Iris Malkin, Special Guest Ido Ariel – Israeli Art Songs (Milken Center Chamber Music Series)
Iris Malkin, Special Guest Ido Ariel – Israeli Art Songs (Milken Center Chamber Music Series)
ISRAELI ART SONG: BETWEEN FANTASIES AND REALITIES
Join us for a Sunday afternoon of Israeli art songs with Iris Malkin, Israeli-born mezzo-soprano and UCLA lecturer, and special guest Ido Ariel, Israeli pianist and past dean of the Jerusalem Academy for Music and Dance, and enjoy complimentary bagels, sweets and coffee.
A concert/lecture exploring the beauties and complexities of Israeli art song. Featured composers include Moses Milner, Paul Ben-Haim, Zvi Avni, Aharon Harlap, Ofer Ben-Amots and Menachem Weissenberg.
Songs for voice and piano setting Hebrew poems have been composed since the early 20th century, reflecting Israel’s rich and complicated culture. Malkin and Ariel present this fascinating genre’s contrasting trends over 100 years of tensions between West and East, Zionism and Post-Zionism, Classical, and Popular music. The program will include songs in Hebrew, Yiddish and Ladino and a discussion moderated by Ariel. This concert is one of four events in the 2024-2025 Milken Center Chamber Music Series.
Join us and enjoy complimentary bagels, sweets and coffee.
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About Iris Malkin
Israeli born Mezzo-Soprano, Pianist, and Vocal Coach Iris Malkin has performed widely both as a singer and as a pianist in concerts and festivals in Israel, Europe, and the United States, and her performances have been broadcast worldwide. In addition to the mainstream operatic repertoire, Iris has distinguished herself in the world of Hebrew and Jewish works as well as the highly nuanced Spanish song repertoire. She is an in-demand vocalist in recordings for films, movie trailers and video games. She is a featured soloist on the soundtrack of the film Kill Zone, which was nominated for Best Original Score at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards in 2009. Iris is on the faculty of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music as a vocal coach – continuing lecturer in the voice department.
About Ido Ariel
Dr. Ido Ariel is a pianist and accompanist, vocal coach, lecturer and translator, one of the leading figures in the field of the art song in Israel. He is the founder and director of ‘Lieder in Pita-bread’ – an Israeli home for the art song. He chaired the Vocal Department at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, where he later also served as Dean of Students. He also founded and directed the “Shira-Shir” concert series, which presented classical as well as Israeli art songs performed by prominent Israeli singers. Ido is an award-winning graduate of the Beer-Sheva Conservatory, The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance and The Royal College of Music, London.
Details
445 Charles E. Young Drive East
Los Angeles, 90095
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Parking
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Accessibility
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is eager to provide a variety of accommodations and services for access and communications. If you would like to request accommodations, please do so 10 days in advance of the event by emailing ADA@schoolofmusic.ucla.edu or calling (310) 825-0174.
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Food and Drink
Food and drink may not be carried into the theaters. Thank you!
Acknowledgment
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (the Los Angeles basin and So. Channel Islands). As a land grant institution, we pay our respects to the Honuukvetam (Ancestors), ‘Ahiihirom (Elders) and ‘Eyoohiinkem (our relatives/relations) past, present and emerging.