Tomorrow, on the 50th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe, the Munich Philharmonic will play a concert with 50 musicians from the Israel Philharmonic.
Lahav Shani will conduct Tzvi Avni’s ‘Prayer’ for String Orchestra, followed by Gustav Mahler’s 6th symphony.
More here.
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