June 2008

ICP's A la Française tour comes to a successful conclusion. Read the article and review published in Haaretz newspaper as well as the review in telavivcity.com.

February, 2008

ISRAELI CHAMBER PROJECT TO RETURN TO ISRAEL AFTER SUCCESSFUL INAUGURAL TOUR
ICP booked for return engagements in June 2008 featuring a program of French music supported by the French Embassy and the Israel Conservatory as well as two additional tours in the 2008-09 season.

	Photo: Sarit Uzieli

The Israeli Chamber Project is pleased to announce that it will be returning to Israel this summer for a marathon concert of French music at The Enav Cultural Center on June 16th, 2008 (8 PM) presented by the Israel Conservatory (Stricker) and the French Embassy. Distinguished guest artists will join ICP's core members for this special program. Other concerts and educational outreach activities to take place that month are currently being planned. Please check our Schedule page in the coming weeks for updates and more information.

Furthermore, ICP is thrilled to have been invited to present two additional concert tours in Israel in the 2008-09 season. The first will take place in late December 2008 through early January 2009 and the second in late May through early June 2009. Exact dates and venues will be posted on our Schedule page as they become available.

January, 2008

ISRAELI CHAMBER PROJECT LAUNCHES FIRST TOUR OF ISRAEL

ICP performs and holds master classes in Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, Arad, Eilon, Shfaram and at Bet Gabriel on the Sea of the Galilee, January 10-15, 2008 

	Photo: Richard Blinkoff

The Israeli Chamber Project (ICP) is announcing its first concert tour, to take place January 10 – 15, 2008 in Israel.

ICP is a new initiative which brings together some of the finest young Israeli musicians for chamber music performances and educational outreach activities both in Israel and abroad. Grammy award winning Israeli contralto Mira Zakai had this to say about the Project's inception:

"This is a group of excellent young Israeli musicians, whose spirit and vision is extraordinary indeed. Their contribution to the music scene in Israel and abroad will no doubt be of great significance."

The tour begins with a concert at the Jerusalem Music Centre on January 10th at 8 PM.

On January 11th the ensemble will give a matinee performance at 11 AM at the Bet Gabriel Cultural Center on the shores of the Sea of the Galilee and at 9 PM will appear at the Keshet Eilon Concert Hall in Kibbutz Eilon in northern Israel.

On January 13th ICP members perform at the Arad Cultural Center in southern Israel at 7 PM.

On January 14th ICP travels to Shfaram to work with students at the Beit-Almusica conservatory at 4 PM and present a concert at 7:30 PM.

The tour concludes with a performance at the Einav Center in Tel-Aviv on the 15th of January at 8:30 PM.

In these concerts ICP will present works by Bach, Bartok, Brahms, Martinu, Mozart and Ravel, as well as the world premiere of Matan Porat's Night Horses, commissioned by ICP especially for this tour.

Matan Porat writes:

Night Horses was inspired by one of Jorge Luis Borges's written lectures. Borges argued that the original meaning of the word "nightmare" is "night horse", and that for years people believed a black horse was invading their dreams and causing them distress.

The piece is a rhapsodic fantasy. Sometimes sweet, at other times harsh and intense, which commences in a dream, and concludes in awakening.

Night Horses was commissioned by Adele and John Gray of the America-Israel Foundation, and is dedicated to Tibi Cziger and the members of the Israel Chamber Project.

Please visit our About and Schedule pages for more information on the Israeli Chamber Project and its inaugural tour.