Beit Avi Chai's Piyyut Festival returns to Jerusalem for the fifth year straight. This year's festival will take place at Beit Avi Chai and other venues around Jerusalem from September 10-13, 2012, and will focus on the piyyut and prayer traditions that developed in the complex shared arena of Jewish-Arab culture, both past and present.
Day Two: September 11, 2012
From India to Here: Psalms and piyyutim from India and Afghanistan
An evening of psalms in original arrangements based on the principles of classical Indian music, the ecstatic Qawwali songs of the Chopis of Rajasthan, and old Jewish piyyutim from Afghanistan.
Yaron Pe'er, accompanied by an ensemble of instrumentalists and vocalists, will create a unique link between the Hebrew word and the ancient music of India and its neighbor, along with some of his recent compositions. The evening begins with deep prayer and ends with sweet celebration.
Research, melodies, and musical direction: Yaron Pe'er
With:
Yaron Pe'er-vocals, harmonium, and Afghan rabab / Sharon ben Zadok-classical Indian vocals
Narayan Jyoti (Ron Paz)-vocals and harmonium / Idan Hameeiri-vocals and harmonium
Eitan Refua-santour / Erez Mounk-tabla / Amit Shani-pakhawaj and nagara
Shai Massala-bells, mohan veena / Chorus-Shimon Lev Tahor, Gai Tiram, Ofir Even Odem, Elyashiv Etzion
• Tuesday, September 11, 7:30 PM
Price: NIS 60, Students: NIS 30
The event will take place in the BEIT AVI CHAI courtyard; warm attire recommended
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To the Sound of the Ba?lama: A Piyyut Journey through Eastern Turkey, Kurdistan and Crete
An enthralling musical project focused on the ba?lama (saz) a stringed instrument used in Turkey, Kurdistan and other places in Eastern and Central Asia.
To the sounds of the ba?lama we will embark on a journey that combines piyyutim and songs from the Jewish tradition of Kurdistan, hundreds of years old, climaxing in rhythmic and exciting works featuring an ensemble of eight ba?lamas.
Musical direction and production: Yochai Barak and Eliyahu Dagmi
Special Guest: singer Ilana Eliya
With: Yochai Barak (Diwan Saz)-ba?lama, diwan saz and jorah / Eliyahu Dagmi-ba?lama, vocals, and saz / Udi Ben-Knaan (Matbucha project, diwan-saz, sheva)-ba?lama, lira and saz / Yaniv Ovadia-ba?lama, zurna and vocals / Eyal Loman-qanoun and percussion / David Dagmi-percussion / Rani Lorentz-bass; joined by three additional ba?lama players
• Tuesday, September 11, 10 PM
Admission free, subject to available space
The event will take place in the BEIT AVI CHAI courtyard; warm attire recommended
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Rock Brings Peace: Orphaned Land host Kobi Aflalo, the Amram Brothers, and other guests
A powerful performance that connects East, West, heavy Metal, Psalms and verses from the Koran.
Orphaned Land-the world-renowned Israeli rock-metal band, winner of three peace awards-has won itself a fan base of tens of thousands throughout the Arab world. The band has received such broad exposure due to its exceptional musical assortment, which combines Death Metal, progressive metal and authentic Eastern music, with the words from the Psalms and the Koran.
The band has created a special program for the festival, where it will host, along with an expanded musical ensemble, singer-songwriter Kobi Aflalo. Aflalo is one of the most acclaimed artists in Israel and his hits have become an inseparable part of the Israeli soundtrack. Additional guests will include the brothers Shachar and Elram Amram, sons of the famous paytan Aharon Amram.
Shlomit Levi, the band's soloist, will host her current creative partner, Rabbah Sol.
Orphaned Land:
Kobi Farhi-vocals / Yossi Sassi-guitars and bouzouki / Chen Balbus -guitar / Uri Zilcka-fretless bass / Matan Shmuely-drums / Ro'i Friedman-percussion / Itzhak Ventura -ney / Shlomit Levi-vocals
Special guest: Kobi Aflalo-vocals
Guests: Rabbah Sol-guitar, mandolin, vocals / Shachar Amram-vocals / Elram Amram-vocals
Elad Gabbay-oud and qanoun / Ronel Ratzon-violin
• Tuesday, September 11, doors open at 8:30 PM, concert begins at 9:30 PM
Price: NIS 100, Students: NIS 50
The event will take place in Zappa at the Lab, 28 Derech Hevron, Jerusalem
*Tickets for events held outside BEIT AVI CHAI may be purchased at the BEIT AVI CHAI box office until the day of the performance at 5:30 PM. Tickets will then be available only at the site of the performance shortly before it begins.
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