On October 1st David Homan, a composer and collaborative artist who is also the Executive Director of the America-Israel Cultural Foundation celebrated the CD release of his newest work “The Book of Esther,” an 11 part movement that revisits a Biblical story of Purim and offers a fresh look at the journey of female empowerment. Originally written as a music score for the Ariel Rivka Dance company, it is a beautiful and emotionally intense body of work.
The two part celebration took place in the gorgeous music room at the Steinway Hall, right in the heart of New York City. During the first part of the evening several excerpts from the CD were perfumed by a stellar group of musicians: Moran Katz on clarinet, Mario Gotoh on violin, Nadav Lev on guitar, Elad Kabilio on cello, and Ben Laude on piano. 
After a brief intermission David played a few pieces on piano, while his father was standing next to him holding his little daughter, whose approval was critical to the whole writing process, according to proud dad. It was a touching and endearing performance and the whole atmosphere of this intimate event was very charming. 
Anna Yatskevich is Flowers In A Gun’s glamorous jazz & beyond critic! Catch more reviews from her here and follow her on Twitter @jazzaddikt.
