Russian/British/Jewish pianist Evgeny Kissin issued the following quite emotional appeal--in Russian/English/Hebrew--for his fellow professionals' solidarity with his newest country.
Kissin will be joining an equally talented batch of Israeli classical artists, many of them very much of today's generation, restlessly innovative and looking for ways to reach new audiences. Among this latter group are the likes of pianist and conductor David Greilsammer (signed to Sony, just founded the Geneva Chamber Orchestra), fellow conductor Ilan Volkov (whose "Tectonics" events bring cutting-edge music to big audiences) and mandolin player Avi Avital (with that new album blending classical and world music). Plus pianist Inon Barnatan, mezzo Rinat Shaham, soprano Chen Reiss (actually there's a bit of a bumper batch of fine Israeli sopranos just now), conductors like Dan Ettinger, Omer Wellber and Lahav Shani...
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