Ma'aseh Tuviyah 300 !

In Venice 300 years ago was published for the first time, Ma'aseh Tuviyah, the life work of the Jewish physician Tobias Cohen (Metz, 1652 - Jerusalem, 1729). On the occasion of this anniversary, a group of Baroque Music, Ritmo Anima, and a historian of medicine, Etienne (Eytan) Lepicard, joined together to (re)create his personal saga through an innovative performance combining music and narrative. This blog presents our work and information about related events. For more, see at bottom.

Thursday, October 8, 2009

A series of performance in Israel: 10/24-11/9

October 24 ,Conservatory, Beer Sheva at 8:30PM

October 31, Bet hagat - Ein karem, Jerusalem at 8:30PM

November 5, Society for the Protection of Nature Courtyard, Jerusalem at 8PM

November 6, Shtriker Conservatory, Tel Aviv at 2PM
For a map, click here

November 9, Henry Crown, Jerusalem Theater at 5PM

Look for a convenient place and time and choose to which you want to come!

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

April 5, 2009, Bloomfield Science Museum

Dear Friends,

We are happy to invite you to a special session celebrating 300 years to Ma'ase Tuviyah, by Tuviyah Cohen (1652-1729), part of the Israeli Society for the History and Philosophy of Sciences (ISHPS) annual meeting to be held at
Bloomfield Science Museum - Jerusalem on
Sunday April 5, 2009: 11h to 12h30 - the "Pharmacy" room

On the program:

Shmuel Kottek (Hebrew University of Jerusalem): Tuviya Cohen (1652-1729): An Introduction
Nimrod Zinger (Ben Gurion University of the Neguev): "Uvekahalam al tahed kvodi..." (Gn 49 6): TC and the Medical Marketplace at the Beginning of Modern Time
Helena Paavilainen (Hadassa Medical School): TC's Pardes ha-rimmonim - "Tree Herbal"
Etienne Lepicard (Independant Scholar): First Reception of Maasse Tuviyah (1708): An Esthetic Analysis

The session will be partly in English and partly in Hebrew

Le projet

A musical journey in the footsteps of the Jewish physician Tuvia Cohen (1659 – 1729) –
Celebrating 300 years since the publishing of his book “Ma’ase Tuvya”
This international group of acclaimed musicians, accompanied by an historical presentation – is presenting the fascinating and moving story of the life and work of the Jewish physician Tuvya Cohen – as a musical journey – depicting scenes and sounds from his life’s travels :
From the family’s origins in Zefad – through France – his birth place, to Italy’s north – Padova and Venice – formative locations in his life – to Turkey - and at the end of the cycle – returning to Jerusalem.
The aim of this project – apart from bringing back to life this outstanding story by a vivid musical testimony of the times and places in which it occured – is to take this whole exceptional initiative to the locations where it happened and tell the story in each of those places. Meaning – performing and telling the story of Tuvya Cohen in concerts and festivals in France (Metz) , Germany (Frankfurt), Italy (Padova and Venice) , Poland (Krakow) , Turkey and Israel (Jerusalem).
With the uniqueness of this program and the historical value of it –it would be a loss to not have it recorded and well documented - by a musical record and possibly also a documentary film. (a financial proposal for the recording attached*)The program is already scheduled to perform at the most prestigious national radio broadcast (with a live broadcast – “Etnachta – The voice of music”) at November 9th 2009 , and was the headline performance at the Yehiam Early Music Festival , October 2008.

Ma'aseh Tuviyah 300 !

Thursday, October 8, 2009

A series of performance in Israel: 10/24-11/9

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

April 5, 2009, Bloomfield Science Museum

Tuviyah Cohen

Coming soon !