The Opening of the Wells (Otvírání studánek) is one of Bohuslav
Martinů’s most famous compositions. The cantata was written some time
between June and July 1955 in France to the text of the poem The Song of
the Rubínka Well (píseň o studánce Rubínce) written by Martinů’s
Ivan Joel Hajoš was born in Czechoslovakia in 1946 and has lived in Israel
since 1969. He used to work as a mathematician and data analyst in a state
research institution. Since his retirement he works as a free-lance