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Music & Theater

Jerusalem / Tel Aviv

JERUSALEM MUSIC & THEATER

Bama Theater, opened in 1989, its goal to offer a framework for avant-garde theatrical work, intended for adult audiences. 02-6733814,  www.geocities.com/Broadway/3633

Beit Shmuel is a cultural center offering a variety of shows, plays, and musical events. King David Street., Tel. 02-6203455/6 www.beitshmuel.com

Cinematheque of Jerusalem, located in the Ben Hinnon Valley just below Mt. Zion.  The Cinematheque hosts cultural evenings and screens films from all over the world.  Derech Hebron 11 (across from Mt. Zion), 02-6724 131, www.jer-cin.org.il

Confederation House is a cultural institute that promotes productions and enrichment programs involving ethnic music, literature, poetry, and Jewish thought.  12 Emil Botta St., Yemin Moshe Tel. 02-6245206 www.confederationhouse.org

Gerard Bahar Center is a cultural center with many activities, performances, major library, and a lot more.  Located near midtown of Jerusalem, and attracts many people. Betsal'el 11, tel. 6251139

Hazira Center for the Performing Arts, a venue for creators in the wide spectrum between performance and visual art. Ha-Rekhavim 4,  02-6783378, www.hazira.org

Jerusalem Culture Center is a project of The Municipal Absorption Authority and the Ministry of Immigrant Absorption, assists in the absorption of artists in dance, theatre, music, photography, cinema and drama. Located in the center of the city, it offers an easily accessible venue for artist community to meet.  Over the years, a number of successful events were sponsored by the Center. These events include literary evenings, chamber music recitals and art exhibitions. Hillel 27, tel. 6249179

Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, IBA was founded in the 1940s as the national radio orchestra and was known as the "Kol Israel Orchestra". In the 1970s, the orchestra was expanded and became the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. Since its inauguration, the orchestra's repertoire has been comprised of an exciting combination of the masterpieces of the past and the most exciting musical compositions written in our generation. The orchestra maintains its ongoing varied repertoire ranging from the baroque and the classical periods through the romantic period and reaching to composers of this century, many of whom receive their Israeli premieres with the JSO. The orchestra was the first to perform in Israel the works of the famous Sofia Gubaidolina, Henry Dutilleux, Alfred Schnittke and others. Through the years some of the greatest musicians have performed with the orchestra, among them Arthur Rubinstein, Igor Markevitch, Otto Klemperer, Henryk Szeryng, Isaac Stern, Radu Lupu and Yefim Bronfman. See www.jso.co.il  for upcoming concerts.

Jerusalem Theater: Centre for the Performing Arts, Jerusalem’s largest and most active cultural centre.  In its four exquisite halls, artists from Israel and from abroad perform a variety of spectacles in all performing arts: theatre, music, dance, light entertainment, children shows, cinema and art exhibitions in the foyers. Box office is open : Sunday through Thursday 9:30 AM - 7:30 PM Friday 9:30 AM - 1:00 PM Also one hour prior to each performance,  tel. 02-5605757 www.jerusalem-theatre.co.il

Karon Theater (train car) is a home of puppet artists since 1981. The shows are characterized by the artistic character and a wide range of styles: conventional puppetry with many different operation techniques, combination of live actors and puppets, masks, object theater and story theater. 02-5618514,

Khan Theater is located in a unique building from the 19^th century that was once used as a Turkish khan (hotel) and surrounded by a charming courtyard.  2 Remez Sq., Tel. 02-6718281

Pargod Theater is a small but very well known venue for the performing arts, located near center, Bezalel 94, tel. 02-6258819 www.pargod.org

Targ Music Center or Ein Kerem Music Center, situated in a historic and picturesque suburb of Jerusalem, is a focal point of music activities, recitals and chamber music concerts. Founded in 1968 by the famed duo pianists Bracha Eden and Alexander Tamir, the center has also been aided by world renowned musicians such as Isaac Stern, Jan Peerce, Jennie Tourrel, Claude Franck and Maureen Forrester. The center encourages and promotes young, gifted Israelis and new olim composers and performers. The wide scope activities of the center encompass weekly concerts held by these talented musicians, seminars, live broadcasts and competitions, many of which are held in cooperation with international institutions.  Ein Kerem, 02-6414250, www.klassi.net/targ/ 

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TEL AVIV MUSIC & THEATER.

From its early days in the early 1900's Tel Aviv has been a theater center.  It was the home to the first Hebrew theater companies: Hakumkum, Theatre of Eretz Israel, Hamatateh and Ha' ohel.  Even in today's cinema and home-video era, the popularity of Tel Aviv's theaters has not waned. Not surprisingly, 18 out of Israel's 35 performing arts centers are located in Tel Aviv-Yafo.

Beit Lessin Theater was founded by the Histadrut (Israeli Federation of trade unions) and the Ministry of Education founded in 1980. Its repertoire consists mainly of original drama, but includes also classical and modern plays.   www.lessin.co.il

Cameri Theater was established in 1944 and was the first theatre to produce plays in Hebrew. In its fifty years of existence, the Cameri has produced four hundred plays, seen by over twenty million people.  www.cameri.co.il

Gesher Theater was established in 1991 by new Russian immigrants and approved as a public theatre in 1993, Gesher is Tel Aviv's youngest theatre, with a bilingual repertoire in Hebrew and Russian. It is an undisputed success and has won sweeping acclaim in Israel and around the world. www.gesher-theatre.co.il 

Habima, Israel's national theatre, was founded in Moscow in 1918 and made aliya to Tel Aviv in 1931. Habima (eighty actors and a hundred and twenty employees) is an auditorium complex where four plays are performed daily.  www.habima.org.il

HaSimata offers wonderful Yiddish Theatre.  Located in Jaffa. 

Israel Opera was established in 1985, following the closure of its predecessor. In October 1994, it was relocated to its permanent home at the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center located next to the Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Beit Ariela (Sha'ar Tzion) public library. www.israel-opera.co.il  

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, based at the Mann Auditorium in Tel Aviv along with the Israel Chamber Music Orchestra.  The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra was established sixty years ago and is famous worldwide. In 1996, the orchestra gave 106 concerts in Tel Aviv, attended by audiences totaling 250,000.  www.ipo.co.il 

Puppet Theatre at Yarkon Park, and the Orna Porat National Theatre for Children and Youth founded in 1970. Orana Porat's theatre is immensely popular and produces some 14 plays a year, with runs totaling 750 performances on the average.

Suzanne Dallal Center for Dance & Theater, and the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center are thriving centers for dance, theatre, music and cultural events. Tel Aviv is also the home of Israel's leading dance companies, Bat Sheva, Bat Dor and Inbal. www.suzannedellal.org.il

Tzavta Tel Aviv, center for performing arts, contemporary music and theater.  www.tzavta.co.il

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