Israeli review
The courage to be understood
Haggai Hitron | Haaretz | July 11, 2007
Even the severe critics of Gil Shohat will have to admit that his masterful orchestration is extremely impressive. This was the case in his new piano concerto for four hands. If “concerto” is a contest, then the orchestra with a large variety of colors stands in this concert as a contestant who is even more interesting compared to 20 fingers of the pianists. The 25 minutes long concerto shows a very characteristic aspect in Shohat’s approach and that is his courage to be understood, exposed, and honest. He presents a very communicative music with no compromises. His piece doesn’t try to be pretentious by breaking any stylistic traditions. The listener and the players are asked to be entertained and have fun in the face of what the composer does being a very natural family member of the western music in all its kinds.