LET THEM SOUND

NEW MUSIC CONCERT FOR THE MEMORIAL EVENTS
OF THE SINKING OF TANAIS, 1944.

MEZZO SOPRANO: REUT VENTORERO

PIANO: HAGAI YODAN

NEW COMPOSITIONS, ARTISTIC DIRECTION:
YAEL LEVY & NIKOS KOKOLAKIS

TECHNICAL SUPPORT: YANNIS LYKOS

The program includes new works, composed specially for the event by composers Yael Levy (IL/GR) and Nikos Kokolakis (GR), alongside relevant pieces by Mikis Theodorakis, Paul Ben-Haim, Tzvi Avni, ODED ZEHAVI, AND NIKA KUSHNIR, as well as the site related audiovisual installation ‘mikvah’ by Yael levy & nikos kokolakis dedicated to etz hayyim synagogue. it was organized in the framework of the synagogue Etz Hayyim’s events for the commemoration of the 80 years of the sinking of tanais ship and the loss of the jewish community of crete in 1944. The project “let them sound” was financed by the german federal foreign officen with funds of the german-greek future fund.

ABOUT

LET THEM SOUND IS A CONCERT DEDICATED TO HONORING THE MEMORY OF THE TRAGIC SINKING OF THE TANAIS SHIP IN JUNE 1944. THROUGH THIS CONCERT, WE PAY TRIBUTE TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF CRETE LOST IN THIS EVENT, FINDING COMFORT AND INSPIRATION IN NEW MUSICAL CREATIONS. WITH CAREFULLY SELECTED MUSIC, WE REFLECT ON AND EXPLORE THEMES OF MEMORY AND HERITAGE, EXAMINING THEM MORE ABSTRACTLY AND INTROSPECTIVELY.

PROGRAM

MIKVAH / YAEL LEVY (1983 IL/GR) & NIKOS KOKOLAKIS (1981 GR)
AUDIOVISUAL INSTALLATION
TEXT: PSALM 137

THE RECORDINGS AND THE PHOTOS FOR THE AUDIOVISUAL INSTALLATION, WERE COLLECTED BY NIKOS KOKOLAKIS AND YAEL LEVY IN THE CITY OF CHANIA, AS WELL AS AROUND MULTIMILLENIAL TREES IN THE REGION OF CHANIA, SUCH AS THE MONUMENTAL OLIVE TREE OF SAMONAS, THE ASCENDED OLIVE TREE OF VATOLAKKOS, THE MONUMENTAL OLIVE TREE OF OLD ROUMATA, THE ANCIENT OLIVE TREE OF ANO VOUVES, THE MONUMENTAL OLIVE TREE OF ST. GEORGE AT ANISARAKI, THE ANCIENT PLANE TREE AT VLATOS, AND THE ANCIENT OLIVE TREES AT DELIANA. ETZ HAYYIM (THE TREE OF LIFE) IS SEEN AND REFLECTED BETWEEN THOSE TREES.

THREE SONGS / PAUL BEN HAIM (1897-1984)
I AM THE ROSE OF SHARON, HIS LEFT ARM IS UNDER MY HEAD, LISTEN! MY BELOVED!
TEXT: SONG OF SONGS

PAUL BEN-HAIM’S THREE SONGS REFLECT THE VISION OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF ISRAELI ART MUSIC AS WE KNOW IT TODAY. SETTING LYRICS FROM “SONG OF SONGS” TO MUSIC WAS AN INTEGRAL PART OF CREATING A NEW CULTURE FUSING WESTERN AND MIDDLE EASTERN MUSIC, WHICH IS NOW REFERRED TO AS “THE FIRST MIDDLE EASTERN SCHOOL”. THE THREE SONGS BELONG TO BEN-HAIM’S EARLY STYLE WHICH IS TONAL, MELODIC, ROMANTIC AND GENTLY RESONATING IMPRESSIONISTIC MUSIC.

SONG OF SONGS / MIKIS THEODORAKIS (1925-2021)
FROM “THE BALLAD OF MAUTHAUSEN”, CANTATA FOR MEZZOSOPRANO AND PIANO (1965)
TEXT: IAKOVOS KAMBANELLIS

MAUTHAUSEN CANTATA IS A CYCLE OF FOUR ARIAS WITH LYRICS BASED ON POEMS WRITTEN BY GREEK POET IAKOVOS KAMBANELLIS, A MAUTHAUSEN CONCENTRATION CAMP SURVIVOR, AND MUSIC WRITTEN BY GREEK COMPOSER MIKIS THEODORAKIS. IT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS THE “MOST BEAUTIFUL MUSICAL WORK EVER WRITTEN ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST”, AND AS “AN EXQUISITE, HAUNTING AND PASSIONATE MELODY THAT MOVES KAMBANELLIS’ AFFECTING WORDS TO AN EVEN HIGHER LEVEL”.

BY NIGHT ON MY BED / MENAHEM WIESENBERG (1950 IL)
TEXT: SONG OF SONGS

THE WORK “BY NIGHT ON MY BED” WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN AS AN A-CAPPELLA PIECE FOR A SOLO VOICE, FOR THE WELL-KNOWN ALTO SINGER MIRA ZAKAI, WHO ALSO COMMISSIONED THE WORK. WHAT ATTRACTED ME MOST ABOUT THIS BEAUTIFUL TEXT IS THE SONIC QUALITIES EMBEDDED IN IT, MOSTLY THE FRICATIVE CONSONANTS (‘V’ SOUNDS). I WAS AMAZED BY THE BIBLICAL POET’S ABILITY TO EXPRESS THE MAIDEN’S EXCITEMENT AND LONGING TO HER BELOVED BY PROSODIC-MUSICAL DEVICES, ON TOP OF SEMANTIC ONES.

I WILL LIFT UP MINE EYES, ON THE WAY ALWAYS / TZVI AVNI (1927 IL)
TWO MOVEMENTS FROM ONE TO ONE, FIVE PIANO MINIATURES.

TZVI AVNI’S “ONE TO ONE” WAS WRITTEN FOR HAGAI YODAN. STARTING WITH JUST ONE MOVEMENT, THE COMPOSER WAS INSPIRED TO ADD FOUR MORE MOVEMENTS – ADDING ONE TO ONE TO ONE… THAT ARTISTIC PROCESS GAVE THE PIECE ITS NAME. AVNI’S STYLE HAS BEEN CHANGING AND EVOLVING THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND HE’S STILL COMPOSING AT THE AGE OF 96! THE TWO MOVEMENTS PERFORMED IN THE CONCERT ARE MEDITATIVE AND ATMOSPHERIC – DEMONSTRATING THE PHILOSOPHICAL HEART AND MIND OF THE COMPOSER.

STONE TO STONE / YAEL LEVY (1983 IL, GR)
TEXT: YAEL LEVY. COMPOSED FOR THE MEMORIAL EVENTS FOR THE TANAIS SHIP OF 1944, CRETE.

THE PIECE “STONE TO STONE” IS INSPIRED BY THE ANCIENT JEWISH CUSTOM OF PLACING A STONE ON A GRAVE. THE CUSTOM, WHETHER PRACTICAL—TO SECURE THE GRAVE—OR SYMBOLIC—REPRESENTING CONTINUITY AND PERPETUITY, HIGHLIGHTS THE STONE’S ENDURING NATURE. UNLIKE FLOWERS, A STONE LASTS FOR GENERATIONS, SYMBOLIZING THAT THE DECEASED’S INFLUENCE REMAINS ETERNAL. IN HEBREW, “STONE” (EVEN) REFLECTS CONTINUITY THROUGH ITS INITIALS, REPRESENTING GENERATIONAL TIES. PLACING A STONE SIGNIFIES THAT THE DECEASED IS REMEMBERED. THE VICTIMS OF THE TANAIS HAVE NO GRAVE AND NO STONE, BUT THEIR MEMORY WILL REMAIN FOREVER. THIS WORK PLACES A SYMBOLIC STONE ON THEIR NON-EXISTENT GRAVE.

A SONG FOR MARCO / NIKOS KOKOLAKIS (1981 GR)
TEXT: FROM THE NOTEBOOK OF MARCOS ISHAKIS

MARCOS ISHAKIS, BORN IN CHANIA IN 1930, POIGNANTLY CAPTURED THE BEAUTY AND PERIL OF BOAT TRAVEL IN HIS 1941 SCHOOL NOTEBOOK, VIEWING THESE JOURNEYS AS JOYFUL IN TIMES OF PEACE AND THREATENING DURING CONFLICT. TRAGICALLY, MARCOS PERISHED, TOGETHER WITH HIS ISLAND’S JEWISH COMMUNITY, IN THE SINKING OF THE TANAIS SHIP. “A SONG FOR MARCO” AIMS TO ENCAPSULATE HIS CHILDLIKE WONDER AND INNOCENT MARITIME DREAMS WITHIN THE SOMBER REALITY OF HIS LIFETIME.

MY GOD, HEAR MY PLEA / ODED ZEHAVI (1961 IL)
TEXT: FREHA BAT RABBI AVRAHAM BAR ADIVA

“TURN TO US WITH MERCY,” WROTE THE POETESS AND LITURGIST FREHA BAT YOSEF IN THE 18TH CENTURY, IN A LITURGICAL POEM UNCOVERED BY THE SCHOLAR AND POET PROFESSOR YOSEF CHETRIT—A POEM THAT IS ENTIRELY A PLEA TO GOD IN HEAVEN.”MY GOD, HEAR MY PLEA, GOD, CHOOSE MY SONG, GOD, MY PROTECTOR AND MY PORTION, MY CUP AND MY SORROWS.” THIS PERSONAL, EMOTIONALLY CHARGED, AND SORROWFUL PRAYER, FILLED WITH FAITH, HAS NEVER BEEN AS RELEVANT AS IT IS IN THESE DAYS.

THE WEIGHT OF HEAVEN / NIKOS KOKOLAKIS (1981 GR)
25 MONOPHONIC CANONS

THE WEIGHT OF HEAVEN FEATURES THE IDEA OF A MONOPHONIC CANON, A MELODIC TAPESTRY OF VOICES THAT NEVER COINCIDE. SUBTLE TIMING VARIATIONS IN THE 3-NOTE THEMATIC CELL GENERATE 25 RHYTHMIC CANONIC VARIATIONS, EACH WITHIN A 7-BAR FRAME — 25 FRAGMENTED “MELODIES” CONSISTING OF SINGLE PITCHES, CONSONANCES, AND CHORDS SPANNING THE PIANO’S RANGE — 25 “SCULPTURES” STANDING MOTIONLESS IN THE FLOW OF TIME. INSPIRED BY CRETAN POET CHRISTOFOROS LIONTAKIS’S WORK “13TH HOUR”, IMAGINING THE PRINCE OF LILIES OF KNOSSOS, ETERNALLY SEEKING THE UNIDENTIFIED, AS IF CHALLENGING THE WEIGHT OF HEAVEN.

TWO SEASHELLS / NIKA KUSHNIR (1987 IL)
TEXT: T. CARMI

THE COMPOSER REFLECTS, “THE WORDS OF THE SONG SOUNDED LIKE MUSIC IN MY HEAD AS I READ THEM. IN COMPOSING THE MUSIC, I TRIED TO EXPRESS THE MUSIC INHERENT IN THE WORDS THEMSELVES, THE SILENCES BETWEEN THE WORDS, AND THE QUIET NEEDED TO TRULY LISTEN.”

TEXTS

PSALM 137:

By the waters of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. There on the willows we hung up our lyres, for there our captors asked us for songs and our tormentors mirth; they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land?

SONG OF SONGS – I AM THE ROSE OF SHARON:

I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the maidens. Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my lover among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste. He has taken me to the banquet hall, and his banner over me is love. Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.

SONG OF SONGS – HIS LEFT ARM IS UNDER MY HEAD:

His left arm is under my head, and his right arm embraces me. Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you by the gazelles and by the does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires. Who is this coming up from the desert leaning on her lover? Under the apple tree I roused you; there your mother conceived you, there she who was in labor gave you birth. Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame.

SONG OF SONGS – LISTEN! MY BELOVED!:

Listen! My lover! Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills. My lover is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look! There he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice. My lover spoke and said to me, “Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, and come with me. See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land. The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me.”

IAKOVOS KAMPANELLIS – Song of Songs, from the Ballad of Mauthausen:

How beautiful is my love With her everyday dress And with the comb in her hair. No one knew that she’s so beautiful. You girls of Auschwitz, You Dachau girls, Have you seen my love, perchance? We saw her on a long journey. She no longer wore her dress Nor her comb in her hair. How beautiful is my love, Pampered by her loving mother, And her brother’s kisses. No one knew that she’s so beautiful. You girls of Mathausen, You girls of Belsen, Have you seen my love, perchance? We saw her standing in the frozen square With a number on her white arm, A yellow star over her heart. How beautiful is my love, Pampered by her loving mother, And her brother’s kisses. No one knew that she’s so beautiful.

SONG OF SONGS – BY NIGHT ON MY BED:

All night long on my bed I looked for the one my heart loves; I looked for him but did not find him. I will get up now and go about the city, through its streets and squares; I will search for the one my heart loves. So I looked for him but did not find him. The watchmen found me as they made their rounds in the city. “Have you seen the one my heart loves?” Scarcely had I passed them when I found the one my heart loves. I held him and would not let him go till I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the room of the one who conceived me.

YAEL LEVY – STONE TO STONE:

Mother, daughter, granddaughter. Stone.
Father, son, grandson. Stone.
Stone to stone,
Stone upon stone.
Every man is a stone,
Every woman iS a stone.

FROM THE NOTEBOOK OF MARCOS ISHAKIS – A SONG FOR MARCO:

“[…] I also like the boat very much. It impresses me because I can travel and see all the islands of the Homeland. But I have heard that there have been serious accidents with ships when there is war – that many ships have been sunk by submarines […]”

FREHA BAT RABBI AVRAHAM BAR ADIVA – MY GOD, HEAR MY PLEA:

My God, hear my plea, O Lord, who chooses my song of joy, The Almighty, my shield and portion, My cup and my fate, In the morning, You shall hear my voice.

CHRISTOFOROS LIONTAKIS – 13th HOUR:

” […] In the Thirteenth hour, slumber finally embraced us. Prince, what quest draws you to this sacred mountain, adorned with lilies and vibrant hues? How fare you, having left behind palaces, island zephyrs, and fragrances? Prince… Yet, he strides forth, his steps nimble, defying the weight of heaven, from dawn to noon, and from noon to midnight. He searches still […]”

T. CARMI – TWO SEASHELLS:

It is hard for two seashells to have a true conversation. Each one listens only to the ocean within. Only a pearl diver or an antique merchant Can say with certainty: THEY ARE IN the same sea.

BIOS

REUT VENTORERO

REUT VENTORERO IS AN ISRAELI MEZZOSOPRANO. ACCLAIMED FOR HER “BEAUTIFUL TIMBRE AND OUTSTANDING STAGE CREDIBILITY” (CONESSIALL’OPERA) AND FOR HER “POWERFUL, AGILE VOICE TOGETHER WITH EXPRESSIVITY AND GRAND DRAMATIC ABILITY” (OLYRIX), SHE APPROACHES VARIED REPERTOIRE WITH DEPTH, CURIOSITY, AND ECLECTICISM FORGEDBY HER TRAINING AND DIVERSE MUSICAL EXPERIENCES. MS. VENTORERO SANG AS A SOLOIST IN MAJOR CONCERT HALLS, OPERA HOUSES, AND FESTIVALS AROUND EUROPE UNDER THE BATON OF SIR SIMON RATTLE, DANIELE RUSTIONI, STEFANO MONTANARI, MICHELE GAMBA, SPERANZA SCAPPUCCI, MICHELE SPOTTI, AND LEONARDO GARCÍA ALARCÓN, AMONG OTHERS. SHE IS COLLABORATING REGULARLY WITH LEADING ISRAELI COMPOSERS AND HER ALBUM WITH THE PIANIST HAGAI YODAN, DEDICATED TO THE ISRAELI ART SONG, HAS BEEN RELEASED BY THE ISRAELI MUSIC INSTITUTE IN APRIL 2024. HIGHLIGHTS OF PAST SEASONS INCLUDE ROSINA (IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA) IN THE THEATER ORCHESTER BIEL-SOLOTHURN AND THE OPÉRA DE SAINT-ÉTIENNE, ANNINA (LA TRAVIATA) OPÉRA DE SAINT-ÉTIENNE, MRS. FAIRBOALT AND MRS. AHEARN IN HANA AJIASHVILI’S NEW OPERA “CUT GLASS” AT THE FELICJA BLUMENTAL INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL, APPEARANCES IN THE TEATRO DELL’OPERA DI ROMA AS TERESA (LA SONNAMBULA) RECORDED AND FILMED TO RAI 3 AND RAI 5 AND LATER AS CHERUBINO (LE NOZZE DI FIGARO) IN A PRODUCTION DIRECTED BY GRAHAM VICK. HER FESTIVAL APPEARANCES INCLUDE THE UTRECHT FESTIVAL OF EARLY MUSIC, FESTIVAL CLASSIQUE, THE HOLLAND FESTIVAL, AND THE DAG VAN LA PETITE BANDE. HER CONCERT ENGAGEMENTS INCLUDE COLLABORATIONS WITH THE ROMA TRE ORCHESTRA, THE ISRAEL CAMERATA JERUSALEM, THE NETANYA KIBBUTZ ORCHESTRA, THE ISRAELI SCHUBERTIADE, THE SYMPHONETTE RA’ANANA ORCHESTRA, AND THE ENSEMBLE SOLISTES XXI IN REPERTOIRE RANGING FROM EARLY BAROQUE TO CONTEMPORARY MUSIC. MS. VENTORERO IS A GRADUATE OF THE JERUSALEM ACADEMY OF MUSIC & DANCE AND THE ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF THE HAGUE WHERE SHE SPECIALIZED IN EARLY MUSIC PERFORMANCE PRACTICE. MS. VENTORERO IS A SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT BY THE AMERICA-ISRAEL CULTURAL FOUNDATION, THE RONEN FOUNDATION, AND THE ISRAEL VOCAL ARTS INSTITUTE. SHE HAS WON THE EXCELLENCE AWARD FROM THE BUCHMAN-HEIMAN FOUNDATION.

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HAGAI YODAN

HAGAI YODAN (B. 1985) IS AN ISRAELI PIANIST, VOCALIST, HARPSICHORDIST, AND COMPOSER. HIS REPERTOIRE SPANS FROM EARLY MUSIC TO CONTEMPORARY PIECES, AND HE HAS COLLABORATED WITH NEARLY 300 COMPOSERS. HAGAI HAS PERFORMED AS A SOLOIST AND COLLABORATOR IN ISRAEL, THE U.S., GERMANY, AND CYPRUS. HE DEDICATES A MAJOR PART OF HIS ACTIVITY TO RECORDINGS AND APPEARS ON SEVERAL ALBUMS: LIGHT AND DARK (THE COMPLETE INTERMEZZI BY BRAHMS, HYM), MOZART’S SONATA FOR TWO PIANOS (WITH DAN ETTINGER, HÄNSSLER CLASSIC), PIANO 4-PLAY (ISRAELI AND CLASSICAL PIECES FOR PIANO 4-HANDS AND TWO PIANOS, WITH HERUT ISRAELI, HYM), FOREVER TO REMEMBER (ISRAELI SONG CYCLES, WITH SHARON ROSTORF-ZAMIR, ROMEO RECORDS), SONG OF SONGS (ISRAELI CONTEMPORARY ART SONGS, WITH REUT VENTORERO, IMI), AND MORE. FUTURE ALBUMS INCLUDE 250 (ONE-MINUTE-LONG PIECES BY 250 ISRAELI COMPOSERS), VOYAGES (SCHUBERT’S FANTASIES), JEAN PHILIPPE (THE COMPLETE PIECES POUR CLAVECIN BY RAMEAU), THE UNSUNG HERO (LIEDER WITHOUT VOICE), QUANTUM MECHANICS (PIECES FOR HARPSICHORD AND ELECTRONICS), STRING THEORY (PIECES FOR PIANO STRINGS ONLY), AND MORE. HAGAI IS ALSO A PHOTOGRAPHER AND WRITER.

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NIKOS KOKOLAKIS

NIKOS KOKOLAKIS (1981 GR) STUDIED PHYSICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CRETE, AND MUSIC COMPOSITION AT THE IONIAN UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK. HE OBTAINED A MASTER’S IN COMPOSITION AT THE ROYAL CONSERVATOIRE IN THE HAGUE WITH PETER ADRIAANSZ, YANNIS KYRIAKIDES, AND RAVIV GANCHROW WITH THE THESIS “SPATIAL AWARENESS IN INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC: TRANSFORMATION OF ATTENTION IN A SITUATION, BECOMING MUSICAL STRUCTURE”. CURRENTLY A PHD CANDIDATE AT THE HELLENIC MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY IN CRETE, HE AIMS FOR AN ORGANIC COMBINATION OF INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION MUSIC, FIELD RECORDINGS, AND ELECTRONIC SOUNDS. HE SEEKS MULTI- LAYERED EXPERIENCES, DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM COMPREHENSIBLE MATHEMATICAL MODELS, WHERE HIS MUSICAL MATERIALS PLAYFULLY COME TOGETHER IN AN ELABORATE COLLAGE OF DIFFERENT WORLDS. HE IS A CO-FOUNDER OF THE CATCHPENNY ENSEMBLE (NL), FOCUSING ON MULTIMEDIA AND COLLECTIVE COMPOSITION, AND IN THE PERIOD 2015 – 2021, HE WAS ITS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR. HIS MUSIC HAS BEEN PERFORMED IN MAJOR VENUES AND FESTIVALS SUCH AS GAUDEAMUS FESTIVAL, DAG IN DE BRANDING FESTIVAL, ORGELPARK AMSTERDAM, MUZIEKGEBOUW EINDHOVEN, MUZIEKCENTRUM DE BIJLOKE, KAMERMUZIEKFESTIVAL BIJ NATUURMONUMENTEN, ΑΝΟΙΧΤΑ ΠΑΝΙΑ, AND OTHERS. HIS PUBLISHED WORKS CAN BE FOUND AT DONEMUS. IN 2016 HE WON THE FIRST PRIZE IN THE COMPOSITION CONCOURS WITHIN THE TROMP INTERNATIONAL PERCUSSION COMPETITION FOR HIS PIECE STREAM FOR MARIMBA AND IN 2015 THE SECOND PRIZE IN THE INTERNATIONAL CARILLON COMPOSITION CONTEST IN ZWOLLE FOR HIS PIECE SQUARCLE FOR CARILLON. IN 2018 HIS PIECE BAGATELLES FOR CARILLON WAS CHOSEN TO BE PERFORMED AT THE CARILLON OF DOESBURG ON THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DUTCH CARILLON SOCIETY.

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YAEL LEVY

YAEL LEVY (1983 IL) IS A COMPOSER, PERFORMER, VISUAL ARTIST, AND EDUCATOR. CURRENTLY LOCATED IN CRETE, GREECE. IN HER WORKS, SHE EXPLORES NEW MODELS THAT EMERGE FROM THE COMBINATION OF MUSIC COMPOSITION, VISUAL ART, PERFORMANCE ART, AND THEATER. THROUGHOUT HER CAREER, SHE COLLABORATED WITH DIFFERENT ENSEMBLES AND INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS AND PERFORMED HER WORKS IN VARIOUS VENUES AND FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD INCLUDING GAUDEAMUS MUZIEKWEEK IN UTRECHT, HOLLAND FESTIVAL IN AMSTERDAM, DAG IN DE BRANDING FESTIVAL IN THE HAGUE, LIVING MUSEUM PROJECT IN NICOSIA, SOUND 59 – CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL IN PERM, RUSSIA, AN EVENING OF TODAY, MUZIEKGEBOUW AMSTERDAM, MANIFESTA 12 COLLATERAL EVENTS IN PALERMO, INTERFACES EUC RESIDENCY IN NICOSIA, VOX FAMINA IN TEL AVIV, ANICHTA PANIA IN CHANIA AND MORE. HER WORKS HAVE BEEN PERFORMED BY VARIOUS ENSEMBLES SUCH AS ENSEMBLE MAZE, NIEUW ENSEMBLE, ENSEMBLE MODELO62, THE NORTHERN CONSORT, KAMERKOOR DUALIS, KLUSTER5, CATCHPENNY ENSEMBLE AND OTHERS. SHE STUDIED COMPOSITION IN ISRAEL WITH DR. HAGAR KADIMA BETWEEN 2007 AND 2011 AND COMPLETED A BA IN MUSIC EDUCATION AND CHOIR CONDUCTING AT THE LEVINSKY COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, TEL AVIV. SUBSEQUENTLY, SHE OBTAINED A BA IN COMPOSITION, WITH GILIUS VAN BERGEIJK AND YANNIS KYRIAKIDES AND AN MA IN MUSIC COMPOSITION AS WELL WITH YANNIS KYRIAKIDES AND JUSTIN BENNETT AT THE ROYAL CONSERVATORY IN THE HAGUE (2011-2016). LEVY IS ACTIVE IN SEVERAL CREATIVE GROUPS WHICH SHE CO-FOUNDED WITH HER COLLEAGUES, INCLUDING A COMPOSER-PERFORMER DUO WITH THE COMPOSER NIKOS KOKOLAKIS, CATCHPENNY ENSEMBLE, WHICH FOCUSES ON MULTIMEDIA WORKS AND COLLECTIVE COMPOSITION AND TA-TA-TONE – CONCERTS AND WORKSHOPS FOR CHILDREN.

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