Piano Festival returns to life

• Published date: 28 September 2021
• Author: BARRY DAVIS

All told, 250 artists feature in the lineup, across 56 shows, taking in project-launches and slots created specifically for the festival. This year's program spotlights the work of female singer-songwriters, with 24 concerts fronted by Israeli women artists. That covers a broad sweep of styles, genres and cultural baggage, across a wide generational range. There are seasoned veterans the likes of Nurit Galron, Leah Shabat, Keren Ann and Ruhama Raz in there, as well as some big names from the mid-generational lot, including Rona Kenan, Alma Zohar, Ester Rada, Daniela Spector and Efrat Gosh. The younger crowd also get a look in, with Jasmin Moallem, Maria Joubran, Daniel Sun Krief and Daniel Rubin.

Over the years the festival has provided a springboard for all kinds of intriguing pairings, some of which have led to ongoing live and recorded synergies. One that sticks out in the new program is a show with veteran Israeli/French vocalist-guitarist Keren Ann who will return to the Piano Festival after a four-year hiatus, where she will join forces with France-based Israeli jazz pianist Yonathan Avishai.

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The biggest name on this year's roster is undoubtedly rock doyen Shalom Hanoch, who teams up with septuagenarian bassist-vocalist Eli Magen, and keyboardist Moshe Levi, who has enjoyed a musical collaboration with Hanoch since 1983. The concert will showcase Hanoch's latest...