Concert · Rossi Fest 2024
Erev shel shoshanim
Jubilee concert for the 145th anniversary of the Baruch Brothers Choir
Thursday, 1 February 2024, 8 PM · Atrium of the National Museum
Date
Thursday, 1 February 2024
Time
8 PM
Venue
Atrium of the National Museum
Composers
Josef Hadar, Eric Whitacre, Boaz Avni, Gustav Mahler, Kameniko Berić
Conductor
About the concert
On the occasion of the 145th anniversary of the founding of the Baruch Brothers Choir, the oldest Jewish choir in the world, the final evening concert of Rossi Fest – Erev Shel Shoshanim (Evening of Roses), named after one of the most beautiful love songs in Hebrew, was held at the National Museum. The program of the concert is unique because it is inspired by love poetry written in Hebrew and by composers of Jewish origin. In the Atrium of the National Museum, on February 1 at 8 p.m., together with the Baruch Brothers Choir, the Jewish Chamber Orchestra, soloists Stefan Hadžić and Marko Živković, performed under the direction of the festival director, Stefan Zekić.
Programme
Josef Hadar
Erev shel shoshanim
Arrangement: Jack Klebanow · Orchestration: Jelena Zekić
Eric Whitacre
Five Hebrew Love Songs
- Temuna
- Kalá kallá
- Lárov
- Éyze shéleg!
- Rakút
Text: Hila Plitmann
Mina Mendelson, violin · Ivan Marjanović, percussion · Nevena Tatomirović, soprano
Boaz Avni
Largo for string orchestra
Kameniko Berić
Sephardic songs
- Skalerica de oro
- Adio querida
- Ken es esto
- En la mar
After the singing of Jagoda Flori · Transcription and arrangement: Kameniko Berić · Orchestration: Jelena Zekić
Marko Živković, tenor
Performers
Conductors
- Stefan Zekić – conductor
Singers
Stefan Hadžić
baritone
- Nevena Tatomirović – soprano
Instrumentalists
- Mina Mendelson – violin
- Ivan Marjanović – percussion
Ensembles
Stefan Zekić, dirigent
He studied at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade in the departments of conducting and solo singing. At the same faculty, he has been employed at the Department of Conducting since 2022. Since 2009, he has been engaged as a conductor, accompanist, and conductor in the Opera Studio of the National Theater in Belgrade. He is the founder and artistic director of the early music ensemble Canticum Novum, conductor of the Jewish Chamber Orchestra since its foundation, and chief conductor of the Baruch Brothers Choir, with whom he won numerous national and international awards at prestigious festivals and competitions. He is the founder and director of Rossi Fest.
Recording and photos
