BOGOTA, COLOMBIA – Sivan Magen, first prize winner at the 2006 International Harp Contest in Israel , will be making his Bogota debut in a concert sponsored by the Victor Salvi Foundation (Colombia) at Auditorio of Centro de Convenciones Compensar (Avenida 68 No. 49ª- 47) on Saturday April 28, 2007. The performance marks the beginning of the foundation’s collaboration with Compensar and is designed to promote the harp and its repertoire to wider audiences in Colombia. The concert is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are available at the box office of Centro de Convenciones Compensar. Prices are 35,000, 20,000, 13,000 and 9,000 pesos.
Program
| Francesco Petrini | Sonata op. 3 no. 6 |
| Domenico Scarlatti | Sonata in A major, K. 209 |
| Frederic Chopin | Mazurka in A minor |
| Amit Gilutz | "The Storm's Morrow" - 6 pieces after Japanese Haiku poetry |
| Henriette Renie | "Balade Fantastique" after E. A. Poe's "The tell-tale heart" |
Andre Caplet: | Divertissement a l'espagnole |
| Marcel Tournier | Sonatine no.1 |
| Katherina Walter-Khune | Fantasy on "Eugene Onegin" by Tchaikovsky |
“The Victor Salvi Foundation (Colombia) is proud to introduce Sivan Magin to audiences in Bogota,” says Julia Salvi, foundation president. “As a young artist he has already earned the respect and critical acclaim of appreciative audiences worldwide as a result of remarkable musical abilities.”
In an April 2006 review, The New York Sun noted that “his performance dazzled…Mr. Magen delivered a dramatically charged, suitably mysterious, and stunningly strong-handed realization…His tone was superb.”
Mr. Magen is the First Prize winner of the 16th International Harp Contest in Israel (2006), in which he also won the Propes Prize for the best performance of the required Israeli piece, and the Renié price for the best performance of Henriette Renié’s "Ballade Fantastique". The first prize consists of a custom made style 23 gold concert grand harp which will be presented to him officially in a gala recital in Lyon & Healy’s Chicago concert hall this October. In addition, he will receive a debut recital in London and a CD recording, both presented by the Victor Salvi Foundation, and a concerto appearance with the Rishon Letzion Symphony Orchestra. Mr Magen is the first Israeli to have won this prestigious contest in its 47 years of existence.
Having won the prestigious "Premier Prix" (Prix mention Très Bien) of the Paris Conservatory, Sivan has performed at Le Trianon and Salle Gaveau in Paris, the Kfar-Blum Festival in Israel, recorded for Israeli Radio and Television, and participated in the 2006 Marlboro Music Festival. As a soloist he performed with most of the Israeli orchestras, including the Israeli Philharmonic under Mendi Rodan.
Born in Jerusalem, Mr. Magen studied the piano with Professor Benjamin Oren and Talma Cohen and the harp with Irena Kaganovsky at the Jerusalem Academy for Music and Dance. After finishing his military service as an "Outstanding Musician" in 2001, he continued his studies with Germaine Lorenzini in France and was accepted to Isabelle Moretti’s world renowned harp class at the Paris Conservatory (CNSMDP) from which he graduated in June 2005. He’s currently a member of Nancy Allen’s studio at the Juilliard School in New York.
Mr. Magen is a winner of the America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarships since 1995.
Sponsor
The Victor Salvi Foundation (Colombia) plans to continue its active role in supporting the arts in Colombia by taking a leadership role in expanding corporate collaborations for the arts within the country. Through this support the foundation intends to expand its program, “Formando Musica,” which will work toward providing cultural opportunities for the country’s more than 100,000 children affected by poverty “We hope to give the economically disadvantaged children of Colombia an opportunity to have a better life,” says Salvi. “This effort will also help to preserve the cultural traditions of our county.”
In addition, the Victor Salvi Foundation (Colombia) is developing programs to further professional training opportunities for the media covering the arts and culture in Colombia.
For more information about the Victor Salvi Foundation please visit www.victorsalvifoundation.com.
