24/6 Thursday: Tom Lev
Saxophonist Matan Chapnizky (Beats & Pieces) hosts his favorite musicians for an extended conversation on life and the road they’ve traveled in music. Directly from the festival to the vlog/podcast he started during covid-19.
The podcast ‘Chapnizky’ had over 30 episodes uploaded so far, each with a different musician.
In November 2020, the podcast was rated 1st in the category of Israeli Musical Interviews (Apple), 8th in Apple’s Israeli General Music category and 20th in Spotify’s Israeli General Music category.
22/6 Tuesday: Tamir Muskat
Performs in the festival in the audio-visual production with the Shotnez ensemble and the director Billy Levy.
23/6 Wednesday: Katya Tobol (Asaf Yuria and Hillel Salem Quintet)
Pianist, composer, and educator. Studied at Rimon School of Music and New School, New York.
Has performed with Yuval Cohen, Jonathan Cohen, Amit Friedman, Ofer Ganor, Erez Barnoy, Hagai Amir, Shai Zalman, Jess Koren, Ilan Salem, Alon Farber, The Israel Philharmonic, Etti Ankari, Din Din Aviv, and many others.
Released a duo album with the saxophonist Jonathan Cohen about a year ago. Teaches at Rimon School of Music and the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance.
24/6 Thursday: Tom Lev (the Nigun Quartet)
Tom Lev is an Israeli saxophonist active in the field of Jewish and jazz music. After finishing his studies at Berklee School of Music, he became observant, returned to Israel, and took part in the field of musical education in the country, and in the field of Jewish musical revival.
He worked and recorded with musicians such as: Naor Carmi, Yonatan Razel, Eviatar Banai, Berry Sakharoff, Shuli Rand, and others. In recent years, he began performing with the Nigun Quartet, which creates elegant combinations of the melodies from the worlds of Jewish music and jazz.