18 Friday, January 22, 1982
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra Is a National Treasure
There was no concert hall
in Tel Aviv in 1936. The
concert took place in a hall
near the Tel Aviv port.
TEL AVIV — On Dec..
There were many problems.
26, 45 years ago, one of the
Even birds on the surround-
ing trees interfered with the
music. But the audience of
. The Meyer and Nathan Fishman Family Found-
1,000 people listened to the
ation announces five $1,300 awards to outstand-
concert with enthusiasm
ing high school students from the 10th-12th
and Toscanini could not
grades in the Tri-County area of Greater Detroit
leave the stage for a long
who will spend the summer of 1982 in Israel.
time.
Applicants must be enrolled in a Jewish high
Huberman wept with
school. They will be judged by academic
joy. He did not play in the
opening concert. He
achievement, leadership and community service.
wished to cede the whole
Financial need will also be considered.
honor to the great
Application forms are available from Jewish
humanist and musician
educators or Dr. Gerald A: Teller, United Hebrew
Toscanini.
Schools, 21550 W. Twelve Mile Road, Box 2046,
In such a way started the
Southfield, Michigan 48037. Applications must be
artistic road of the Israeli
received by Dr. Teller no later than Friday, Feb-
orchestra. Its vast activity
ruary 26, 1982.
comprises 200 concerts per
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year for 37,000 subscribers.
This is a great achievement.
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The IPO concerts take
place not only in the big
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• a historic concert took place
room
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• conductor Zubin Mehta,
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The IPO is considered as
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best ambassador.
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Each visit of the orchestra
to a foreign country is a na-
tional demonstration in
favor of Israel.
It proves to the whole
world that Israel is not only
a country fighting for its
existence but also a country
of- great cultural achieve-
ments.
There is no possibility
of the IPO filling the re-
quests of Jewish com-
munities throughout the
world. It is the world's
hardest-working or-
chestra. Almost all eve-
nings of the week are fil-
led with concerts. The
members of the orchestra
are happy that it is for-
bidden to have concerts
on Friday nights and
Jewish holidays, so they
are able to have some
rest.
The Dec. 26 anniversary
was celebrated with a
jubilee concert. Conductor
Mehta interrupted his con-
certs in Europe and came
especially to Israel for 30
hours to conduct the con-
cert. After the concert, a fes-
tive banquet was held in the
Tel Aviv Hilton.
The concert and itt audi-
ence looked different from
those at the opening concert
45 years ago. One could see
many women dressed in ex-
pensive fur coats, wearing
diamonds and Paris-style
robes.
A special program with
the history of the orchestra
was printed. The old musi-
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By MOSHE RON
The Jewish News Special
Israel Correspondent
greatest cultural institu-
tions of Israel was founded.
There are still people living
who remember the first con-
cert of the Israeli Philhar-
SUMMER 1982 IN ISRAEL AWARDS
naonic Orchestra. The foun-
der of the IPO, world-
famous violinist Bronislav
Huberman who had or-
ganized the first concert in
Tel Aviv, had invited to the
opening conductor Arturo
Toscanini, one of the most
ardent opponents of Fas-
cism and Nazism.
The IPO was founded in
1936 in order to help Jewish
musicians who were eject&I.
from German orchestras.
Huberman did not forget
Jewish musicians from Po-
land, where anti-Semitism
was strong. Toscanini an-
nounced that he would con-
duct the concert not only for
persecuted musicians in
Germany but for all sup-
pressed artists in the world.
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musician from Poland, who
had wished to go to Israel
and be a member of the or-
chestra.
The orchestra has become
an integral part of the Is-
raeli reality.
years, described in the
program the char-
acteristics of people who
had joined the subscrip-
tion concerts of the or-
chestra during recent
years: A former soldier of
the Israeli Army and an
Oriental young Jew, for
whom European music
had been strange. He fell
in love with this music
and even bought a new
suit and hat, in order to
attend the concerts.
There are cases of parents
who bought their daughters
subscription tickets as a
wedding present.
There are many people
who survived the
Holocaust. They find in
music comfort after the
many years of suffering and
hunger. One of them made
an oath in Auschwitz that if
he would survive and get to
Israel he would attend the
concerts of the orchestra in
memory of his friend, a
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