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Label Between The Lines |
UPC 0608917122220 |
Catalogue number BTLCHR 71222 |
Release date 24 April 2009 |
Yitzhak Yedid was born as the child of Syrian-Jewish immigrants in Jerusalem in 1971, studied in the USA (among others, under Ran Blake), and then returned to Jerusalem. He has lived in Brisbane, Australia for almost two years, but is in Jerusalem several times a year as previously. He already regularly visited the Sephardic Ades Synagogue when growing up, because he admired the beauty of Bakashot singing (which links kabbalistic elements with Arabic improvisation scales). The fact that he later studied and admired the works of John Cage, Béla Bartok and György Kurtág - and the improvisation techniques of jazz in addition - make him one of the most versatile contemporary artists and interpreters. Yedid's compositions move with uncanny instinct between classical modern, Jewish singing, Arabic harmony and jazz. No other contemporary artist succeeds so convincingly in mixing these genres.