yiddish - Kings Place
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yiddish - Kings Place
H S I D D YI Media partner JE WK meBOX nu JMI hi n JE W IS H JMI’s Festival of Jewish Arts & Music JM I 8 –15 September 2016 JAM ing’s Place 8 September 2016, 7.00–10.30pm Celebrating Menuhin Tickets £24.50 John Etheridge Kings Place, London N1 9AG A special evening of music in Yehudi Menuhin’s centenary year featuring an all-star line up to celebrate the glorious diversity of Lord Menuhin’s extraordinary legacy. Johan Dalene and Yehudi Menuhin School Orchestra Johan Dalene Yehudi Menuhin founded his famous school in England to provide the environment and tuition for musically gifted children from all over the world to pursue their love of music, develop their musical potential, and achieve standards of performance on stringed instruments and piano at the highest level. Malcolm Singer The Alternative Menuhin Yehudi Menuhin was the most prominent classical musician of his generation to embark on cross-genre collaborations and his work with Indian musician Ravi Shankar and jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli has become famous. Curated by British violinist, songwriter, composer and Artistic Director of the JMI, Sophie Solomon, this evening will celebrate the musical diversity of the violin across genres in a tribute to Yehudi Menuhin. An all-star line-up: Tcha Limberger, John Etheridge, Dave Kelbie, Andy Crowdy, Flora Curzon and Sheema Mukherjee. Visit www.jmi.org.uk for all JAM events JEWKBOX Flora Curzon I Tcha Limberger JM Yehudi Menuhin & Stéphane Grappelli. Picture: Allan Warren In the first half of the concert The Yehudi Menuhin School Orchestra will perform music by George Enescu who was Menuhin’s teacher, as well as a new piece by Malcolm Singer, who is Director of Music at the school. This was specially commissioned for Menuhin’s centenary and is for seven violins. In addition two of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons will be performed by Johan Dalene, a Junior prizewinner of the Menuhin Competition London 2016. The Menuhin Competition is the world’s leading competition for young violinists, held biennially in a different global city.