Assistant Secretary
Stephanie R. Feldman, Assistant Treasurer

Sanford L. Batkin, Diane Belfer, Ann Bialkin, Renee Cherniak*, Lonny Darwin, Debby B. Edelsohn*, Charlotte S. Hattenbach*, Ora Holin, Stephanie Katzovicz, Jane Stern Lebell, Bradley Lubin, Wendy Marks, Marguerite Perkins-Mautner*, Helen Sax Potaznik, Sandra C. Rothman, Tamar Rudich, Linda Schonfeld, Romie Shapiro, Carol Starley*

*Denotes Chapter President

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Broadway singer Omer Shaish performs the musical theatre song "Yesh Makom", arranged by Israel Gliksburg
Re'ut Ben-Ze'ev performs an arrangement by conductor Oran Eldor of "Hashir Ela'ich"
Cellist Yoed Nir performs a solo version of "Jerusalem of Gold" (arr. Jonathan Keren)
Bavat Marom performs the lament "Ve-Ulay (And Perhaps)"
Conductor Oran Eldor leads the Israeli All-Star Contemporary Orchestra with flair
Mika Hary sings of young love in our rousing second half, "Songs of the Nation"
Hani Furstenberg, accompanied by the Israeli All-Star Contemporary Orchestra, performs Ronnie Reshef's arrangement of "Exodus Theme"
Abraham Cohen presents the King Solomon Award in memory of Eli Hurvitz to Dalia Hurvitz, while Mr. and Mrs. Hurvitz's grandson Alon Kariv looks on
AICF's US Executive Director David Homan presents Miriam Fried with the Aviv Award
Mother and son, Miriam Fried and Jonathan Biss transform the concert hall with Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major
12-year-old AICF award recipient Alon Kariv glows after performing Chopin's "Impromptu No. 1 in A flat"
Kobi Malkin, Rafael Skorka, and Michael Katz (with Itamar Zorman looking on) perform a stirring rendition of Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor
Dancers Kuan Hui Chew and Todd Allen perform "Chair Duet", choreographed by Zvi Gotheiner

America Israel Cultural Foundation

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