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The unique feature of the Terra Sancta Organ Festival is that it is being held at the churches and shrines of the Holy Land and in the locations where the Franciscan Friars of the Custody of the Holy Land have been active for centuries: Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Greece, Cyprus, Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria.
The Terra Sancta Organ Festival is one way to bear witness to the presence of the Christian communities in the Middle East and the Levant in the field of music and culture. Here, organ music is a superior artistic contribution perceived as specifically Christian, the pipe organ being present almost exclusively inside churches. The festival is also an opportunity to promote the maintenance of organs and the study of this instrument, necessary for the liturgy.
The concerts take place in churches, but all are welcome, regardless of their religious affiliation: the Terra Sancta Organ Festival represents, in fact, one of the rare occasions in the Middle East and the Levant in which one can listen to the sound of a pipe organ outside of its normal liturgical context.
Admission Free to all concerts: priority entrance upon booking on organfestival@custodia.org
Access is restricted to a very limited number of people in compliance with the covid restrictions
5 October 2021 at 6:00 pm | JAFFA (TEL AVIV) | St. Peter’s Church
Alexander Gorin (Ukraine / Israel), organ
6 October 2021 at 6:00 pm | NAZARETH | Basilica of the Annunciation (Lower church)
ITALIAN PIPE ORGAN MUSIC
Roman Krasnovsky (Ukraine / Israel), organ
With the extraordinary participation of the Annunciation Basilica Choir, Firas Akkawi conductor, Fr. George Lewett, pipe organ.
This concert is organized in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Haifa and with Fondazione Terra Santa – Milano
Live streamed on:
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TerraSanctaOrganFestival
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TerraSanctaOrgan/
Website: https://www.tsorganfestival.org/
7 October 2021 at 6:00 pm | JERUSALEM | St. Saviour’s Church (Old City – New Gate)
CZECH & EUROPEAN PIPE ORGAN MUSIC
Alexander Gorin (Ukraine / Israel), organ
This concert is organized in collaboration with Czech House Jerusalem
Live streamed on:
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TerraSanctaOrganFestival
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TerraSanctaOrgan/
Website: https://www.tsorganfestival.org/
12 October 2021 at 6:00 pm | JAFFA (TEL AVIV) | St. Peter’s Church
ITALIAN MUSIC FOR PIPE ORGAN & ORCHESTRA
Yuval Rabin (Israel), organ
Gefen Rabin (Israel), violin
Tchelet Rabin (Israel), cello
Israel Sinfonietta conducted by Oren Gross-Thaler
This concert is organized in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Tel Aviv and with Fondazione Terra Santa – Milano
Live streamed on:
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TerraSanctaOrganFestival
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TerraSanctaOrgan/
Website: https://www.tsorganfestival.org/
13 October 2021 at 6:00 pm | NAZARETH | Basilica of the Annunciation (Lower church)
ITALIAN PIPE ORGAN MUSIC
Sr.Cecilia Pia Manelli (Italy), organ
With the extraordinary participation of
Lucia D’Anna (Italy), cello
This concert is organized in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Haifa and with Fondazione Terra Santa – Milano
Live streamed on:
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TerraSanctaOrganFestival
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TerraSanctaOrgan/
Website: https://www.tsorganfestival.org/
14 October 2021 at 6:00 pm | JERUSALEM | St. Saviour’s Church (Old City – New Gate)
ROMAN KRASNOVSKY (UKRAINE / ISRAEL), pipe organ
Roman Krasnovsky replaces Peter Michael Seifried who recently injured his hand
15 October 2021 at 5:00 pm | BETHLEHEM | Church of St. Catherine at Nativity Basilica
Sr.Cecilia Pia Manelli (Italy), organ
Fr. Jago Soce (Australia), organ
The audience is not admitted.
Live streamed on:
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TerraSanctaOrganFestival
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TerraSanctaOrgan/
Website: https://www.tsorganfestival.org/
Join us to watch the concerts live streaming below:
5 p.m. – Jerusalem, Athens, Rhodes, Cyprus, Damascus, Amman, Beirut
4 p.m. – Roma, Berlin, Wien, Bern and Central European Time
3 p.m. – London, Dublin, Lisbon
11 a.m. – Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires
10 a.m. – EST
9 a.m. – CT
8 a.m. – MT
7 a.m. – PT
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Terra Sancta Organ Festival
Custodia Terrae Sanctae
Memorial of Moses
Mount Nebo Siyagha
Faysaliyah – P.O.B. 217196
Madaba JORDAN
e-mail: organfestival@custodia.org
