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Chopin for the Oud

Judith Cohen found this delightful article in Israel's Ha'aretz newspaper:

Chopin for the Oud, by Noam Ben Ze'ev, Friday, Nov 14, 2003

Two cellists and three oud players join a kanunist and two flautists, violinists (both of the Arabic and the Western variety) and players of percussion and wood instruments and piano. They hail from Sakhnin and Ramat Gan, Shfaram and Modi'in, Herzliya, Nazareth and Kafr Kana. This multicultural orchestra, and its unique assortment of human and musical talents, is the Jewish-Arab Musical Youth Orchestra - a longish name for a young ensemble, whose teenage members gather together to make music with one another.....

Posted by Ari Davidow on November 15, 2003 10:05 AM |

Comments

Un cordial saludo desde Cordoba - Argentina - ,en donde he tenido noticias de la orquesta mencionada en este artìculo.Sera una delicia poder escuchar un grupo de "ouds" ejecutando musica de Chopin.Les solicito me envien la forma de conseguir un CD o semejante.Shalom!!!

Posted by: raul chami | November 15, 2003 6:03 PM

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