Maqamat | Adon Olam
28.06.2024 - 19:00 / Museum of Engineering and Technology, ul. św. Wawrzyńca 15Maqamat is a unique group of musicians that coalesced around their work together teaching at the Maqamat School of Eastern Music, in Safed, Israel. Under the direction of Elad Levi, with fellow faculty members Nissim Lugasi, Wassim Odeh, Niri Sade and guest vocalist Yohai Cohen, together with former and current students, they bring their personal voices and decades of explorations of musical traditions from the Middle East. With breathtaking songs in Hebrew, Persian and Moroccan Arabic, the result incorporates elements from ancient Persian music, the mesmerizing sound of the Arabic oud and the Turkish Ney, alongside rhythms and melodies from North African Andalusian genres.
Adon Olam
An exotic musical journey that crosses boundaries of geography, time and faith — reflecting an Eastern Jewish musical culture that bridges the vibrant spaces of the silk road in Central Asia to the Middle East, to the Mediterranean, to the far West in Andalusia. Unique arrangements and re-linked melodies and texts bring a contemporary intercultural experience that truly reflects historical cultural exchange.
Elad Levi – Violin, Musical Director
Nissim Lugasi – Voice, Persian Tar
Yohai Cohen – Voice
Wassim Odeh – Oud
Niri Sadeh – Ney Flute
Avishag Neriya – Viola
Gaya Sela – Keyboard
Adam Chichportich – Electric Guitar & Lavta
Tiferet Teimans – Clarinet
Daniel Merran – Violin
Tamar Arad – Qanun
Ido Levi – Bass
Itamar Panai – Drums
Amitai Ezroni – Percussion
Elad Levi is the premiere Kamanja (Moroccan violin) player in Israel. He serves as the Musical Director of the Israeli Andalusian Orchestra and performs extensively in Israel and abroad. He has been musical consultant to the Essaouira Andalusian music festival (Morocco) and has appeared as a featured soloist with international artists. Elad heads the North African music department at Maqamat School of Eastern Music.
Nissim Lugasi is a musician, singer and Persian tar player. With 25 years researching and performing classical Persian and Ottoman Turkish singing Nissim is considered to be one of the leading experts in this field in Israel. He has collaborated with major world artists such as Sahba Motallebi (Iran), Mark Eliyahu (Israel) and Andres Mustonen (Estonia). Besides performing in Israel and abroad, Nissim has served for the last 7 years as musical director of Maqamat School of Eastern Music located in Safed, Israel.
Yohai Cohen – A prominent singer, composer, percussionist & mandole player. Born and raised in Safed, Israel to a family of immigrants from Morocco, Yohai is a master singer of North African music. He has toured across Morocco, USA, Europe, and Australia and performed with many of the most important musicians of the genre, including Omar Metioui (Morocco), Haim Louk, Mark Eliyahu, The Israeli Andalusian Orchestra, Zohar Fresco, Yemen Blues and others.
Dr. Wassim Odeh is a Palestinian Oud virtuoso and composer. He recently released his third album Moshaghabeh. Odeh has received international prizes for performance and composition and has collaborated with important artists such as Simon Shaheen, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, the London Symphony and Radiohead. Odeh’s work is inspired by the classical Arabic musical heritage of Oum Kulthum and Mohammed Abdul Wahab with its unique maqams, rhythms, and virtuoso expressive improvisation. Dr Odeh is head of the Arabic music department at Maqamat School of Eastern Music.
Niri Sadeh is one of Israel’s pioneers in Turkish Ney (reed flute). A singer, composer, arranger and recording artist for 20 years in both the Western and Eastern music scenes, Niri leads the Turkish music department at Maqamat School of Eastern Music.
This concert is dedicated to Tad Taube, Donor of the JCF and is held under the Patronage of The Taube Family Foundation.
Tickets (N: 130 / U: 80 PLN) available at 33.jewsihfestival.pl and one hour before the concert at the entrance to the venue.
