The Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies is an extension of Brigham Young University, a large private American institution located in Provo, Utah.
The BYU Jerusalem Center hosts one of the most prestigious concert programs in the country in its auditorium with audiences enjoying a spectacular view of the Old City of Jerusalem. Professional musicians from the area provide extraordinary classical music programs on Sunday evenings and lively jazz and folk music once a month on a Thursday. These concerts are a gift to the community and are offered free of charge.
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- Danny Erdman, clarinet (guest musician)
- Talia Herzlich, violin
- Yoni Gotlibovich, cello
- Amit Dolberg, piano
- Fauré – Piano Trio in d minor, Op. 120
- Gideon Klein – Duo for Violin and Cello (written in the Terezin Ghetto)
- Debussy – Rhapsody for Clarinert and Piano
- Messiaen – Movements from the Quartet for the End of Time
Student Choir of the BYU Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies
Deanne Welch, director
James Welch, organ
Selected songs for Christmas
- Hagai Shaham, violin
- Raphael Wallfisch, cello
- Arnon Erez, piano
- Beethoven – Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op. 97 “Archduke”
- Brahms – Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8
- Asi Matathias, violin
- Victor Stanislavsky, piano
- Vitali – Chaconne in g minor
- Schubert – Sonatina in a minor, D. 385
- Schumann – Fantasie in c minor, Op. 131
- Grieg – Sonata No. 2 in G major, Op. 13
- James Welch, organ
- Bach – Toccata and Fugue in d minor, Sonata in E-flat major, Concerto in a minor (after Vivaldi), Fantasie and Fugue in g minor, Dorian Toccata, and more
- Robert Anchipolovsky, baritone saxophone
- Ilya Perlstein, piano
- Ram Erez, bass
- Roy Kimelman, drums
- A Tribute to Gerry Mulligan – American Baritone Saxophonist, Arranger and Composer
- Eyal Kless, violin
- Chagit Glaser, cello
- Ron Regev, piano
- Haydn – Piano Trio No. 39 in G major, “Gypsy”
- Arensky – Piano Trio No. 1 in d minor, Op. 32
- Hagai Yodan, piano
- Works by Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Poulenc, and Liszt
- Hagar Sharvit, mezzo-soprano
- Hillel Zori, arpeggione
- Graham Jonson, piano
- Roman Rabinovich, piano
- Schubert – Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano in a minor, D. 821
Fantasie for Piano in C major, D. 760, “Wanderer”
Selected Lieder for Mezzo-soprano and Piano
- Roy Amotz, flute
- Yigal Kaminka, oboe
- Danny Erdman, clarinet
- Nadav Cohen, bassoon
- Itamar Leshem, horn
- Bach – The Art of the Fugue – Canon
- Beethoven – Variations on a Theme from Mozart’s Don Giovanni
- Brahms – Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, arr. by Mordechai Rechtman
- Hindemith – “Little Chamber Music”
- Katia Toobool, piano
- Yonatan Levi, bass
- Ofri Nehemya, drums
Jazz pieces, original music, groove music and arrangements performed by jazz pianists Ahmad Jamal, Oscar Peterson and Horace Silver
- Eugenia Karni, violin
- Gilad Karni, viola
- Asaf Zohar, piano
- Mozart – Trio in E-flat major, K. 498, “Kegelstatt”
(violin, viola and piano version) - Brahms – Trio in E-flat major, Op. 40
(violin, viola and piano version)
The Melzer Consort:
- Michael Melzer, recorder
- Yael Melzer, recorder
- Ezer Melzer, recorders
- With Yeela Avital, soprano
Elizabethan songs, works by Van Eyck, Couperin and Hoffmeister and arrangements of Israeli songs
Daniel Gortler, piano
Grieg – Selected Works for Piano
- Jacob (Yaki) Reuven, mandolin
- Yaron Rosenthal, piano
Selected Sonatas for Mandolin and Piano
- Mozart – Piano Sonata in c minor, K. 457
- Mozart – Sonata for Violin and Piano in e minor, K. 304
- Bach – Sonata No. 1 in g minor for Solo Violin
- Hummel – Sonata for Mandolin and Piano in C major, Op. 37
Ensemble Mezzo
- Yeela Avital, soprano
- Doret Florentin, recorders
- Gideon Brettler, baroque guitar
- With Michael Klinghoffer, double bass
- American swing and Brazilian bossa nova in musical dialogue with the Baroque style
- Monteverdi and Purcell alongside Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gershwin and others
- James Welch, organ
Organ music of the Romantic era, including works by Mendelssohn, Brahms, Reger, Franck, Gounod, Widor, Vierne, Puccini and more
String Quintet
- Elina Yanovitsky, violin
- Janna Gontarenko, violin
- Alexander Shochat, viola
- Shmuel Avraham, cello
- Alexander Osipenko, double bass
- Glazunov – String Quintet in A major, Op. 39
- Dvořák – Nocturne in B major, Op. 40
- Bottesini – Gran Quintetto in c minor, Op. 99
- Lior Eitan, flute
- Haran Meltzer, cello
- Einat Fabrikant, piano
- Haydn – Trio in D major
- Freidlin – Suite “Tricolore”
- Mendelssohn – Trio in d minor
- Reut Ventorero, mezzo-soprano
- Menachem Wiesenberg, piano
- Schumann – The song cycle “Frauenliebe und-leben”, Op. 42
- Norbert Glanzberg – A selection from the song cycle “Sounds of Memory”
- A selection of french chansons by Fauré, Debussy and Poulenc
- A selection of beloved Israeli songs, arranged by Menachem Wiesenberg
Aviv String Quartet
- Sergey Ostrovsky, violin
- Philippe Villafranca, violin
- Noemie Bialobroda, viola
- Daniel Mitnitsky, cello
- With Julia Gurevich, piano
- Mozart – String Quartet - TBA
- Brahms – Piano Quintet in f minor, Op. 34
- Natasha Sher, violin
- Yuri Gandelsman, viola
- Michael Milman, cello
- Elisaveta Blumina, piano
- Schubert – String Trio in B-flat major, D. 471
- Mozart – Duo for Violin and Viola in G major, K. 423
- Schumann – Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47
MultiPiano Ensemble:
- Tomer Lev, piano
- Berenika Glixman, piano
- Nimrod Meiri-Haftel, piano
- Alon Kariv, piano
Rachmaninoff – Piano works for four, six and eight hands
Naama Women’s Choir
- Pnina Inbar, conductor
- Svetlana Kardiako-Lugova, piano
- Eyal Luman, percussion
Modern Liturgy from South Africa alongside songs with African roots: Suite Pescador by Dorival Caymmi, Gospel songs, songs from West Side Story and more
- Yevgeny Yehudin, clarinet
- Polina Yehudin, violin
- Yuki Ishizaka, violin
- Gili Radian-Sade, viola
- Lia Chen Perlov, cello
- Beethoven – String Quartet in f minor, Op. 95
- Brahms – Clarinet Quintet in b minor, Op. 115
- Lihay Bendayan, violin
- Asaf Zohar, piano
- Mozart – Sonata for Violin and Piano in g minor, K. 379
- Franck – Sonata in A major for Violin and Piano
- Bloch – “Nigun” from “Baal Shem”
- Batia Lorenzen-Steinbock, piano
- Eckart Lorenzen, violin
- Daniel Lorenzen, violin
- Simon Lemberski, viola
- Lia Chen Perlov, cello
- Noam Massarik, double bass
- Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 11 in F major (chamber version)
- Schubert – Piano Quintet in A major, “Trout”
- Tom Ben Ishai, soprano
- Tamara Navoth, mezzo-soprano
- Achinoam Keisar, piano
A selection of arias and duets by Mozart, Brahms, Schumann and more
- Sami Kheshaiboun, violin
- Michael Maroun, oud
- and Friends
The greatest works from both the Egyptian and Lebanese schools: Umm Kulthum, Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Fairuz, Rahbani Brothers and more
- Samuel Berlad, baritone
- Ido Ariel, piano
Schubert – The song cycle “Die schöne Müllerin”
- Eyal Kless, violin
- Svetlana Simanovsky, violin
- Marta Sikora, viola
- Chagit Glaser, cello
- Mendelssohn – String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 12
- Schumann – String Quartet No. 3 in A major, Op. 41
The Jerusalem Academy Chamber Choir
- Stanley Sperber, conductor
A cappella choir music
- Zohar Lerner, violin
- Roman Spitzer, viola
- Adi Tal, cello
- Ariel Lanyi, piano
- Mozart – Divertimento for String Trio in E-flat major, K. 563
- Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 3 in c minor, Op. 60
Outstanding chamber ensembles from the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music-TAU and from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
James Welch, organ
Enjoy the lighter side of the organ, with a jazz version of Bach’s Toccata in d minor, improvisation on Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” a march by Sousa, a “Hornpipe Humoresque,” and more
- Eitan Globerson, piano
- Bishara Haroni, piano
- Ofir Peres, piano
- Malachi Rozenbaum, piano
Piano Works for Four Hands by Mozart, Schubert, Brahms and Dvořák
- Dumitru Pocitari, violin
- Simca Heled, cello
- Michel Zartsekel, piano
- Mendelssohn – Piano Trio No. 1 in d minor, Op. 49
- Mendelssohn – Piano Trio No. 2 in c minor, Op. 66
- Adi Menczel, flute
- Hila Zabari Peleg, oboe
- Keren Dvir-Steckler, clarinet
- Rotem Nir, bassoon
- Sharon Polyak, horn
A selection of opera overtures and orchestral music by Mozart, Verdi, Rossini, Donizetti, Mussorgsky, Bizet and more arranged for woodwind quintet
- Eezak Inbar, piano
- And Friends
A New York atmosphere with light jazz and ragtime, theme tunes from movies and Broadway musicals, along with original compositions and improvisations
- Ira Bertman, soprano
- Yotam Cohen, tenor
- Bella Steinbock, piano
- The Best Arias and Love Duets by Verdi, Puccini, Rossini, Bizet and more.
- Favorite Neapolitan Songs