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Gisele Ben Dor featured in the January-February 2011 Fanfare Magazine

New CD release

Ginastera: Popol Vuh - The Mayan Creation

Gisele Ben-Dor, conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra
BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Ginastera – Estancia, Panambi, Suite de Danzas Criollas (world premiere of orchestral version), Ollantay

Notable recent performances:

 

June 2010 -   Gisele Ben-Dor returned to the Jerusalem Symphony and choruses in an immensely popular program of Liturgical Latin American works, featuring Ginastera’s Five Argentinian Folk Songs ( Israeli premiere) , Luis Bacalov Missa Tango , and Ramirez’ Misa Criolla and Navidad Nuestra, at both the Henry Crown Auditorium in Jerusalem and the Opera House in Tel-Aviv.

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July 2010 -  Return to the Tuscan Sun Festival  -following the great success of 2009 in a Gala final concert with soprano Angela Gheorghiu- conducting the Orchestra della Toscana, with soprano Ekaterina Scherbachenko and tenor Marcello Giordani.

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  October, 2010– Henry Crown Hall, Jerusalem, Israel, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra premiering Betty Olivero's Kri’ot with saxophone player Kenneth Radnofsky. The programme also included Grieg's Piano Concerto with pianist Tomer Lev and Dvorák 's Symphony No. 8.

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   December, 2010 -  America-Israel Cultural Foundation, judge at the Young Conductors Competition.

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   December, 2010- Tel-Aviv University, Master-Classes for young conductors.

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   March, 2011-  Tulsa Philharmonic, Brahms Symphony #3, Liszt Les Preludes, Prokofieff, Piano Concerto #1 with Michael Noble.

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   March, 2011-  Eilat Festival, Israel -  Nino Rota 100th Anniversary, ( music for Fellini, Visconti  and Zefirelli’s films)

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    April  2011 - National Concert Hall, Taiwan, Philharmonia Taïwan / National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) in a programme including: Four dances from Estancia by Ginastera, Concerto for Bandoneón by Piazzolla played by Juanjo Mosalini and Dvorak's Symphony No. 7 in D minor.

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    June 2011 - Hong-Kong Cultural Centre Hall. Debut with the Hong-Kong Philharmonic Orchestra in a programme including Estancia by Ginastera, The Four Seasons  and the Concerto for Bandoneón Aconcagua  by Piazzolla and La noche de los Mayas by Revueltas, with violinist Karen Gomyo.

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   June 2011 -  Ensemble Meitar, Tel-Aviv “Einav” Hall , Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde

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   August 2011 – Uruguay, Nueva Congregacion Israelita ( N.C.I), 75th Anniversary celebration. Works by Bloch, Mendelssohn, Saint-Saens, Verdi, Bacalov, Piazzolla, Gershwin, A.L. Weber and traditional Jewish and Israeli music.

 

Upcoming performances include:

 

December 2011 -   Orchestre de Strasbourg, France, works by Bartok, Dvorak, Ravel, Sarasate, Gershwin, Copland, with violinist Gilles Apap.

March 2012 -  Orquesta Nacional de Chile, works by Bizet, Clara Schuman and Rimsky Korsakov.

March 2012 -  Arco Ensemble

May 2012 – Israel Festival

October 2012 – Prague Radio Autumn Festival, works by Poulenc, Renier, Boulanger and Debussy.

November 2012 -  Israel Chamber Orchestra


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