India.Arie will join Idan Raichel for the closing concert of the World Music program at the Israeli Opera on June 24, 2011. The two musicians will present Open Door, an acoustic concert with texts in English in arrangements by Raichel. The Open Door album will be released this summer, and will be launched with a world tour. The concert in Tel Aviv will be the world premiere performance of the project before the artists embark on their tour. Enjoy a first listen to the project with “Gift of Acceptance”:
Grammy Award winning American artist India.Arie and Idan Raichel met in 2008 when she visited Israel, and have performed together at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremonies in Norway, the Kennedy Center and New York’s Museum of Jewish Heritage.
India.Arie says that the coming concert is “the most authentic musical experience in my life so far.” Idan Raichel says that “in the last year I had the great privilege to accompany India.Arie in her performances and also composed all her new songs which was a new challenge for me. In our coming concert she will sing for the first time all her new songs from our joint album. For me it is the first time that I go on stage with just new material and without the security that my project gives me and it is a real exciting event for me.”
India.Arie was born in Denver, Colorado. She learned to play many instruments but started to study jewelry in a college where she studied guitar as well. Her first album, Acoustic Soul, was released in 2001 and featured a combination of soul music, hip hop, blues and funk and was nominated for seven Grammy awards. Her second album, Voyage to India, was awarded two Grammy Awards.
India.Arie & Idan Raichel – Open Door
Friday, June 24, 2011 at the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center (TAPAC)
19 Shaul Hamelech Boulevard, Tel Aviv
Tickets are 180/220/265 NIS, to order call: 03-6927777
