The Yuval Ron Ensemble & Najwa Gibran - Under the Olive Tree

Sacred music of the Middle East featuring voice, duduk, zurna, shvi, clarinet kanoun, percussion, keyboards, oud and saz.

The US-based ensemble brings together the sacred musical traditions of Judaism, Sufism (Islamic mystical tradition) and the Christian Armenian Church into a harmonious world of its own. A song of Sufi origin from Turkey is sung both in Arabic and Hebrew, a Jewish prayer from Morocco is introduced by an Armenian chant and a Yemenite Jewish prayer receives a gripping clarinet solo in the best tradition of the Armenian performance style.

The Yuval Ron Ensemble :

Najwa Gibran - voice
Maya Haddi - voice
Yeghish Manoukian - duduk, zurna, shvi (flute) and clarinet
Virginie Alumyan - kanoun
Jamie Papish - percussion
David Martinelli - percussion
Carolyne Aycaguer-Ron - keyboards
Yuval Ron - oud, saz and musical director

01. Tudra
02. El helwa di
03. Illahi
04. D'ror yikra
05. Fogel nakhal
06. Kol nidrey
07. Shaya Dance
08. Vartani mor vort
09. Laz
10. Walla Zaman

Under the Olive Tree