Israeli MANGA 『The Divine』 won Gold Award of The 9th International MANGA Award of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The International MANGA Award is given by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to MANGA artists who have contributed to the promotion of MANGA overseas. There were 259 entries from 46 countries and regions this year. Following the selection process carried out in cooperation with the Association of MANGA Publishers, and the Jury of the Award led by Ms. Machiko Satonaka (Manga artist). A total of 14 winners, including one Gold Award work and three Silver Award works were chosen. The Gold Award goes to an entry from the State of Israel. It is the first time that an entry from the state of Israel wins the award. On February 26, a ceremony for the Ninth International MANGA Award will be held in Tokyo with the participation of the Gold and Silver winners.
Winners
Title : The Divine
Artist: Mr. Asaf Hanuka, Mr. Tomer Hanuka & Mr. Boaz Lavie
The New York Times best seller book, from world-renowned artists Asaf and Tomer Hanuka (twins, whose magic powers are strictly confined to pen and paper) and Boaz Lavie, The Divine is a fast-paced, brutal, and breathlessly beautiful portrait of a world where ancient powers vie with modern warfare and nobody escapes unscathed.
Asaf Hanuka (born 1974, Ramat-Ilan, Israel)
a comics artist whose books have been published all over the world. With his twin brother Tomer, he created the comic Bipolar, which earned Ignatz and Eisner Award nominations. Asaf contributed art to the Oscar-nominated animated film Waltz with Bashir. HIs award winning autobiographical strip The Realist has been published weekly since 2010 and was collected in album editions 9 languages. It was nominated for best album in Angouleme festival (France) in 2014 and won first prize for Best Artist-Writer in Lucca Festival (Italy). The Divine is his most recent graphic novel.
Boaz Lavie (born 1974, New-York, US)
a writer, filmmaker, and game designer residing in Tel Aviv. He has written screenplays for popular Israeli TV shows, including for the Israeli leading broadcast TV channel. He was the film section editor for a major Israeli website, and has published short fiction in several literary magazines. "The Lake", a short film he has written and directed, was featured in Academy Award qualifying events such as The San Francisco International Film Festival, Slamdance, Palm Springs Film Festival, and others. It has won critical acclaim and was selected by the film magazine SF360 as one of the best five undiscovered films for 2010. The Divine is his most recent graphic novel.
Tomer Hanuka (born 1974, Ramat-Ilan, Israel)
an illustrator whose work has been featured on book covers, in magazines and in film. He has won multiple gold medals from the Society of Illustrators and the Society of Publication Designers and his work has been showcased in Print magazine and American Illustration. He also contributed art to the Oscar nominated "Waltz with Bashir." With his twin brother Asaf, Tomer created "Bipolar" comics (2000-2005) which garnered nominations for both the Ignatz and Eisner Awards. A collection of his illustrations, titled "Overkill", was published in 2012. In 2014 he illustrated the Valentine's Day themed cover of The New Yorker magazine.
Event in March
１． New National Theater’s Opera “SALOME” conducted by Dan Ettinger
２． Bernstein’s Symphony “Kaddish” conducted by Eliahu Inbal
３． Screening of Bezalel’s Animation at Tokyo Anime Award Festival (TAAF) 2016
４． Oz Noy Trio featuring Dave Weckl & Jimmy Haslip
５． New discs & book（『Into The silence』 Avishai Cohen /『Who Gives A Funk』Oz Noy/『Once Upon a Time in Jerusalem –Jewish Folk Tales』 Natsuu Motai）
＊Other news
① Screening of Claude Lanzmann’s film “SHOAH” and 2 other films
② Mika Rottenberg in Takashi Murakami’s Collection
③ Ofra Kobliner’s film “Shika” @ International Independent Animation 2016
④ BERLINALE 2016:The Panorama Audience Awards go to Junction 48 and Who’s gonna Love Me Now?
1. New National Theater’s Opera “SALOME” conducted by Dan Ettinger
Salome is a masterpiece by the archetypal German late Romantic composer, Richard STRAUSS. It is a one-act opera based on the eponymous play by Oscar WILDE, featuring an episode from the New Testament. The decadent content of the opera brought a reaction at its first performance and made STRAUSS's name known. The conductor is Dan ETTINGER, and the director, August EVERDING. Also, Camilla NYLUND appears in the title role for the first time since the Rosenkavalier in 2007.
Dan Ettinger
Salome /Richard STRAUSS
Date & Time: 6, 9, 12, 15 Mar. at 14:00 / 9 Mar. at 19:00
Place: New National Theater Opera Palace (Hatsudai station of Toei-Shinjuku Line, Keio-Shinsen)
Price:3240~21600 yen
Reservation: New National Theater Box Office TEL:03-5352-9999 and other tickets services
Sung in German
Conductor : Dan ETTINGER/ Production : August EVERDING
Scenery and Costume Design : Jörg ZIMMERMANN
Salome : Camilla NYLUND/ Herodes : Christian FRANZ/Herodias : Rosalind PLOWRIGHT
Johanaan : Greer GRIMSLEY
Orchestra : Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
＜Afternoon concert by Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra＞
Around the World in Musical Time with Maestro Dan Ettinger
Date and Time: Sun. Mar 20,14:00
Place: Tokyo Opera City (Concert Hall)
Conductor: Dan Ettinger
MC & piano: Yuko Mifune*
<Program>
· J. Strauß II: "Die Fledermaus" Overture
· Debussy: Prélude à "L'après-midi d'un faune"
· Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue*
· Holst: "Jupiter" from "The Planets"
· Yuzo Toyama: Yagibushi from "Rhapsody"
· Wagner: "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" Prelude
Reservation ：To-Phil Ticket Service TEL: 03-5353-9522
English site：http://tpo.or.jp/en/concert/20160320-01.php
Dan Ettinger (Conductor Laureate of Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra)
Dan Ettinger had been Chief Conductor of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra (TPO), starting April 2010, and has been Conductor Laureate of the TPO, since April 2015. He is the General Music Director of the Nationaltheater Mannheim, the Principal Guest conductor of the Israel Symphony Orchestra and the designated Music Director of Stuttgart Philharmonic to start in 2015. He was Kapellmeister and Assistant to Daniel Barenboim at the Berlin Staatsoper from 2003 to 2008. Mr. Ettinger regularly conducts at world's major theaters such as the State Opera of Vienna and Munich. Mr. Ettinger made a highly successful debut, opening 2009/2010 season of the Metropolitan Opera. He made his impressive debuts at Covent Garden in 2010 and at Opera Bastille Paris in 2011. Since his debut at the New National Theatre Tokyo (NNTT) conducting Falstaff in 2004, Mr. Ettinger was re-invited many times by NNTT, including a new production of Mozart’s Idomeneo in 2006 and Wagner's Ring Cycle in 2009 and 2010, all with TPO to great acclaim. He has been invited to the Tokyo Philharmonic's subscription series every season since April 2005, making a strong impression with his creative conducting.
2. Bernstein’s Symphony “Kaddish” conducted by Eliahu Inbal
<Subscription Concert No.802 B Series>
Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, op.20 / Bernstein: Symphony No.3 “Kaddish”
Date: Thu. 24. March 2016, 19:00 (18:20)
Place: Suntory Hall
Artists: Eliahu INBAL, Conductor / Judith and Leah PISAR, Speakers / Pavla VYKOPALOVÁ, Soprano / Nikikai Chorus Group, Chorus / The Little Singers of Tokyo, Children’s Chorus
Price: ￥6500～￥9500
<Subscription Concert No.803 A Series>
Mozart: Piano Concerto No.27 in B-flat major, K.595 / Shostakovich: Symphony No.15 in A major, op.141
Date: Tue. 29. March 2016, 19:00 (18:20)
Place: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Artists: Eliahu Inbal, Conductor / Kun Woo PAIK, Piano
Price: ￥2800～￥7500
Reservation：Tokyo Guide TEL:03-3822-0727 and other ticket services / photo by Rikimaru Hotta
Eliahu Inbal (Conductor Laureate of Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra)
Born in Israel in 1936. He studied under Messiaen, Ferrara and Celibidache. 1st prize winner of the International Guido Cantelli Conducting Competition. Made appearances with world’s leading orchestras. Chief positions were held, among others, at Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt (present hr-Sinfonieorchester), Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Teatro la Fenice di Venezia and Czech Philharmonic. Recipient of numerous honors including Officier des Arts et des Lettres by the French government and Goldenes Ehrenzeichen of the city of Vienna. Served as Principal Conductor of TMSO from April 2008 to March 2014. Appointed Conductor Laureate in April 2014. Numerous live CDs with the TMSO met with high acclaim.
3. Screening of Bezalel’s Animation at Tokyo Anime Award Festival (TAAF) 2016
<Screening of Bezalel’s students’ works>
Date and Time：Sat. Mar.19 at 12:20～13:50
Place：TOHO Cinemas Nihonbashi（Coredo Muromachi2/3F , 2-3-1 Nihonbashi-Muromachi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo）
l Roni Oren, Head of Animation Department of the Bezalel Academy of Art And Design will join.
＜Short Film Competition＞
Date and Time: Sat. Mar 19 at 10:00~11:40
Price: 1000 yen / adult, 800 yen/ student
Title 『Load』
directed by Moreno Robert / Spigel Niv
A man is sinking under the weight of his own memories. To survive, he must confront the question: Is our past more important than life? What would we give up in order to keep on going?
Rony Oren
a unique artist and an internationally recognized animator. Rony served as Chair of the Animation Department at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. Additionally, Rony has produced and directed over 500 short films and television series, a number of which received international awards. Among the series he has produced are The Egg, Foxy Fables,Tales of a Wise King, and Grabbit the Rabbit. These titles have been broadcasted in over 80 countries and on numerous networks including PBS, ABC, Disney Channel, BBC and Channel 4.Rony is a world class mentor in stop-motion animation and creation with clay. Known for his distinct brand of fun and humour, Rony has directed countless clay workshops and classes worldwide.
Niv Shpigel (Born in Israel in 1985)
an enthusiastic animation director and filmmaker who discovered his creative journey when he started studying at the Bezalel Academy in 2007.Since 2011, he has been working in the Israeli animation and game industry and has contributed to various feature films, animation series and video games, alongside his own personal projects.
Robert Moreno – (Born in Israel in 1984)
left at the age of 3 to Guatemala and eventually to Chile where he grew up. Interested in the arts at a very young age, he made his first animated short film at the age of 10. After finishing high school he got a taste of graphic and industrial design and eventually moved back to Israel in 2006 to pursue his dream of studying animation, enrolling at the Bezalel Academy in 2007. Since 2011 he's been involved in many different projects including video games, feature films and sand sculpting exhibitions.
4. OZ NOY TRIO featuring Dave Weckl & Jimmy Haslip
OZ NOY TRIO
featuring DAVE WECKL & JIMMY HASLIP
2016. 3.29.tue - 4.1.fri
[1st.show] open 5:00pm / start 6:30pm
[2nd.show] open 8:00pm / start 9:00pm
place: Cotton Club (Marunouchi)
MEMBER
Oz Noy (g), Dave Weckl (ds), Jimmy Haslip (b)
CHARGE : ￥7,000~
Reservation：Cotton Club TEL: 03-3215-1555
Oz Noy Born in Israel, Oz started his professional career at the age of 13 playing jazz, blues, pop and rock music. By age 16, he was playing with top Israeli musicians and artists. By age 24, he was one of the most established studio guitar players in the country. Oz was also a member of the house band on Israel’s top-rated television show for more than two years.Since his 1996 arrival in New York, Oz has made a huge impact on the local and international music scene. His unique and intoxicating style has broken all the rules of instrumental guitar music by focusing on the groove. All-stars such as Keith Carlock, Anton Fig, Vinnie Colaiuta, and Dave Weckl often contribute on drums, with bassists Will Lee, James Genus, and Reggie Washington. Oz also conducts periodic master classes at The Collective School of Music (New York City), Musicians Institute (Los Angeles), and others.
5. New book and discs
“Cohen is a multicultural jazz musician, among whose ancestors is Miles Davis.
Like Davis, he can make the trumpet a vehicle for uttering the most poignant human cries.”
— The New York Times
Now the charismatic Tel Aviv-born trumpeter has his ECM leader debut in a programme of expansive and impressionistic compositions for jazz quartet (trumpet, piano, bass, drums), augmented by tenor saxophone on a few pieces. Into The Silence is dedicated to the memory of Avishai’s father David, reflecting upon the last days of his life with grace and restraint. Avishai’s tender muted trumpet sets the emotional tone of the music in the album’s opening moments and his gifted cast of musicians explore its implications. Israeli pianist Yonathan Avishai has played with Cohen in many settings and solos creatively inside the trumpeter’s haunting compositions, sometimes illuminating them with the phraseology of the blues.
『 Who Gives A Funk』 Oz Noy (g) ￥2,400+tax (Japanese version will be released on Mar.24 by Impartment)
Internationally acclaimed guitarist and composer Oz Noy follows his provocative two-volume exploration and reinvention of his blues roots (Twisted Blues) with Who Gives a Funk - a examination of classic funk and R&B grooves, spiked with his uniquely unhinged improvisational instincts. 'Simple, funky music - but soulful,' is how Noy describes it, while acknowledging that simple is not synonymous with easy: The discipline and clarity these classic structures demand put even the finest musicians to the test, and Noy and his all-star cohorts deliver a remarkable program that uncovers intriguing new pathways through timeless forms.
『Once upon a time in Jerusalem-Jewish Folk Tales』 selected & translated by Natsuu Motai, Iwanami Publishing House, 720yen＋tax
Selected stories by Natsuu Motai, who is an expert of the translation of Modern Hebrew literature. The stories are from “Stories of Ethnic Groups” by Abraham Stahl, “Legends of Fruits in Israel” by Uriel Ofek, “The Jewish Animal Tale of Oral Tradition” by Dov Noy, “Sent with the Wind (Jewish Folklore from Iraq)”by Eliahu Aggasi, “Myths, Legends, and Folk Tales of Israel” by Adir Cohen, “Once Upon a Time in Jerusalem” by Uri Orbach and “A Treasury of Hebrew Legends for Children” by Shoham Smit.
＊Other news
① Screening of Claude Lanzmann’s film “SHOAH” and 2 other films
Date and Time： Fri. Mar.11～Sun. Mar. 13 (Talk Session by Taketomo Takahashi, translator will be on Sat.Mar.12)
Place ：”Espace Imerge” Institut Francais (Iidabashi)
More info：https://www.facebook.com/Lanzmann3/
② Mika Rottenberg in Takashi Murakami’s Collection
Takashi Murakami’s Superflat Collection ―From Shōhaku and Rosanjin to Anselm Kiefer―
Date and Time: open till Sun. Apr. 3 /10：00～18：00（enter by 17：30） closed on Thu.
Place：Yokoham Museum of Art（3-4-1 Minat-Mirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama）
Price： Adult 1,500yen , discount for students and elderlies
English site：http://yokohama.art.museum/special/2015/murakamicollection/english.html
③ Ofra Kobliner’s film “Shika” @ International Independent Animation 2016
Date and Time： Sat.Mar.12 at 15:00~19:00
Place：Aoyamagakuin Astudio（5-47-11 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo）
Inquiry：JAPIC (Japan Image Council) TEL:03-6670-5676
More info：http://japic.jp/?p=2141
④ BERLINALE 2016:The Panorama Audience Awards go to Junction 48 and Who’s gonna Love Me Now?
The public has cast its votes: the 18th Panorama Audience Awards – presented by the Berlinale Panorama section in collaboration with radioeins, Berlin-Brandenburg’s public radio and television station (rbb), go to Junction 48 by Udi Aloni for best fiction film andWho's Gonna Love Me Now? by Tomer and Barak Heymann for best documentary.
Panorama Audience Award Winner Fiction Film 2016: Junction 48 / Israel / Germany / USA 2016 By Udi Aloni
Panorama Audience Award Winner Dokumente 2016: Who’s Gonna Love Me Now? / Israel / Great Britain 2016 By Tomer & Barak Heymann
More Info：https://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/panorama/pan-presse-detail_32852.html
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