{"id":7717,"date":"2010-10-07T00:17:31","date_gmt":"2010-10-07T07:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=7717"},"modified":"2010-10-29T07:41:55","modified_gmt":"2010-10-29T14:41:55","slug":"world-music-at-the-israeli-opera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=7717","title":{"rendered":"World Music at the Israeli Opera"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vieux Farka Tour\u00e9 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Israeli Opera will be moving to new rhythms with Idan Raichel as music consultant for their new program: World Music at the Opera. The opening concert will be Vieux Farka Tour\u00e9 from Mali on Friday, November 26 at 22:00, at the Israeli Opera\/Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center.<\/p>\n

The coming season will also include: Concha Buika, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Richard Bona.<\/p>\n

Opera Director Hannah Munitz introduced the program in a press meeting this week, saying, \u201cArt has no boundaries.\u201d As for the choice of Raichel as musical consultant, she said, \u201cIdan is the ultimate artist, respected internationally as well as in Israel, always searching for invigorating and new musical languages.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Raichel feels very much at home at the Israeli Opera. He recalled attending \u201cthe world music program ten years ago led by Dubi Lenz, that was my first introduction to world music.\u201d For Raichel, the current program closes some circles and opens new ones: \u201cthe albums I grew up on \u2013 Ladysmith, which led to the Graceland album – it\u2019s exciting to bring them here, to the most respected stage in Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Raichel, world music is \u201cmusic that comes from somewhere else. Shlomo Artzi in Mali would be world music\u2026 If Shlomo Artzi or Yoni Bloch perform in Mali, for them it is the same: music from Israel. When Vieux plays here, we don\u2019t know if he is the Shlomo Artzi or Yoni Bloch of Mali. In selecting the musicians for the program it was important to us to invite performers who bring their roots.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beginning with Vieux Farka Tour\u00e9 in November, each of the performers will bring their personal sound to the Israeli stage. Says Raichel, \u201cVieux Farka Toure comes from a village in Mali, where despite the daily struggle for survival they created a music scene with international impact. They bring the technique of the kora \u2013 an ancient harp \u2013 which makes their sound so interesting. Buika sings, she wails \u2013 she\u2019s 100% emotion. Ladysmith Black Mambazo will bring their powerful singing, just as it is, authentic. Richard Bona, like the best bassists, is very melodic\u2026he is versatile, changing from album to album.\u201d<\/p>\n

Raichel feels that \u201cThe Israeli audience is open [to new musical influences] it\u2019s a slow process. Maybe it began with Shoshana Damari recording in Yiddish, Ofra Haza, Achinoam Nini, Shotei HaNevuah, Mosh Ben Ari – bringing sounds from the world into their music.\u201d<\/p>\n

Raichel expressed the hope that these musical encounters will lead to an expanded program, perhaps even something along the lines of Peter Gabriel\u2019s WOMAD saying, \u201cI would be interested in hearing Yasmin Levy with Buika\u2026 I hope that it will become a movement that these artists will collaborate with Israeli musicians and feel at home here. This is just the beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ever-adventurous Raichel has already begun something new \u2013 a chance meeting with Vieux Farka Tour\u00e9 in an airport in Germany led to the writing and recording of a new single \u201cSay God,\u201d which will be performed at the November 26th concert. Enjoy \u201cSay God\u201d here:
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Israeli Opera\/Tel Aviv Center for Performing Arts
\n19 Shaul Hamelech Street, Tel Aviv
\n03-6927777, www.israel-opera.co.il<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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