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• Juan Carlos Sungurlian (Bouzouki, Saz)
• Levent Tarhan (Percussion)
• Ruth Yaakov (Singer)
• Shkelzen Doli (Violin, Accordeon)

• country:
  Israel
• region:
  Balkan
• style(s):
  Jewish Sephardic
• label:
  piranha womex AG (music & IT)
• type:
  Band
• gender:
  male, female
• instrumentation:
  instrumental, vocal
• artist submitted by:
  piranha womex AG (music & IT)

"...a sensuous Arabic-Jewish sound that evokes thousands of years of Jewish culture in the world, and thousands of years of lovers meeting and loving, marrying, and living". - Ari Davidow


Songs about mothers-in-law, sad and joyful love, marriage, hardships and great tragedies. Music that draws from Arabic, Jewish, Balkan, north African and eastern Mediterranean sources. Ruth Yaakov presents a musical microcosm of Jewish story-telling accompanied by her brilliant international ensemble.

Ruth Yaakov was born in Israel and received her musical education at the Rubin Academy of Music in Tel Aviv. With a repertoire drawing from opera, folk-song and Sephardic chamber-music she has performed on many famous stages all over the world.

Violinist and accordionist Shkelzen Doli was born in Albania, later moved to Kosovo and went on to study music in Novi Sad, Sarajevo and finally Vienna where, since 1995 he has been a member of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra.

Saz, Oud and Bouzouki player Juan Carlos Sungurlian was born in Uruguay. His family originally came from Turkey. He studied music in Uruguay and Argentina, where he also played Armenian, Greek, Turkish and Arabian music.

Percussionist Levent Tarhan was born in Turkey. He plays with a wide variety of musical projects and is a composer of music for the theatre.

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