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Diwan Saz - דיוואן סאז - ديوان ساز
Middle Eastern world music infusing traditional instrumentation and ancient melodies with intercultural & uplifting elements.
Diwan Saz is a multicultural Jewish, Christian & Muslim group of 9 musicians who perform ancient music from Central Asia, Turkey, Persia, and the Holy Land - promoting peace and understanding through music.
Diwan Saz marries together two great traditions that coexist in the Holy Land - that of Hebrew and Arab music. The songs are sung together by Rabbi David Menachem, Hamudi Gadir, Tzipora El Rei, Lubna Salame & Amir Shahsar whose powerful voices, rising at times above the instruments, demand almost undivided attention. Music of peace.
Diwan Saz Interfaith Ensemble
The Dalai Lama was once asked how to end the conflict between nations and people. He answered,
"Through music - playing, learning, and teaching together." The Diwan Saz Interfaith Ensemble embodies this philosophy through its repertoire of authentic folk and classical music of the Middle East performed by some of the most respected Jewish, Muslim, and Christian musicians in the region.
The ensemble, led by Musical Director and Baglama musician Yohai Barak, has performed in festivals and venues throughout Europe, Israel, India, and several prestigious festivals in the United States and Canada including The South By Southwest Music Festival - Austin, Texas.
As musicians, artists, and teachers, these nine musicians combine their many years of commitment to their art and their communities to bring a "world-class" level of music that exemplifies the power music has to unite people of different faiths and backgrounds.
Musicians:
Yochai Barak: musical arrangement and direction, saz, baglama
Udi Benknaan: lyre and saz
Eyal Luman: percussion
Amir Shahsar: nay and Persian vocals
Lubna Salame: Arabic (Christian) vocals
Tzipora El Rei: Hebrew and Turkish vocals
Rani Lorentz: bass
Muhammad Gadir, aka Hamudi: Nine-year-old Bedouin singer
Mumin Sesler (from Turkey) - master of the oud and the kanun
Rabbi David Menachem: vocalist and master of cantorial - piyutim
Middle Eastern world music infusing traditional instrumentation and ancient melodies with intercultural & uplifting elements.
Diwan Saz is a multicultural Jewish, Christian & Muslim group of 9 musicians who perform ancient music from Central Asia, Turkey, Persia, and the Holy Land - promoting peace and understanding through music.
Diwan Saz marries together two great traditions that coexist in the Holy Land - that of Hebrew and Arab music. The songs are sung together by Rabbi David Menachem, Hamudi Gadir, Tzipora El Rei, Lubna Salame & Amir Shahsar whose powerful voices, rising at times above the instruments, demand almost undivided attention. Music of peace.
Diwan Saz Interfaith Ensemble
The Dalai Lama was once asked how to end the conflict between nations and people. He answered,
"Through music - playing, learning, and teaching together." The Diwan Saz Interfaith Ensemble embodies this philosophy through its repertoire of authentic folk and classical music of the Middle East performed by some of the most respected Jewish, Muslim, and Christian musicians in the region.
The ensemble, led by Musical Director and Baglama musician Yohai Barak, has performed in festivals and venues throughout Europe, Israel, India, and several prestigious festivals in the United States and Canada including The South By Southwest Music Festival - Austin, Texas.
As musicians, artists, and teachers, these nine musicians combine their many years of commitment to their art and their communities to bring a "world-class" level of music that exemplifies the power music has to unite people of different faiths and backgrounds.
Musicians:
Yochai Barak: musical arrangement and direction, saz, baglama
Udi Benknaan: lyre and saz
Eyal Luman: percussion
Amir Shahsar: nay and Persian vocals
Lubna Salame: Arabic (Christian) vocals
Tzipora El Rei: Hebrew and Turkish vocals
Rani Lorentz: bass
Muhammad Gadir, aka Hamudi: Nine-year-old Bedouin singer
Mumin Sesler (from Turkey) - master of the oud and the kanun
Rabbi David Menachem: vocalist and master of cantorial - piyutim
