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The Spectacular World of Jewish Music

Mariachi is a musical style that developed in Guadalajara in the Mexican State of Jalisco, which combines trumpets, violins and other unique string instruments, with players performing in traditional costumes and sombreros.The Mariachi Jerusalem Band, under the musical direction of Yohanan Peretz, performs Jewish music in Mariachi style, presenting new and fresh sounds that succeed in combining the two musical styles, with the help of characteristic Mariachi instruments.To its lively and joyful Mexican repertoire, the Band adds Jewish music classics such as Ani Eshtagea (by Ehud Manor, written to a South Mexican melody), Halleluya (of Leonard Cohen), Shalom Aleichem, and others, adding a Mexican flavor to the traditional Jewish music.Mariachi Jerusalem is the first Mariachi band to be formed in Israel, by its Musical Director. Peretz’s intention is to introduce audiences to this special musical style. Mariachi is a Mexican traditional style in which ensembles wear costumes which include trousers adorned with metal buttons, a torero-style jacket, a special leather belt, a tie, and a wide-brimmed hat. The frequently-used instruments in Mariachi music are the Vihuela (a type of five-stringed guitar, with a composite soundbox), the Guitaron (a type of large-size guitar which serves as a bass), as well as trumpets and violins. Mariachi music is best characterized by its lively and joyful compositions, but at the same time, it incorporates musical genres such as bolero, Joropo (Venezuelan rhythm), Son, and others.The Mariachi Jerusalem Band appears today throughout Israel and also overseas. It was the first Mariachi band to represent Israel at the International Mariachi Festival Guadalajara, Mexico, in 2022.<ul><li>Gustavo Quinones – Vocals</li><li>Natan Rocha – Vihuela &nbsp;</li><li>Rotem Tel Shachar, Lian Cohen, Sarah Peretz – Violins</li><li>Yoad Fastman, Itamar Levi – Trumpets</li><li>Yochanan Peretz – Guitarron</li></ul>

Benefit for members of the Yerushalmi Card

Mariachi Jerusalem Band - "A Mexican Evening"

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First performance in the series "Jewish Music - From the Classical and to the Klezmer".

"Jewish Music-From the Classical to the Klezmer".

The Hibba Orchestra brings to the fore the creativity of original Jewish Oriental music, from different Oriental Jewish communities. Members of the ensemble play both modern and traditional instruments, host diverse Israeli musicians and perform with them original and unique arrangements of piyyutim and authentic Israeli songs. On stage with the orchestra in this concert is the paytan Daniel Saadon, who learnt to sing piyyutim from his synagogue cantor father and, as no paytan before him, now mixes them with Arabic and Tunisian melodies.&nbsp;The development of this creative music and the singing of piyyutim in Israel has produced a significant group of artists, including Jewish composers from Eastern countries and contemporary Israeli musicians. Some are Jewish musicians who emigrated to Israel from Eastern countries while others are contemporary Israeli artists who have adopted and perform authentic Oriental musical genres. Together, these two groups of musicians have created a vast corpus of Israeli-Jewish repertoire whose roots lie in authentic Eastern music, and they have created a genre which is entirely Israeli artistic music. The Hibba Orchestra is the first Israeli orchestra that devotes itself entirely to this genre.The orchestra was founded and is directed by Elad Gabbay, musician, paytan, and Qanun and Oud player. Gabbay, a Jerusalem musician, was raised on the eastern-Jewish piyyut tradition. He has a degree in music from Bar Ilan University and is an expert in Arabic, Turkish and Oriental-Jewish music. He is a senior lecturer in the fields of piyyut and Israeli art music at various academic institutions and musical centers.<ul><li>Amit Sharon – Percussion and Vocals</li><li>Yehuda Ashash – Bass</li><li>Gil Shapira – Guitar and Vocals</li><li>Avimeir Tzur – Vocals</li><li>Elad Gabbay – Qanun and Vocals</li><li>Daniel Saadon – Lead Singer</li><li>Lihu Baniel – Wind instruments</li><li>Yaara Beeri – Kamancheh</li><li>Or Bareli – Lyre</li><li>David Cohen Nehemya - Oud</li></ul>

Hibba Orchestra Ensemble with Daniel Saadon – “Loving the Piyyut"

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Second performance in the series "Jewish Music - From the Classical and to the Klezmer".

The Jerusalem Street Orchestra is a professional chamber orchestra that brings classical music to new audiences in non-conventional venues and public areas.For this concert, the Jerusalem Street Orchestra Ensemble has come from the street into the concert hall to perform a complete concert of classical art music, with all compositions reflecting strong Jewish influences, from Klezmer, through Israeli melodies, to Israeli classical art music. Works to be performed are by: Ernest Bloch, Paul Ben-Haim, Joachim Stutchewsky, and Sergei Prokofiev, one of the most famous composers of the 20th century and the only non-Jewish composer in the program. &nbsp;Concert program:<ul><li>Sergei Prokofiev – Overture on Jewish Themes</li><li>Ernest Bloch – "Baal Shem" Suite, Part II: Niggun</li><li>Paul Ben-Haim – Clarinet Quintet</li><li>Joachim Stutschewsky – Six Israeli Melodies</li><li>Joel Engel – From "Dybbuk" Suite</li></ul>

Jerusalem Street Orchestra Ensemble – "Classical with a Jewish Soul"

Third performance in the series "Jewish Music - From the Classical and to the Klezmer".

Emil Aybinder is one of Israel”s leading accordionists. Born in Kishinev, Moldova and founder of the Accordion Department of the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, he teaches the younger generation of accordionists today. His Klezmer Group of musicians and female vocal soloist combines musical themes from around the world (France, South America, Romania and the Balkans) with Klezmer music. The group received the 2002 Daniel Binyamini Prize for Musical Performance of the Ministry of Culture and Sport.<ul><li>Emil Aybinder – Accordion</li><li>Abraham Schwab – Pan flute</li><li>Pavel Levin – Violin</li><li>Matan Mizrahi – Bass</li><li>Vera Levinsky – Vocals</li></ul>

The Spectacular World of Jewish Music

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