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Jerusalem International Oud Festival 2024

Jerusalem International Oud Festival 2024

Celebrating 25 years of The Jerusalem International Oud Festival, the Middle East’s “king of instruments”, a pear-shaped string instrument that is very popular in North African Middle Eastern music.

Come and enjoy various performances at the Oud festival with an opening concert of "HaDag Nahash", and other signers such as Shalom Hanoch, Yemenite Sufi Opera, Tunisian poetry, "The Tractor's revenge" and more as part of the International Oud Festival which celebrates 25 years of Mediterranean music from November 21-30.  The performances will be at the Jerusalem Theater, the National Library, the Distillery and of course the Confederation House.

Selected events at the 2024 International Oud Festival:

Opening performance: the "HaDag Nahash" special interperations of Book of Psalms

The HaDag Nahash Band will open the International Oud Festival with a show created especially for the festival. The band members reinterpreted the psalms and combined current hip-hop sounds with electro and funk, contemporary grooves with the atmosphere of the Mediterranean basin.

  • When: November 21, 8:30 p.m
  • Where: Jerusalem Theater
  • Cost: 150 NIS
  • Purchase of tickets for the show on the Bimot website

 

Everyone's favorite: A tribute to the songs of the Tunisian diva Haviva Maseka

"Everyone's favorite" is a tribute show to the Tunisian diva, the Jewish musician Haviva Masekah whose songs combine East and West. Her original recordings were destroyed by the Nazis a few years after her murder. The singer Ayelet Uri Benita, Oud player Emad Dalal and Saj player Yuval Tobi present new versions of Masekah's songs.

  • When: November 22, 12:00
  • Where: Confederation House
  • Cost: 80 NIS
  • Purchase of tickets for the show on the Bimot website

Click here for all 22 performances that occur during the festival

dates & times

  • Thursday
    21/11/2422:30-23:00
  • Friday
    22/11/2422:30-23:00
  • Saturday
    23/11/2422:30-23:00
  • Sunday
    24/11/2422:30-23:00
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