Tafillalt תפילאלת




	Three young, innovative Israeli composers/ performers explore the roots of Hebrew prayer and song in their ancient and modern expressions in an attempt to adapt it, on the one hand, to the changing patterns of life over time and, on the other, to the expression of each individual. They navigate in the multicultural soundscape of 21st-century Israel and present a unique interpretation of various traditional and modern Jewish materials (sacred Hebrew poetry from North Africa and the Middle East, Hassidic Niggunim, modern secular Hebrew poetry and more), original musical and literary compositions. Established in 2000, the members of the Tafillalt ensemble gathered during their study with Israeli composer/educator Prof. André Hajdu in Jerusalem. They are also original members of the Jerusalem contemporary music ensemble Haoman Hai, an Israeli counterpart of the Radical Jewish Music projects in New York city. This group collectively produced in 2004 (on behalf of the Israel Festival) the now internationally acclaimed show Kulmus Ha-nefesh (Writing from within) based on the ancient Habad Niggunim. In 2007 they produced The Floating Tower, a Music-Theater performance based on texts from the Mishnah.
				Adventurous arrangements breaking new ground in Jewish music John Zorn "The ensemble members synthesize the tradition of "Piyut" with that of contemporary classical composition, and brought much humor, theatricality and raw emotion into their deeply artistic interpretations. One of this year's excellent releases." Ben Shalev (Ha'aretz) - Selection for the list of "Best Albums 2009" The trio excels in its surprising fresh interpretations of well-known songs and prayers in a way that assimilates past multicultural ensembles innovations...an impressive debut by a very promising trio. Eyal Hareuveni- All About Jazz
Yair Harel – Voice and Percussion Yair Harel is an expert in traditional Jewish repertoires as well as on Middle Eastern and North African musical repertoires. He studied zarb (Persian drum) with Roger Yshay and the outstanding Persian master Deghmeshid Chemirani in Paris. additionally, he studied Persian classical music with Peretz Eliyhau, Andalusian music with Rabbi Meir Attyah and Haim louk, and improvisation with André Hajdu. He participated in several multimedia productions based on encounters between traditional and contemporary music. With The Harel-Ben David Trio he created the CD “yedid nefesh” that was released in France by the distinguished label “Alpha” in 2004. He is one of the founding members of the Singing Communities Project, and is the director and chief editor of the website Invitation to Piyut and the Musical director of the Jerusalem-Yeruham Piyut festival. Nori Jacoby – Viola and Voice Nori Jacoby (b.1979) writes chamber and orchestral music as well as music for theater and dance. Nori has performed his composition and arrangements in distinguished festivals around the world among them: Singapore Art Festival (2006), Chicago World Music Festival (2005), Melbourne Festival (2005), London Jewish culture festival (Place Theater 1999), Krakow Dance festival (2001) and Israel festival (2007,2004,2003). Nori has been involved in many interdisciplinary music projects such as Overtones (Singapore Art Festival'2006) in which he wrote music for overtone singers and cross-cultural ensemble. He has written music for the rock band The Tracktor Revenge and the Israeli Contemporary String Quartet (2004). Yonatan Niv – Cello and Voice Yonatan Niv (b.1979) studied music at the Israeli art and science academy where he specialized in composition under Prof. André Hajdu. He graduated at the academy for music and dance in Jerusalem as a cellist under Dr. Dudu Sella. His performances and compositions combine the cello with singing both together, storytelling and dance. He participates in ensembles performing different Jewish traditions from North Africa, Iraq, East-European music and more. Yonatan is a member of contemporary composer Ronen Shapira's Third Temple Ensemble and is a leading musician in the "Beit Tfila Israeli" congregation in Tel- Aviv. Yonatan was awarded the Scholarship of the UICF for composition between 1998-2001			Tafillalt The new album of Tafillalt, Released by Tzadik - John Zorn's distinguished label for radical jewish music, contains texts and melodies from daily prayers, sacred songs of the past decade, poems by the modern Israeli poets, Hassidic pieces, a letter on a loose piece of paper found in the streets of Jerusalem set to music by the members of the group, as well as a tune from the oldest surviving manuscript of Jewish music (12th century). > Buy this CD



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