This year’s Art Song Performance Competition will be held in memory of Ada Brodsky. For many years, musician and literary person Ada Brodsky was a senior program editor for “The Voice of Music” classical music station, IBA (Israeli radio). Born in Germany in 1924, she escaped from there prior to the Second World War, immigrating to Israel with her brother. She attended school at the Ben Shemen Youth Village, later studying at the New Jerusalem Conservatory of the Academy of Music.  
 

The Ankor choir won a gold medal in the Youth Choir category and a silver medal in the Sacred Music category at the international choral competition – The 2012 World Choir Games – which took place in Cincinnati, Ohio. More than 350 choirs from over 70 states including some 20,000 singers took part in the competition.

From the Editor's Note:
When it comes to the dynamic arts - theatre, dance and music - time becomes one of the most important factors. All three take place within the framework of time, and time marks their boundaries. Having said this, one must stress the fact that, within these dynamic arts, there is one such art that relies completely on time, and this is music. Moreover, time is the only concrete element in music...