The Atar Piano Trio with Eran Zur perform Arik Shapira's composition based on a text by Yoel Hofman and commissioned by the Atar Trio (2014). Silence the Muses! is based on Yoel Hofman's book: "Moods" (Keter Edition, 2010) and presents a wild and powerfull performance of spoken text, computer sampler, piano, violin and cello. Arie Shapira was born on November 29th, 1943, at Kibbutz Afikim, in the Jordan Valley, Israel. In 1986 he received the Prime Minister's Prize for Composition, and in 1994 he was awarded the Israel Prize for Composition and Teaching. Shapira composed symphonic, chamber, electronic music, and music for solo instruments. Shapira was a lecturer at the Department of Music in Haifa University.
Singers: Yeela Avital, Tamar Kleinberger, Ofer Shelley. Childhood Scenes Is an Israeli anthology of childrens’ songs - old and new - arranged for piano trio and soprano. This album completes six months of work on a musical project devoted to the subject of childhood. It is not a children's CD in the usual sense, although most of it will be enjoyed by them. It contains a collection of songs on which two generations of adults grew up in Israel since the 1950s, together with contemporary songs we recently commissioned from young Israeli composers. The adult audience will find a multifaceted commentary on the subject of childhood, ranging from the naïve to the sophisticated, and from the simple to the complex. Arrangements of well-known classics always present a special challenge.
Israeli classics, Hebrew songs. The Atar Trio with singer Yeela Avital. This is a moving voyage of words and sounds, combining well-known popular Hebrew songs in an artistic and original rendering with contemporary Israeli chamber music based on the same materials. This special chamber music includes songs by Naomi Shemer, Sasha Argov, Mordechai Zeira, Yoni Rechter, and many others.
Coming soon. a special mix of chamber music composed by Jewish and Israeli composers including a new piano trio arrangement for Berstein's West side story suite. album is expected to be launched on summer 2023.
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