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Northern Exposure – Piano Festivities

Start:
December 25, 2025 17:00
End:
December 27, 2025 13:00
Location:
Keshet Eilon, Kibutz Eilon

Northern Exposure
Rubinstein’s Piano Festivities at Keshet Eilon
25 – 27 December 2025

 

Thursday, 25 December 2025

17:00 | Mini Piano Marathon Part 1 –
With the Israeli pianists selected for the 2026 Rubinstein Competition

Lior Lifshitz

Berg
Sonata Op.1
Schumann
Fantasy in C major, Op. 17
Scriabin
Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 23

 

Ido Zeev

Rameau
Suite No. 1 in D Minor
Beethoven
Fantasie in G Minor, Op. 77
Scriabin
Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp Minor, Op. 19
Debussy
L’isle Joyeuse
Chopin
Polonaise Héroïque in A-flat Major, Op. 53
Ravel
Tzigane – Paraphrase for piano by Ido Zeev

21:00 | The Kid – with cellist Eitan Mikhanovsky
A Journey into the World of Silent Films
Adi Haroni – violin, Bishara Haroni – piano

Part 1 – Introducing the young cellist Eitan Mikhanovsky

Bach
Two Minuets and a Jigue from Suite No. 1 for Cello
Mendelssohn
A song without words, Op. 109
Popper
Etude in F Major, Op. 76II
Saint-Saëns
Allegro Appassionato

Part 2 – Screening of a silent film with live music
with violinist Adi Haroni and pianist Bishara Haroni

 

Friday, 26 December 2025

11:00 | Morning tour

17:00 | Beating Oud –
A captivating musical encounter with oud artist Taiseer Elias and percussionist Zohar Fresco

21:00 | Chamber Concert
With Elias Elias – violin, Michal Korman – cello, Bishara Haroni – piano

Beethoven
Sonata No. 1 in F Major for cello and piano, Op. 5 No. 1
Beethoven
Sonata No. 23 in F Minor for piano, Op. 57 (“Appassionata”)
Schubert
Violin Sonatina No. 2 in A Minor, D384
Mendelssohn
Trio No. 1 in D Minor, for violin, cello and piano, Op. 49

 

Saturday, 27 December 2025

11:00 | Piano Mini Marathon Part 2 –
With the Israeli pianists selected for the 2026 Rubinstein Competition

Yali Zaken

Scarlatti
Sonata in D Minor K. 213
Haydn
Sonata in B Minor, Hob. XVI/32
Chopin
Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52
Liszt
Concert Etude “La Leggierezza”, S.144/2
Ligeti
Etude No. 6 “Autumn in Warsaw”
Rachmaninov
Variations on a theme by Corelli, Op. 4

 

Itamar Feinberg

Haydn
Sonata in D Major Hob. XVI/42
Schumann
Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6

 

Participating artists:

Elias Elias, Taiseer Elias, Bishara Haroni, Adi Haroni, Zohar Fresco, Michal Korman,
Ido Zeev, Yali Zaken, Lior Lifshitz, Itamar Feinberg, Eitan Mikhanovsky

 

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