13 orchestras to perform around country, marking year since Oct. 7
The Hatikva Project concerts will focus on music with Jewish and liturgical meaning in order to heal and comfort
Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel's culture and lifestyles editor, covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center
Thirteen Israeli orchestras will participate in the Hatikva Project, a series of 18 concerts performed over five days in 11 Israeli cities to mark one year since the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack.
The concerts will be held October 30 through November 3, in Haifa, Kibbutz Dorot, Beersheba, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ra’anana, Netivot, Modiin, Karmiel, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
“I initiated the project from the belief that music has a deep ability to heal and comfort, and from the desire to bring hope and comfort through holy Jewish music,” said Sharon Azrieli, a soprano singer and cantor whose father was Canadian architect and philanthropist David Azrieli.
The Azrieli Foundation underwrote the project, with admission priced at a symbolic NIS 20 per ticket.
The opening event is on October 30 in the Azrieli Center in Tel Aviv, with a performance by the Israel Camerata Jerusalem.
The participating orchestras include the Israel Philharmonic with conductor Lahav Shani in Tel Aviv, the Jerusalem Orchestra East West with Tom Cohen in Modi’in as well as the Ra’anana Symphonette performing in Carmiel.
The other orchestras include the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, the Rishon Lezion, Beersheba and Haifa orchestras, the Andalusian Ashdod and several youth orchestras.
The focus in all of the concerts is on Jewish music and pieces with liturgical meaning, with both older and newer pieces of music.
Tickets and more information are available on the Hatikva Project website.
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