Changing Moments

1. Blue Camel

2. The man in the mosque

3. Huzzam Saz Ceremony - Hokkah

4. Changing moments

5. Percussion solo from Iran to Egypt

6. Pizmon Layakinton / Hyacinth Song

7. Rast Hymn / Turkish Sufi Music

8. Wish for peace

9. Jani (dedicated to my mother)

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist
Yinon Muallem is a composer, percussion and Oud player, and teacher of Middle East Eastern Turkish percussion such as darbuka, def, bendir and the Iranian zarb. He has recorded and appeared in concerts around the world. Yinon has collaborated with Yurdal Tokcan and Goksel Baktagir (Turkey), Ross Daly (Greece), vocalist Alim Gasimov and composer Piris Eliyahu (both from Azerbaijan), the Israeli Andulusian Orchestra, Yair Dalal, Eyal Sela & Ensemble Darma, Shmuel Ruzbahan (Persian Santur Artist), sheldon Sands (USA)and other leading musicians and artists worldwide. Yinon's versatility and talent are shown by the wide range of music he performs, ranging from classical Middle eastern music to modern and jazz.

Yinon is true member of the world music community.

Several years ago, Yinon traveled to Turkey in order to study Oud with Turkish Oud virtuoso Yurdal Tokcan. The two musicians developed an instant chemistry, which led to Yinon’s on-going collaboration with Turkish musicians. In 2001 Goksel Baktagir and Yurdal Tokcan joined Yinon, Eyal Sela and Yankale Segal in a project called "Café Istanbul" where they performed in the "One World" Festival and played four successful concerts in Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv and Haifa. In addition to performing, recording and composing, Yinon Muallem conducts percussion workshops. Yinon’s instructional video "Arabic Percussion" is sold worldwide and is included in some of the world’s leading music catalogs.

Yinon is joined by members of his percussion ensemble to perform and demonstrate five different Arabic percussion instruments:

Darbuka (also known as the doumbek)
Riqq (Egyptian tambourine)
Zils (finger cymbals)
Duff (large frame drum)
Mazhar (large tambourine)

Product Description
"Changing Moments" is Yinon Muallem's first CD released by Turkish music publisher Beyza Music. It was recorded in Israel and Turkey, featuring Turkish and Israeli musicians.

The compositions in the album are influenced by many different styles, including Classical Turkish Music, Sufi Music and other ethnic styles such as Indian, Arabic, Jewish and more. The influence of Turkish classical music is most evident in the pieces "Huzzam Saz Semaisi" and "Rast Ilahi". There are also some special arrangements by Yinon like the traditional Israeli song, Pizmon Layakinton. This song was composed by Rifka Gvili and lyrics by Leah Goldberg.

Changing Moments,Yinon Muallem,Troy International

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