Events

Avner Biron conductor
Choir The Israeli Vocal Ensemble

Nielsen | Little Suite, op. 1 
Seter | Sabbath Cantata
Tchaikovsky | Serenade for strings, op. 48
 

A scientist listens to the music of words. A woman of the theater listens to the scientist. The actors of the theater group listen to both and perform. 

A conversation and acting segments on the connection between hearing and listening, intention and understanding. 

Professor Ruth Kanner - a theater director and creator, who has developed a unique and groundbreaking stage language over the years, and Professor David Harel - Israel Prize recipient in 2004, former dean of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the Weizmann Institute of Science, whose research deals with tools that help artificial intelligence listen, decode and interpret spoken text. 
The Ruth Kanner Theater Group – Since 1988, has been exploring processes on stage to deepen the means of expression in acting, movement, voice work, sound and visual images, stemming from deep listening to personal and artistic truth. 

Duration: approx. 1.5 hours.
 

Ari Þór Vilhjálmsson, Sharon Cohen violinists | Jonathan Gertner, Matan Noussimovitch violists | Haran Meltzer, Lia Perlov cellists

Kodaly - Serenade for two violins and viola (20’)
Janacek - String Quartet no. 1 “Kreutzer Sonata” (19’)
Dvorak - Sextet in A Major (35’)