The Jerusalem music Academy Jazz ensembles

“The White Wall” Stage: Wednesday Program

 Featuring students from the leading Music Academies

The Jerusalem Jazz Festival embraces the jazz community and musicians studying at academic institutions across Israel. Performances, improvisations, special encounters, and excellent players from Israel’s most prominent higher education schools are woven into the very fabric of the festival. You can find musicians, dancers, students, and alumni from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance on “The White Wall” stage and in various spaces throughout the Sculpture Garden. Additionally, as you climb the stairs into the festival, you will be met by groups of musicians playing together, both improvised and composed, leading and connecting us to the living rhythm of the event.

“The White Wall” stage hosts two daily performances by the official school ensembles, led by Israeli jazz masters.

19:15–18:45
THE ROSE QUINTET
Instructed by trumpeter Dany Rosenfeld (The Jerusalem Academy of Music)
 This ensemble presents a classic jazz quartet format with a vocalist, focusing on standards from the Great American Songbook.

Chen Karni – Vocals
Ariel Alfasi – Piano
Irena Altukhov – Guitar
Einam Shemi – Double Bass
Itay Lichtig – Drums

21:00–20:30
MORI ENSEMBLE
(Instructed by double bassist Barak Mori (The Jerusalem Academy of Music
A seven-piece ensemble performing a diverse range of pieces from the extensive jazz repertoire.

Eldar Levi – Saxophone
Emilian Streltchenko – Trump
Liam Zizemsky – Saxophone
Solhan Kurtinzeda – Piano
Alona Yoran – Guitar
Einam Shemi – Double Bass
Shir Itzhaki – Drums