For children and teenagers: Admission only 1 Euro! Accompanying adults pay only half price!
For children and teenagers: Admission only 1 Euro! Accompanying adults pay only half price!
Menachem Har-Zahav wants to inspire youth for classical music
Menachem Har-Zahav wants to inspire youth for classical music
Children and young people under the age of 18 pay a greatly reduced admission price of just one euro to Menachem Har-Zahav’s concerts. At the same time, up to two accompanying adults receive half-price admission. Behind this is his desire to give an incentive and enable especially the youth and families to visit classical concerts.
In his own words: “I think it’s a shame that so many children and young people regard classical music as old-fashioned and boring. I want to give them the opportunity to experience that composers throughout the musical eras have written exciting music that is still captivating today.”
Menachem Har-Zahav himself developed his love for the piano at a very early age and, at his request, began piano lessons at the age of four.
What is it about music that fascinates him personally? “For me, music has been a language from the very beginning. Everyone knows how immense the possibilities are to express feelings with music. In my case, there is also the fact that I have a rather unusual absolute pitch memory. When I hear a note, I know what it is. But in a melody, I don’t just recognize the notes and their names, I hear something that sounds like its own language, words with meaning.”
And how much work goes into performing these highly virtuosic works of classical piano literature? “Between the ages of 16 and 22, I practiced 14 hours every day. At that time, the piano was literally my whole life. Now, however, a normal work day is enough for me, and I love spending time with my family, including my children and grandsons.”
Of course, the concerts are very much aimed at adult audiences. The programs are not children’s concerts, but a cultural offer to anyone interested.