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2020-12-24T17:14:00+00:00 In the August 2012 issue, the veteran virtuoso gave a wide-ranging interview to Ariane Todes, on topics from teaching and managers to emotion, conflict and playing with his friend Jascha Heifetz It feels like a betrayal to mark Ivry Gitlis’s 90th birthday. When I met the great violinist in Paris, he railed against the idea: ‘People are so obsessed by age – it’s their problem. According to the rules I should be dead by now, but I don’t feel like it!’ He d...

4,030 shares In this photograph taken on August 9, 2011, Israeli violinist Ivry Gitlis performs during a rehearsal with Una Stella Baroque musical ensemble in Marseille, southern France. (Bertrand Langlois/AFP) PARIS, France — Israeli virtuoso violinist Ivry Gitlis has died in Paris aged 98, his family told AFP Thursday. As one of the modern greats of classical music, he not only performed with the best orchestras in the world but never stopped experimenting, seeking new fans far beyond...

While in point of fact rosin dust could have hygienic implications for someone with severe respiratory issues, still, it seemed rather outrageous and compounded the sadness to think that he wanted to play but was not permitted to do so. Thank you for clarifying things, Mr. Isserlis, and our sympathies on the passing of your friend. One could see the increasing physical effort it was for him to play (one feared for both violin and bow) in those most recent videos (which caused so much differen...

0 shares Some 40 Israelis are feared to be carrying the new, more infectious strain of the coronavirus that originated in Britain, the Walla news website reports. The report says a Health Ministry lab has received genetic results that are different from those seen with the normal variant. There is no final confirmation yet. Im proud to work at The Times of Israel I’ll tell you the truth: Life here in Israel isn’t always easy. But its full of beauty and meaning. Im proud to work...

1 shares Hundreds of Israeli travelers who returned from the United Arab Emirates in recent days landed in Israel only to find out that their suitcases stayed in Dubai, Channel 12 news reports. The report says the reason is a malfunction at the Dubai airport. “I returned from Dubai on Tuesday, and I and half our flight simply haven’t gotten our luggage,” says traveler Nicole Roitman, adding that airport staff told her there was no point in making inquiries since “nobody will answe...

2 shares Moshe Feiglin, who mounted a surprisingly successful Knesset bid in the April 2019 election before losing ground in the end and narrowly failing to enter the parliament, announces his Zehut party will not be running in the upcoming poll. In a statement, Feiglin laments that the Israeli political arena has become too fixated on issues related to personas rather than ideas, leaving no room for ideology-oriented parties. Zehut party leader Moshe Feiglin at a joint press conference w...

By norman lebrecht He was one of the last soloists to be known to everyone by his first name, and he was everybody’s friend. A sense of bereavement stretches across the world of music – and this for a man of 98 who had not been seen outdoors all year. He had a visit on December 5th from Martha Argerich and received many calls through the month from old friends. He asked the nurse this morning for a glass of water and was gone as it arrived. So very, very sad to have to...

0 shares Britain’s parliament will reconvene next Wednesday to try to ratify the post-Brexit trade deal struck today with the European Union, less than 48 hours before the agreement will come into effect, officials say. “The Speaker has granted a request from the Government to recall the House at 9:30 a.m. on 30 December 2020 for MPs to debate legislation to give effect to the Agreement with the EU in UK law,” the House of Commons says in a statement. — AFP Im proud to work at...

— AFP Im proud to work at The Times of Israel I’ll tell you the truth: Life here in Israel isn’t always easy. But its full of beauty and meaning. Im proud to work at The Times of Israel alongside colleagues who pour their hearts into their work day in, day out, to capture the complexity of this extraordinary place. I believe our reporting sets an important tone of honesty and decency thats essential to understand whats really happening in Israel. It takes a lot of time, commitment ...

3 shares Iran has upped its air defenses around its uranium enrichments sites in Fordo and Natanz, fearing US President Donald Trump could order a strike in the tail end of his White House term, Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Qabas reports. Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweets that Trump will “bear full responsibility for any adventurism on his way out,” likening such a potential development to the Gulf War of 2003. .@realDonaldTrump uses a worthless photo to reckless...