Murat Çakmaz

Ensemble Naya

The ensemble of internationally acclaimed countertenor star Yaniv d’Or has released their third album: Exaltation.

The charm and expressive qualities of duduk, ney, viola da gamba and didgeridoo converse with the silky countertenor of Yaniv d’Or, against an evocative backdrop of theorbo, percussion, baroque guitar, amenco guitar and vihuela, creating an enchanting experience for music lovers of all genres.

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Avram

The AVRAM Ensemble is an intercultural formation of virtuoso musicians who come from the music genres of classical, jazz and world music and dedicate their interplay to the theme of peace. The name of the ensemble goes back to the grandfather of three world religions Abraham. AVRAM forms musical sound bridges between the cultures.

Under the artistic direction of the singer Schirin Partowi, the ensemble develops a fascinating music of encounter and fusion of Jewish, Christian and Islamic tradition through to completely new sounds. Eastern and Western, old and new worlds of sound move towards each other in a sensitive way, resulting in an unmistakably new and moving style that unites all the colors that lie between calm meditation and impulsive dance rhythms. The basis of the music are ancient and new texts of mysticism, theology and philosophy of the Orient and the Occident. Traditional and classical songs of cultures with their spiritual as well as secular poetry form the common thread for the imaginative, pulsating music of AVRAM.

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Ensemble Noisten

The Ensemble Noisten stands for the musical bridge between music traditions and ways of life of different cultures.

Based on Klezmer music, the quartet combines formative elements of Jewish klezmer music with other musical genres such as flamenco, Tamil, Turkish, classical, jazz and other influences.

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Ney trio

MURAT Çakmaz Ney, singing
IVANO ONAVI classical guitar
JAIME MORAGA VASQUEZ Percussion

The band members are from different cultures (Chile, Kazakhstan & Turkey) and together they represent encounters and border crossings between Orient and Occident - between tradition and modernity.

With an unmistakably individual kind of world music, rousing odd rhythms and passionate jazzy improvisations, but also subtly soft tones and delicate poetry, the virtuosi experience the richness, depth and expressiveness of various exotic and historical music traditions just as directly as freedom, complexity and creativity of the globalized present Music.

The repertoire of the unusually occupied trio consists of newly arranged, ancient Sufi pieces, which have been played for centuries to accompany the Sema dance, as well as rhythmically complex, jazzy, Indian and oriental inspired original compositions, which are presented with virtuoso joy of playing and improvisation.

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