About us
The Tivon Chamber Choir was established in 1974 and currently consists of some 55 singers from Tivon and Northern Israel. The Choir’s repertoire includes a cappella and oratorio pieces from the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods as well as contemporary music including Israeli and folk music.
The choir performs locally and throughout the country, and has represented Israel abroad on several occasions. It appeared on Israeli television in 1993, at the Acre Vocal Festival in 1988, 1991, in the Zimriya in Jerusalem in 1993 and 2004, in the Abu-Gosh festivals in 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005 and 2007. The choir appeared in Spain in 1985, in France and Germany in 1989, at the Europe Chantant in 1991, 1994 and 1999, at the Neustift Festival in South Tirol in 2002. The Choir participated in a Jewish Music Festival in Safed in 2005, and in the Holiday-of-Holidays Festival in Haifa in 2005-2006.
In 2007 the choir was invited to participate in a musical happening in Poland which included participants from Germany and Poland. The event was organized as an attempt to bridge over past sorrow and suffering of the holocaust period. It included a series of concerts and a special one in Auschwitz.
In the years 2006-2007 the choir participates on a regular basis in Eli Edut’s “Kolot” series, and on concert series organized by the Jerusalem Festival Orchestra, in Haifa and Jerusalem. The choir was added to the list of “Omanut La’am ("Art for the People") artistic entities in April 2001.
The choir is supported by the chain of Kiryat Tivon’s local Youth Cultural Centers and by the Ministry of Education and Culture.
Singers
Conductor
Yael Wagner-Avital
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Born in Jerusalem, graduate of the Rubin Music Academy Jerusalem in theory, composition and singing. Graduate of the Academic School of Music Frankfurt in conducting under the coaching of Prof. Helmut Riling
In 1985 Yael started conducting various choirs in Israel and was a teacher at Choir- Singing School, Oranim College, Rimon School and Haifa University.
Yael has been conductor of the Tivon Chamber Choir since 1998, and also conducts the local choirs Misgav and Haamakim (Gilboa). With the choirs she often appears in music festivals both in Israel and abroad, including orchestras and soloists and in a-cappella programs.
Yael also performs as a soloist in the Musical Youth productions in Israel.
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Accompany Pianist
Irit Shuman
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Born in Israel, graduate of the Rubin Music Academy Tel Aviv in pianist play course of study under the coaching of Prof. Yonatan Zakh.
Accomplished with excellence specialization in choir conducting in Levinsky Tel Aviv college under the supervision of Mrs. Rachel Kokhavi.
Irit has been accompany the Tivon Chamber Choir since 1996, and also performs as accompanist pianist in shows, performances and rehearsals of other various groups in their performances in Israel and abroad.
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