By Chiquita Levov, text and photos

The Tel Aviv Cultural Center (Heijal Hatarbut) will celebrate its 8th Winter FestivalA musical weekend with 15 live shows, most created especially for the festival. The rich program will feature top local artists, commemorating the center’s 68th anniversary. It will open with an original show entitled “The Song of the Earth” and close with a special performance by Shlomi Shaban with famous guests. The festival’s artistic director is Orit Pickler and the director of the Heijal is Dalit Korel who declared: “The Winter Festival has become a tradition in the local cultural scene. This year, with the end of a long and painful war and the return of those kidnapped, it will offer the public a wide variety of special musical productions.” Between February 25 and 28.

Shlomi Shaban

The opening show is titled “The Song to the Earth”a collaboration with the Israeli Philharmonic and with the participation of stars like Yardena AraziAlon Olearchik, Caroline, Shai Tzabari y Roni DalumiWe are informed that it is a musical journey through “Kibbutz Galuyot” in which musicians and singers offer an evening of songs and melodies about Israel. The arrangements and musical and artistic direction are by Amir Lakner and the artistic direction of Etti AnetaThey report that they will “present new and creative arrangements with interesting and surprising connections between the artists and the works, in a show that will move everyone thanks to the deep connection with the place, the people and the songs that cheered in difficult times and brought joy in good timesUnmissable..

Amir Lakner and Rona Keinan

At the closing event, Shlomi Shaban come back to Heijal for the festive launch of his album “Alive in Gimel – Shlomi Shaban Hosts“,” a result of the collaboration between the Cultural Center, the Broadcasting Corporation, and the Hamon Volium firm. The show is based on the popular program filmed by the Corporation, “Kan,” which, during the pandemic, invited Israel’s best musicians for a fascinating discussion and surprising performances. As part of the evening, two of the program’s guests, Yoni Rechter y Avoid BanaiThey will participate in a summit evening of piano and joint performances.

Sasson and Eyal

Other shows at the festival: The actor Sasson Gabai joins the musicians Eyal Kels y Renana Gutmanon the same stage to present Tolstoy’s and Beethoven’s “Kreutzer Sonata”. For the first time in the Noga Erez In a special performance, the band “Tislam” will present the band “Monica Sex”,  Nurit Galron celebrates three decades of his iconic album “That Place”. The successes to “Red Band”with special guests,

Save band

The indispensable duo made up of Maya Belsitzman y Matan Efrat releases a joint album, Rona Keinan In an acoustic winter show, the ensemble “Arbateinu,” composed of four renowned artists, paid tribute to Israel’s invaluable musical heritage spanning generations. Every night, an hour and a half before the start of the performances, live musical groups will perform in the halls and decorated corners of the building, next to wine and beer bars, in a festive winter atmosphere. 

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