Israel Phil names Icelander as principal 2nd violin

Israel Phil names Icelander as principal 2nd violin

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norman lebrecht

October 04, 2018

Ari Þór Vilhjálmsson, leader of the second violins in Helsinki Philharmonic, has won the audition for the same position at the Israel Philharmonic, on a one-year contract.

He starts in March.

What’s mazal tov in Icelandic?

 

Comments

  • James Corden says:

    Mazel tov in Icelandic is Til Hamingju

  • Ari Vilhjálmsson says:

    Haha! mazal tov = til hamingju 🙂

  • C Porumbescu says:

    Bit confused here. Neither Iceland nor Israel is in the EU. Are you saying that people from different countries *are* actually able to travel and work in other countries, even if those nations don’t subscribe to the Common Agriculture Policy or have red passports? Surely not. I understood from previous posts that any travel or commerce between nations was utterly, irrevocably impossible without EU membership.

  • MacroV says:

    Is that a step up?

  • esfir ross says:

    There small emigration to Israel and none from former USSR. It’s hard to fill vacancy in Israel orchestras today by musicians of Jewish origin.

    • Saxon Broken says:

      I am guessing you accept that there are Israeli’s who are not Jewish, who could also legitimately be hired by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.

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