2019 NOV 22-ISRAEL-NAZARETH CONCERT REVIEW-Midnight East
Omar Faruk Tekbilek performed a memorable performance together with his longtime artistic collaborator Brian Keane at the St. Joseph’s Auditorium, Nazareth, on Friday, November 22, 2019. Although the two musicians have recorded seven albums together, they do not often perform together, and this concert was one of the rare opportunities to enjoy hearing them live, following their performance in Jerusalem on November 21, opening the Jerusalem International Oud Festival. Born in Turkey, multi-instrumentalist (ney, baglama, zurna) and composer Tekbilek was instructed in the Sufi tradition and its influence resonates in his music and approach to life, which are perhaps one. His music reaches out and connects people beyond boundaries of language, religion and nationality.
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