I recently had the greatest pleasure of playing alongside three wonderful colleagues in a magical production of the St. Matthew Passion under conductor and gamba virtuoso Philippe Pierlot. The concert was part of 6th Bach Festival organized by the Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra headed by David Shemer. In the photo below we are at the beautiful YMCA hall in Jerusalem, and in the photo above are the four traverso players: Orit Guri, Idit Shemer, Geneviève Blanchard and Tamar Melzer Krymolowski (right to left). To hear a recording of our concert please press https://www.kan.org.il/radio/item.aspx?pid=244155
Who was the first rap singer in Israel? Perhaps it was Neomi Shemer?
I received this clip today of the mythological song writer and singer Neomi Shemer and couldn't believe how well she rapped: look at her body move and her tongue just twisting through all those syllables!
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אכן היתה חוויה נהדרת. ביצוע מרגש של המנצח והגמביסט פיליפ פיירלו. והיצירה הזו שההשתתפות בה היא חוויה עמוקה.
היום אני מדברת על זה עם תלמידים שכל כך מצטערים שפיספסו. אני עוד שרה בראשי את המנגינות…