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Category: Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Alaev family

Angel Romero September 15, 2018 No Comments Alaev familyIsraelIsraeli musicTurkish music

This multitalented seven-member ensemble presents an ancient rhythmic musical blend of Turkish, Persian, Chinese, Russian and Hebrew sounds. It includes Allo Alaev’s two sons, Ariel…

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Artist Profiles: Amos Hoffman

Angel Romero September 15, 2018 No Comments Amos HoffmanArabic musicIsraelJazzworld fusion

Composer, guitarist & ud player Amos Hoffman started as a classical guitar player. On his 8th birthday, his father gave him an ud as a…

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Artist Profiles: AndraLaMoussia

Angel Romero September 15, 2018 1 Comment AndraLaMoussiaIsraelMiddle Eastern music

AndraLaMoussia is a world music group based in Jerusalem. “AndraLaMoussia means chaos in ancient Hebrew and, like our name, our music reflects the diverse cultural…

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Artist Profiles: Chava Alberstein

Angel Romero September 15, 2018 No Comments Chava AlbersteinIsrael

Chava Alberstein is undoubtedly Israel’s most accomplished singer, having released dozens of recordings since the late 1960s, many of them now gold or platinum. Chava…

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Artist Profiles: David Broza

Angel Romero September 15, 2018 No Comments David BrozaIsraelIsraeli music

For many years, singer-songwriter David Broza has been steadily gaining reputation throughout the world. A superstar in his homeland of Israel, he is a modern…

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Artist Profiles: Essev Bar

Angel Romero September 15, 2018 No Comments Essev BarIsraelworld fusionworld music

Essev Bar is one of Israel’s leading world music bands. The band’s music is a meeting point of musical genres and instruments from different cultures:…

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Artist Profiles: Filfel Gourgy

Angel Romero September 15, 2018 1 Comment Filfel GourgyIsraelMiddle Eastern music

Filfel Gourgy was born at the beginning of the 1930s in Baghdad, Iraq, and died in 1983 in the courtyard of his home in Israel.In…

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Artist Profiles: Bustan Abraham

Angel Romero September 14, 2018 No Comments Bustan AbrahamIsraeli musicMiddle Eastern music

Bustan Abraham was founded in 1991. It was a highly acclaimed Jewish and Arab ensemble from Israel, who took the listeners on a musical exploration…

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Artist Profiles: Emil Zrihan

Angel Romero September 14, 2018 No Comments Emil ZrihanIsraelMiddle Eastern musicSephardic music

Emil Zrihan, cantor of the synagogue in Ashkelon kept the Judeo-Andalusian and folk traditions of his mother country Morocco alive in his heart. Following the…

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Artist Profiles: Habrera Hativit

Angel Romero September 14, 2018 No Comments Habrera HativitIsraelworld fusionworld music

Habrera Hativeet, formed in 1977, played music that has evolved from Sephardic, African and Eastern roots. It was the first group to play Israeli world…

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