Faculty Artist Series: Tali Morgulis, Piano - Dancers in the Vineyards
Thursday, March 6, 2025
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Please join us for “Dancers in the Vineyards:” an eclectic program centered around a world premiere of a work by Israeli composer Alona Epshtein. This performance is a collaboration between pianist Tali Morgulis and dancers Khen Kurulkar and Joshua Ponton. The program includes piano works by other Jewish composers, past and present Alona Epshtein’s imaginative works received the most prestigious prizes in Israel and have been performed all over the world. Her new set of variations, commissioned for this event, is dedicated to the victims of the Nova Party massacre in Israel on October 7th. The life-affirming counterpart of Alona’s work on this program is Judith Shatin’s set of “Chai” Variations. It uses a gorgeous, brooding folk song, “Eliahu HaNavi,” as its theme. “Chai” is the Hebrew word for “Life” and this piece beautifully demonstrates why Judith Shatin was described as a “natural storyteller” by reviewers. Shorter and more lighthearted pieces by Paul Shoenfeld and George Gershwin complement these works.
Program:
Alona
Epshtein:
Dancers
in
the
Vineyards
(world
premiere)
Judith
Shatin:
Chai
Variations
Paul
Shoenfeld:
6
Improvisations
on
Hassidic
Dances
George
Gershwin:
3
Preludes
Gershwin/Wild:
I’ve
got
rhythm
- Location
- Architecture Building Atrium
- Cost
- Free
- Contact
- msmprog@central.uh.edu