Keyboard Division

Keyboard Division

The Young Philharmonic Orchestra Jerusalem Weimar was established in 2011 with a mission, to play music that was forbidden to be played, to revive forgotten masterpieces by Jewish composers, as well as other compositions that, being created under totalitarian regimes in persecution facing death, represent, each one in its own way, a larger issue: While culture and cultural values may not be enough to hold humanity together, it is always the ever-lasting task of the younger generation to rediscover those values and give them a renewed meaning.

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The Academy bestowed pianist Elena Bashkirova with the status of “Honorary Colleague”

For her weighty contribution to cultural development and music in Israel and the world, for her establishment and artistic direction of the Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival, bringing first class artists to Israel to perform music together with emphasis on comradeship and excellence, and for her great contribution to education in Israel and her cooperation with the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, this honor was conferred on pianist Elena Bashkirova at the opening evening of the Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival at the Jerusalem International YMCA.

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