The 9th Oud Festival will take place at Tzavta from August 23 – 26, 2011. Initiated by artistic director Eli Grunfeld, the festival reflects different musical traditions, merging folk melodies, classics and original compositions.
Zehava Ben will open the festival with “The Golden Oud” – an evening of hits from her albums. Ben will be accompanied by Eran Zamir on oud; Hezi David – musical producer and keyboard; Ofir Grady – drums; Meir Shitrit – guitar; Sahar Ank – bass guitar; Yossi Shoval – darbuka. Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 21:00.
The New Andalusian Orchestra will perform a festive concert “A Love Concert for the Darbuka and Oud” with songs from their new album. The full orchestra will perform arrangements for classic works and songs from Morocco, Egypt, and Algeria. The concert will also feature original compositions by orchestra members, including “Jaffa Waves” by oud player Elias Wakileh. Guest vocalists are Etti Bitton, and the paytanit Ziva Attar. The orchestra will be conducted by Tom Cohen. Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 21:00.
Maktoub – a literary musical performance inspired by the Iris Eliya Cohen’s bestselling novel Maktoub. The performance will include staged scenes from the book, with music and songs as a soundtrack to the book, and the oud at the center. Participants: Iris Eliya-Cohen – author, actress; Eli Eliyahu – poet; Gavriel Hadar – actor, singer; Eitan Baruch – oud. Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 20:30.
Shalom Mor “Tabilsi – Shiraz – Tel Aviv” a musical tour from Georgia through Persia to Israel with originals and folk tunes. Guests include: Asi Israelof; Michel Gurialshvili; Shalom Mor – Oud, Persian tar (lute), guitar and vocals; Oded Melkner – guitar; Golan Zuskovich – bass guitar; Eyal Sela – wind instruments; Stav Nahum – drums and percussion; Orit Halel – vocals; Guy Tiram – oud; Arrangements and musical direction – Lani Ben Bassat. Thursday, August 25, 21:00.
The closing concert will be a premiere performance of the “Shabbat Songs” project. Well known Shabbat songs Yedid Nefesh, Eshet Hayil, and Lekha Dodi, hosted by Roy Levi of Shotei Hanevua. Shabbat Songs is an internet project initiated by Rabbi Roni Eilon-Hirsh. Participants: Rabbi Roni Eilon-Hirsh, CEO of the “Shamayim” NGO, with Dvar Torah and other texts; Elisaf Bashari – oud, string instruments; Yaron Suriano – bass; Avi Agbaba – drums and percussion; Yanir Kilinsky – string instruments; Ofer Shechtman – guitar and vocals; guest artist Rabbi Dudu Deri – vocals; Roy Levi – musical direction, guitar, vocals. Friday, August 26, 2011 at 12:00.
Ticket prices are between 50NIS and 90NIS, to order call: 03-6950156/7, or online tickets.tzavta.co.il. For further information consult the Tzavta site: www.tzavta.co.il.
