That no nonsense ethos should come across in Monday’s (8 p.m.) Gibraltar concert at the Opera House in Tel Aviv, when the Jerusalem Orchestra East West, under maestro Tom Cohen, joins forces with vocalists Yehuda Shweiki and Binyamin Bozaglo, and dancers Sharon Sagi and Keren Pesach. He specializes in North African or Andalusian music, however you want to call it,” says Shweiki. The music formed there, and also in North Africa.”There origin of flamenco has been the subject of debate for some time. I feel that Andalusian music is a sort of grandmother of flamenco. Flamenco found me.”Shweiki is also delighted he found Tom Cohen and Jerusalem Orchestra East West.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 04, 2019 12:00 UTC