19. December 2024 | 18:00 – 20:00
The Louis Lewandowski Festival presents
The Atanu Ensemble is a unique collective of musicians known for knowing and performing the musical styles of almost every Jewish community in the Middle East and North Africa.
The ensemble consists of seven musicians – playing both modern and ancient instruments – and four singers of religious poetry, known as paitanim.
Jeanette Rotstein Yehudayan was born in Tehran as the daughter of the well-known cantor Geula Aziz Mola Yehudayan, who was the son of the rabbi (Mola) from the city of Esphahan.
The Synagogal Ensemble Berlin (SEB) was founded in 2002 by Regina Yantian as a concert ensemble.
It consists of eight to twenty professional singers.
The musician, singer, drummer and percussionist Yair Tzabari (47 years old) is a multi-talented musician and one of the most respected and fascinating musicians of the Yemenite community in Israel.
Women’s songs in the Yemeni tradition. “Teiman” is the Hebrew word for Yemen. This newly founded women’s ensemble brings an ancient tradition of the Jewish community, which has lived in Yemen for two millennia, back into the limelight.
