

מיכאל שני - מנצח
Michael Shani
is a well-known figure in the Israeli musical scene. He was born and raised in Israel. He began his musical career as a cellist. He played in the kibbutz Chamber Orchestra and was the conductor of the Kibbutz Symphony Orchestra. He completed his musical training at the Tel-Aviv Music Teacher's College, the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem and at the Brigham Young University in Utah, U.S.A.
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The Tel-Aviv Chamber Choir
was founded in 1987 by Michael Shani. Since its foundation it has become one of the most active and well - appreciated choirs in Israel. The Choir's varied repertoire includes secular as well as liturgical music. The choir has also preformed with many different orchestras and conductors. It has appeared with the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Zubin Mehta and the Berlin Philharmonic. It collaborates regularly with the New Israeli Opera, including performances of "Cavalleria Rusticana", "Boris Godunov" and "La Boheme"; and it has performed with Gary Bertini, Claudio Abbado, Daniel Oren and Ariel Ramirez with his ensemble.
During its existence and under the direction of Michael Shani, it has earned a
reputation as one of Israel's leading choirs, performing in Israel and abroad.
In November 1996 the choir was awarded First Place in the Palestrina
International Choir Competition. The choir performs regularly at the very
popular Abu-Gosh festival and many of its concerts have been recorded for
broadcast on Israeli television and radio. The Tel-Aviv Chamber Choir has
premiered numerous Israeli compositions and many of those pieces have been
written especially for the choir. In 1996 the choir completed a highly lauded
concert tour in Italy and was invited to appear at the Vatican. In 1998 it gave
a concert tour in Prague, Pilsen and Budapest with excellent critical reviews.
In 1999 the choir was invited to and participated in the highly acclaimed Riga
Festival of Chamber choirs. In 2000 the choir gave concerts in Berlin and
Nurenberg.
Choir manager: David Halperin
38 Moshav Ganei-Am 45905, Israel
Tel: 972-9-7405414 Fax: 972-9-7405160
E-mail: hanahalp@netvision.net.il
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