The Livnat Brothers עברית

Archive

Roots, stages and press

Arnon Livnat

Arnon Livnat

Air Force pilot, the brothers' father. He fell in the Six Day War; the album The One You Can't See and Arik's show “A Personal Story” are dedicated to him.

Eve Livnat-Merzer

Eve Livnat-Merzer

Painter, the brothers' mother, who raised them in a world of art and music.

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Arieh Merzer

Arieh Merzer

Copper artist, their grandfather. His hand-hammered reliefs of Jewish life were projected in the show “Songs Hand-Hammered in Copper”.

Website

Stages

Where they played

Israel Festival, JerusalemTel Aviv-Jaffa FestivalSafed Klezmer FestivalJazz, Blues & VideotapeBlue Note, PolandSofia International FestivalPragueUCL, LondonBloomsbury Theatre, LondonBrusselsParisCarpentras, FranceStrasbourgUnited States tourUN General Assembly, New YorkWallenstein Garden, Prague

Awards

Recognition

  • ACUM Golden Feather, for A Child's Dream (2002)
  • British Millennium Award, music for “Jacob Jacobson”, Bloomsbury Theatre, London
  • America-Israel Cultural Foundation grants in light music and jazz

Video

Clips and concerts

Gallery

From the photo archive

Aviv & Arik, early years
Aviv & Arik, early years
With their mother
With their mother
Jazz festival
Jazz festival
Arik in concert
Arik in concert
Aviv in concert
Aviv in concert
Blue Note club, Poland
Blue Note club, Poland
Carpentras world music festival
Carpentras world music festival
Arik with Stevie Wonder
Arik with Stevie Wonder
Sofia jazz festival
Sofia jazz festival
With Bill and Hillary Clinton
With Bill and Hillary Clinton
Concert in London
Concert in London
Krakow, Poland
Krakow, Poland
With Victor Bailey's group
With Victor Bailey's group
The 'Safed' concert
The 'Safed' concert
Old Jewish Cemetery, Prague
Old Jewish Cemetery, Prague

Press

Selected articles

  • Hammering out Yiddish tunesJonathan Krashinsky · The Jerusalem Post
  • Profile of the artists: The Livnat BrothersAmanda Borschel · The Jerusalem Post
  • Israeli jazz musicians to perform in Kansas CityAnna Jaffe · The Chronicle
  • Jewish BluesAmos Oren · Yedioth Ahronoth
  • Moving Moments: Jazz with YiddishkeitYossi Harsonski · Maariv
  • Jewish Blues for Peace: London awaits the Livnat BrothersMerav Yudilowitz · Ynet
  • Blowing his own shofarikBarry Davis · The Jerusalem Post, 2011