Debut CD by Virtuoso Percussionist Yinon Muallem

06/14/2005 05:36AM

Contributed by: WMC_News_Dept.

Tel Aviv, Israel - Changing Moments (Magda MGD046), the debut album by virtuoso percussionist & composer Yinon Muallem, was recorded in Israel and Turkey and features leading Turkish and Israeli musicians. The compositions in the album are influenced by many different styles, including Classical Turkish Music, Sufi Music, and other ethnic styles such as Indian, Arabic, Jewish and more.

The influence of Turkish classical music is most evident in "Huzzam Saz Semaisi", "Rast Ilahi" and "The Man in The Musk" featuring Muazzin Halil Necipoglu, and released also on the compilation Harem Secret (Soul Star, Germany).

The album features a special arrangement by Yinon to the traditional Israeli song, Pizmon LaYakinton (vocals by Hadass Pal Yarden). The musicians who participated in the album are: Turdal Tokcan, Goksel Baktagir, Halil Necipoglu, Hadass Pal-Yarden, Emrullah Senguller, Selim Guler, Eyal Sela, Yankal’e Segal, Shiomo Oz, and Ofer Ankori.

[Buy Changing Moments].


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