{"id":21425,"date":"2012-09-02T03:23:21","date_gmt":"2012-09-02T10:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=21425"},"modified":"2012-09-02T03:23:21","modified_gmt":"2012-09-02T10:23:21","slug":"jerusalem-sacred-music-festival-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=21425","title":{"rendered":"Jerusalem Sacred Music Festival 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jerusalem has inspired centuries of prayer and song, this year, the Jerusalem Season of Culture inaugurates the Jerusalem Sacred Music Festival, an international celebration of music from September 6 \u2013 7, 2012.<\/p>\n

The festival seeks to reflect the many faiths and cultures of Jerusalem, through music and song. The Tower of David will sound out the heartbeat of the festival, with musicians taking turns to beat the rhythm on a huge drum placed on the roof of the building throughout the 24 hour marathon of sacred music.<\/p>\n

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Kiya and Ziya Tabassian\/Photo: Jocelyn Michelle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Opening on Thursday, September 6th at 18:00, will be \u201cMania: Mania:\u00a0 Constantinople Ensemble\u201d (Iran\u2013Canada\u2013Israel) featuring Zohar Fresco at the Tower of David. The brother-musicians Kiya and Ziya Tabassian strive to create a state of religious ecstasy through ancient Persian music, infused with contemporary creativity.<\/p>\n

Featuring: Kiya Tabassian \u2013 vocals and setar, Ziya Tabassian – tombak and percussion
\nSpecial Guest: Zohar Fresco \u2013 percussion<\/p>\n

Later that night, the world premiere of Maqam Yerushalem: The New Jerusalem Orchestra will take place at 21:00. An amazing ensemble of local and international composers, arrangers, musicians, vocalists and a liturgical choir have come together to perform songs of yearning for Jerusalem in Hebrew, Arabic and Amharic.<\/p>\n

Featuring: The New Jerusalem Orchestra, Artistic concept and direction: Yair Harel and Omer Avital, additional composers and musical arrangers: Peretz Eliahu, Rabbi David Menachem, Rai Hagai, Rafi Malkiel, Itamar Borochov, Elad Levi, Mark Eliahu.
\nChoir: The Yad Ben-Zvi Liturgical Choir.<\/p>\n

* An additional performance of “Maqam Yerushalem” will be held on Saturday, September 8 at 9:30pm as a joint initiative of the Jerusalem Sacred Music Festival and the Piyyut Festival (which will take place from September 10-13).<\/p>\n

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Diwan Saz\/Photo: Andy Alpern<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Venture beyond the Tower of David to explore \u201cUnfathomed Depths: Diwan Saz\u201d in Zedekiah\u2019s Cave, featuring Rabbi David Mencahem, Said Tarabieh and Amir Shahasar, at 21:00. The Diwan Saz group play and sing the musical traditions of Central Asia. The melodies and the words combine the Sufi spirit with the melody, musical tradition and liturgy of the Holy Land. The songs are performed in different languages such as: Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic, Persian and Turkish. \u201cUnfathomed Depth\u201d is the fruit of a five-year creative collaboration that came to life in the depths of a huge bell-like cave in the ancient Yodfat Hill.<\/p>\n

Special Guests: Said Tarabieh, Rabbi David Menachem and Amir Shahasar
\nFeaturing: Tal Karo \u2013 vocals, Said Tarabieh \u2013 vocals, Rani Lorentz \u2013 bass, Eyal Luman \u2013 kanun and percussion, Itamar Doari \u2013 percussion, Roi de Mayo \u2013 vocals and percussion, Yochai Barak \u2013 musical arrangement and direction, saz, baglama, jura, Udi Benknaan \u2013 lyre and saz, Aviv Bahar \u2013 guitar and kopuz, Yitzhak Ventura \u2013 ney, Tzipi Dagan \u2013 vocals, David Menachem \u2013 vocals, Yitzhak Refuah \u2013 vocals.<\/p>\n

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Mark and Peretz Eliyahu\/Photo: Rivka Eliyahu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mark and Peretz Eliyahu with \u201cDunes\u201d at midnight and Berry Sakharof at sunrise, with many more \u2026.the complete list of performances is available in English on the Jerusalem Season of Culture website.<\/a><\/p>\n

Jerusalem Sacred Music Festival Artistic Director: Gil Ron Shama; Co-Artistic Director: Gil Karniel; Vision and Creative Direction: Gil Karniel, Omri Sharir; Producer: Carmi Wartman, 2bVibes; Artistic Director, Jerusalem Season of Culture: Itay Mautner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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