The Rababa Internal String Competition, organized by the Magnificat Institute of the Custody of the Holy Land and sponsored by the Dutch Lieutenancy of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, was held on Friday 8th October in the Immaculata Hall of the Convent of St. Saviour in Jerusalem.
Over thirty children, most of them aged from 7 to 11, took part in the competition, which has a very precise official set of regulations. The young musicians did not show any fear or concern in front of the jury as they played the set pieces and those they chose, divided into three categories, according to the difficulty, for guitar, violin and cello. The jury, presided by Father Armando Pierucci, founder of the Magnificat, was made up of the internal members Tania Belzer, Fabienne Van Eck, Helena Poltavsky, Yevgeni Markel, Shiri Coneh and the external member Giovanni Tarca from the National Conservatoire of Palestine. The concert featuring the winners and the awards ceremony was held on Sunday 10th October.
The Dutch Lieutenancy of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, as well as the competition, will fund the Magnificat with special care for teaching the cello, for a total of euro 19,700. Looking for these subsidies is necessary as the school fees cover only two months of the teachers’ salaries, without counting the other expenses.
Here is the list of the winners for a total sum of NIS 12,300 awarded in prizes:
The Winners:
GUITAR
Category A:
2nd Prize: Gabriel Rofa
Category B
3rd Prize: Michele Giulietti
2nd Prize: Simon Kasbari
1st Prize: Serene Abdinour
Category C:
3rd Prize: Hiba Rabadi
2nd Prize: Fadi Kuttab
1st Prize: Juliana Mikhail
VIOLIN
Category A:
3rd Prize: Michael Batato
2nd Prize: Zein Assali
1st Prize: Rita Al-Tawil
Category B:
3rd Prize: Elizabeth Nalbandian
2nd Prize: Simon Siniora
1st Prize: Ghassan Qaimari
Category C:
1st Prize: David Aslanian
1st Prize: Habib Sabbara
1st Prize: Shireen Abu-Hadeed
CELLO
Category A:
2nd Prize: Sofia Shamma’
1st Prize: Christos Mansour
Category B:
2nd Prize: Nadeen Shaheen
1st Prize: Yasmeen Sabbara
Over thirty children, most of them aged from 7 to 11, took part in the competition, which has a very precise official set of regulations. The young musicians did not show any fear or concern in front of the jury as they played the set pieces and those they chose, divided into three categories, according to the difficulty, for guitar, violin and cello. The jury, presided by Father Armando Pierucci, founder of the Magnificat, was made up of the internal members Tania Belzer, Fabienne Van Eck, Helena Poltavsky, Yevgeni Markel, Shiri Coneh and the external member Giovanni Tarca from the National Conservatoire of Palestine. The concert featuring the winners and the awards ceremony was held on Sunday 10th October.
The Dutch Lieutenancy of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, as well as the competition, will fund the Magnificat with special care for teaching the cello, for a total of euro 19,700. Looking for these subsidies is necessary as the school fees cover only two months of the teachers’ salaries, without counting the other expenses.
Here is the list of the winners for a total sum of NIS 12,300 awarded in prizes:
The Winners:
GUITAR
Category A:
2nd Prize: Gabriel Rofa
Category B
3rd Prize: Michele Giulietti
2nd Prize: Simon Kasbari
1st Prize: Serene Abdinour
Category C:
3rd Prize: Hiba Rabadi
2nd Prize: Fadi Kuttab
1st Prize: Juliana Mikhail
VIOLIN
Category A:
3rd Prize: Michael Batato
2nd Prize: Zein Assali
1st Prize: Rita Al-Tawil
Category B:
3rd Prize: Elizabeth Nalbandian
2nd Prize: Simon Siniora
1st Prize: Ghassan Qaimari
Category C:
1st Prize: David Aslanian
1st Prize: Habib Sabbara
1st Prize: Shireen Abu-Hadeed
CELLO
Category A:
2nd Prize: Sofia Shamma’
1st Prize: Christos Mansour
Category B:
2nd Prize: Nadeen Shaheen
1st Prize: Yasmeen Sabbara