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Spotlight: Featured Artist Emily Bear

Shining a spotlight on Grammy and Emmy Award-winning pianist Emily Bear, the featured artist of our upcoming concert at The Soraya.

Spotlight: Composer Inon Zur

by Reid Carter

Israeli film and video game composer Inon Zur, a longtime friend of the LAJS and Maestra Green, is the focus of our upcoming concert at the Soraya.

In the Media

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Starfield Composer Announces US Concert With Symphony

November 17, 2022

Article by Andrew Heaton, GameRant

Interview with Inon Zur on Syberia: The World Before and More

November 1, 2022

Article by Patrick Gann, RPGFan

The Los Angeles Jewish Symphony and Inon Zur present a world premiere

October 26, 2022

Interview by Kate Remington, Music Respawn (WSHU Public Radio)

What’s Happening

The Music of Inon Zur featuring Emily Bear

Sunday, November 20, 2022
@ 7:00PM

Stories from the Violins of Hope at Mt. Saint Mary’s

Wednesday, November 2

A Patchwork of Cultures – 2022

Sunday, February 27, 2022
@ 3:00PM

Violins of Hope

Sunday, December 12, 2021
@ 7:00PM

Women’s Voices, Women’s Souls

Sunday, October 17, 2021
@ 7:30PM

A World of Jewish Music

Sunday, August 22, 2021
@ 2:00PM

Shake My Faith

Saturday, March 27, 2021
@ 7:00PM

Stories from the Violins of Hope – Virtual

Sunday, January 31, 2021
@ 2:00PM

Be the Light: Music and Stories of Hanukkah

Friday, December 11, 2020

On Youtube…

Los Angeles Jewish Symphony performs “Gül Pembe” arranged by Asher Shasho Levy at AJU's Gindi Auditorium, on June 12th, 2022 during the concert “Askina.” This concert was presented by the Yunus Emre Institute.

“Gül Pembe (Por La Puerta)” is one of the most popular songs in Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) that originates in Turkey, a cultural home for Sephardic Jewry for centuries. Although sung in Ladino, “Gül Pembe” has a verse in Turkish where the lover cries out the beauty of the beloved. The linguistic fusion in this Sephardic Romanza represents the cultural exchange between Jews and Muslims in the Ottoman Empire.

Featured soloists:
Chloe Pourmorady, Vocalist, Violinist
Asher Shasho Levy, Oud
Alfredo Schiftan, Guitar
Jim Grippo, Kanun
MB Gordy III, Ethnic Percussion

Conducted by Dr. Noreen Green

More information about this concert: https://lajs.org/askina/

The Los Angeles Jewish Symphony performs “Dance of Abraham” composed by Nabil Azzam and orchestrated by Kareem Roustom at AJU's Gindi Auditorium, on June 12th, 2022. This concert was presented by the Yunus Emre Institute.

Azzam's original "Dance of Abraham" is based on a traditional Ladino (Hebrew/Spanish) tune, "Avram Avinu (Kuando el Rey Nimrod)," to which he added two distinct melodies from the Arabic tradition. This combination of music, enhanced by the ethnic instruments and driving rhythm, creates a piece that heightens our senses.

Featured soloists:
Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Ney
Asher Sasho Levy, Oud
Jim Grippo, Kanun
MB Gordy III, Ethnic Percussion

Conducted by Dr. Noreen Green

More information about this concert: https://lajs.org/askina/

Yerushalayim Shel Zahav
Music and Lyrics by Naomi Shemer, English Lyrics by Sam Glaser,
From The Songs We Sing

Live at the Alex Credits

The Los Angeles Jewish Symphony, Conducted by Dr. Noreen Green, Artistic Director

The Sam Glaser Band

Sam Glaser: Vocals, Piano, Arrangements
Cassio Duarte: Percussion
Ramiro Fauve: Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocals
Mat Gurman: Electric and Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocals
Dave Hooper: Drums
Michael Lington: Sax
Larry Steen: Electric and Acoustic Bass
Lee Thornburg: Trumpet

Chris Hardin: Additional Keyboards

Musical excerpt from the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony’s performance of “Baal Shem: Three Pictures of Hassidic Life” composed by Ernest Bloch at CSUN’s Soraya, on December 12th, 2021.

Featured soloists:
Lindsay Deutsch, violin

Conducted by Dr. Noreen Green

More information about this concert:https://lajs.org/violins-of-hope/

David Lefkowitz compiled and edited several tunes from Nowakowsky's organ preludes for this arrangement of Images of Joy performed at the University Synagogue on June 9, 1996.

Conducted by Dr. Noreen Green

A Girl From Limonad is one of Fleischer’s earliest compositions. Written in 1977, it reflects her dedicated search for an individual musical language, and is based on an Arabic poem of the same name by Lebanese poet Shawai Abi-Shaqra.
This piece was performed at the LAJS "A Feast for the Senses East Meets West" concert at The Ford Theatre on July 15, 2007.

Musical excerpt from the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony’s performance of “Remembrances” from John Williams's "Schindler's List" featuring Lindsay Deutsch at the Soraya on Sunday, December 12, 2021.
Featured soloists:
Lindsay Deutsch, violin

More information about this concert at https://lajs.org/violins-of-hope-2/!

Performance of “Klezmer Rondos” by Paul Schoenfeld at the Ford Amphitheater, Los Angeles, July 11, 2004. Featured soloists: David Shostac, flutist, Alberto Mizrahi, tenor soloist, Dr. Noreen Green, conductor.

Performance of Movement IV of Lucas Richman’s In the Day When I Cried Out, at AJU’s Gindi Auditorium, Los Angeles, April 10th, 2016 with the BYTHAX Singers and AJU Choir. Featured soloists include; Dr. Diane White-Clayton, Soprano; Jessica-Elisabeth, Mezzo Soprano; Keith Allen, Tenor; Keith Nevels, Baritone; Noreen Green, Conductor.

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We are so grateful to all those who joined us for last night's incredible evening dedicated to the music of award-winning Israeli-American videogame composer, Inon Zur!Thank you to Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts for the vision to take on such a trailblazing program and your willingness to bring these epic scores from the insulary world of gamers' headphones into the tangible space of the concert hall.Huge thanks to featured artists: Grammy and Emmy Award-winner and piano phenom Emily Bear - MLE, avid gamer and Classical California KUSC Radio host Jennifer Miller Hammel - KUSC, videogaming franchise vocalist Jillian Aversa, duduk stylings of Leo Chelyapov, the astounding talents of Tonality vocal ensemble under Artistic Director Alexander Lloyd Blake, and the man of the hour, composer Inon Zur making a guest appearance at the piano.And the greatest thanks of all goes out to you, our wonderful LAJS family - without your support and the support of all classical music concert-goers, programs like this would not be possible. We remain ever-grateful for your investment in our mission and your willingness to explore with us the depth and breadth of music of the Jewish experience. Thank you, thank you. ... See MoreSee Less

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