Suite of the East in Israel, July 8th

Suite of The East group is coming to Israel for a single summer concert at Goldstar Zappa in Tel Aviv.

Featuring: Avishai Cohen – trumpet, Joel Frahm – tenor saxophone, Yonatan Avishai – piano, Daniel Freedman – drums.

Tickets on sale now >>
Or by phone: *9080 (in Israel)

Suite of the East at Duc Des Lombards, Paris

Omer Avital’s Suite of The East group will perform Paris’ Duc Des Lombards for four nights at the end of June.

Featuring: Avishai Cohen – trumpet, Joel Frahm – tenor saxophone, Yonatan Avishai – piano, Daniel Freedman – drums.

Purchase tickets: Night of the 26 / 27 / 28 / 29
Or by phone: 01 42 33 22 88 (in France)

Suite of The East enters prestigious Best albums of 2012 lists

We are honored to learn Suite of The East has been listed as one of the best albums this year by some of the most regarded magazines, radio stations and jazz blogs:

TSF JAZZ (France) – Best Album of 2012 >>
DownBeat Magazine (USA) – Listed on best CDs of 2012 (★★★★) >>
NPR Music – Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2012 >>
Bird Is The Worm – #3 on Top 20 Jazz Albums of 2012 >>
Erie Times – #5 on Best Jazz CDs of 2012 >>
CKTK – #5 on Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2012 >>

New Jerusalem Orchestra receives critical acclaim

More than a thousand people witnessed a unique musical experience this month in Israel, ‘Maqam Yerushalem’, a program performed by the New Jerusalem Orchestra, led by Omer Avital and Yair Harel. The evening included arrangements of songs expressing longing for Jerusalem written by members of the orchestra, as well as the world premiere of Avital’s new piece ‘Hazoreem Bedima’. The concert, featuring a rare summit meeting of top musicians and singers from the Jewish and Arab scenes in Israel such as Haya Samir, Lubnah Salame and Abate Brihun, was hailed by the press as ‘the closest thing to latter days, musically and perhaps politically’.

Read review on Ynet (Hebrew) >>
Read article on Jerusalem Post >>
Read article by Aryeh Tepper about the New Jerusalem Orchestra >>