Near Eastern Voices

NearEastern Voices- a groundbreaking choral project that creates a true bridge between Arabic and Oriental Jewish music and the western choral tradition, and between Arab-Israeli and Jewish-Israeli artists. Most of the repertoire is comprised of original arrangements of authentic, traditional Arabic songs for a soloist, mixed choir and ensemble.

Bertini Choir
Maria Joubran, Soprano
Nizar Elkhater, piano& arrangements and compositions
Abaad Ensemble: Yaakov Rubinstein, violin, Bar Silony, flute, Rali Margalit, Celho, Ahmad Darawshe, oud, Elias Habib, percussion

Conductor: Ronen Borshevsky