Oud

Gilad Hazan’s stratified Arabic music offering captivates at Oud Festival

Gilad Hazan wowed the Confederation House audience with his electrifying instrumental skills and crosscultural-influenced scores.

GILAD HAZAN
Chitravina N. Ravikiran plays the chitravina, one of the lesser-known Indian string instruments.

From India and the world with love: The superb offerings at the Jerusalem Oud Festival

YAIR DALAL with Itamar Beck

Jerusalem Oud Festival returns, strings attached

 Guitarist Liat Cohen.

Jerusalem international Oud Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary


Amid COVID-19, Oud Festival of Jerusalem goes digital

Only local artists were asked to perform, which turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

Prelude for Peace Ensemble

Bringing Ladino music back to life

Hadas Pal-Yarden performs songs in Ladino time at the Oud Festival

Hadas Pal-Yarden

21st Jerusalem International Oud Festival - 21 years ago today

Twenty years after it took its first tentative steps into the world of cultural enterprise, the festival has come of age, and is clearly rising to the occasion this time round.

VETERAN OUD player and violinist Prof. Taiseer Elias fronts a tribute to the great divas of Egyptian music

Heritage takes center stage at 'A Stage for Arab-Hebrew Culture'

Ana Min el-Yahud (I Am from the Jews) at the Jaffa Theater blends Iraqi heritage with Israeli life

A scene from ‘I am From the Jews.’ August 2020.

Jerusalem Int’l Oud Festival - Shahid Parvez exemplifies diversity

Over the years, the Jerusalem International Oud Festival has delved into all sorts of sounds and culture, beyond the strict bounds of the Arab world.

Oud Festival

Greeks in Jerusalem

Estudiantina ensemble and Andreas Katsigiannis host vocalist Alkistis Protopsalti in the closing gala show of Jerusalem’s Oud Festival.

ESTOUDIANTINA IRODEIO

It was 20 years ago today‏

“Twenty years! Hard to believe,” he beams when we meet in his airy office. “I look upon the festival as a child who was born and has grown up,” said Bnaya.

STELLAR AMERICAN-TURKISH oud player-vocalist Ara Dinkjian brings his silky skills back to the Oud Festival.

Oodles of oud

"We were attracting local Arabs as well as Jewish Israelis, many of whom had some experience of Oriental music,” Benaya told The Jerusalem Report.

Briane Keane and Omar Farouk Tekbilek

Israeli artists play Psalms 104 on an ancient oud - watch

Psalms 104 has 35 verses and is one of the longest Psalms in the Bible.

Israeli artists play Pslam 104 on an ancient oud

Festival Review: Oud Festival

There is no oud in Indian music.

INDIAN SAROD player Amjad Ali Khan.