Requiem para el Mundo: In the Afro-Cuban beat
Seasonal subscription
06.04.2025 | Sunday | 20:00
Rappaport center, Haifa
07.04.2025 | Monday | 20:00
Raanana Music and Arts House
08.04.2025 | Tuesday | 20:00
Tel Aviv Museum of Art
08.04.2025 | Tuesday | 20:00
Digital Hall
Live broadcast
The Israeli Vocal Ensemble
Nueva Manteca Band (The Netherlands)
Conductor: Yuval Benozer
Dutch pianist Jan Hartong spent a long time in Cuba and specialized in Afro-Cuban music. After the success of his Afro-Cuban Sanctus, Hartong wrote the Requiem para el Mundo, which combines the text of the Latin Requiem prayer with Afro-Cuban music. Jan Hartong’s composition is performed by the Israeli Vocal Ensemble together with Nueva Manteca Band from the Netherlands, one of the leading bands in the field of Latin music in Europe.
* This concert was supposed to be held in 2023-24 season, but was cancelled due to the war.
** The concert may be amplified.
Program:
Jan Hartong: Requiem para el Mundo