Playing with Yoni Rechter

Words Take Center Stage

The Revolution Orchestra and esteemed composer and musician Yoni Rechter provide the main stage to lyrics of the poets who inspired him and his melodies.

24/02/2026

Tuesday | 17:00

Israeli Opera Tel Aviv

24/02/2026

Tuesday | 20:00

Israeli Opera Tel Aviv

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This performance consists of three acts, each dedicated to a different central poet in Rechter’s work. Unpublished songs that Rechter composed to texts by Dalia Ravikovitch, alongside his beloved and well-known melodies to lyrics written by Avraham Halfi and Eli Mohar, will take the stage, featuring Yoni Rechter in music and vocals, as well as solo singers, and a choir.
The Revolution Series is supported by Diti and Alex Landsberg – Sano and Michal and Yuval Rakavy.

Conductor: Roy Oppenheim
Compositions, arrangements, piano and vocals: Yoni Rechter
Guest singers: Alon Ader, Aya Korem
Additional arrangers: Roy Friedman, Noam Weisenberg, Ofer Pinchas
Choir: Bat-Kol Choir, directed by Anat Morag
And the musicians of the Revolutionary Orchestra
Artistic Directors: Zohar Sharon, Roy Oppenheim
The Revolution Series sponsored by: Diti and Alex Landsberg – Snow | Michal and Yuval Rechavi

Photo credit: Dvir Keren

Dalia Rabikovich from “First Reading” – Courtesy of Kan 11 Public Broadcasting Corporation

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