{"id":2159871,"date":"2025-11-16T10:48:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T10:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2159871"},"modified":"2025-11-16T10:48:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T10:48:31","slug":"gilad-hazans-fusion-of-rock-house-and-arabic-music-captivates-at-oud-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/gilad-hazans-fusion-of-rock-house-and-arabic-music-captivates-at-oud-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilad Hazan\u2019s fusion of rock, house, and arabic music captivates at Oud Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Gilad Hazan wowed the audience at the Jerusalem Oud Festival with his genre-defying performance, blending Arabic music with house beats, rock, and jazz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Gilad Hazan is a virtuoso oud player. That much was patently clear from his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/must\/article-873041\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jerusalem International Oud Festival;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jerusalem International Oud Festival<\/a> concert at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/must\/article-869109\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Confederation House;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Confederation House<\/a>. And he ain\u2019t too bad on violin either.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But what sets him apart from the vast majority of his fellow instrumentalists is his unapologetic embrace of a broad sweep of genres and styles that feed into his core <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/culture\/article-760901\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Arabic music;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Arabic music<\/a> line of work. His in-between number repartee included some entertaining biographical details, and we learned that, before he set clearly gifted hands to oud and violin, he was into very different sounds and rhythms, such as house and trance.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">A blend of genres<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/consumerism\/article-871779\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Rock music;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Rock music<\/a>, surely, was also a major player in his early evolving consciousness, and he led the quintet\u2019s melodic attack with gusto, reeling off frenetic arpeggios balanced by delicate interludes that suggested shades of harmony \u2013 an element that is traditionally eschewed by Arabic music practitioners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Yisrael Dayan upped the harmonic ante on keyboards, displaying jazzy tendencies betwixt and between, but, naturally, the show\u2019s mainstay was a multilayered tapestry of Arabic music dialects and nuances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The title number was a mellifluous affair, and the melodic anchor, and scintillating solo spots by Hazan, veteran percussionist Erez Munk, and violinist Talia Shalem drew rapturous applause from the packed audience.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Oud Festival (credit: OMRI BAREL)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">There were some sound balance issues, making the keyboards and double bass hard to discern at times, but bassist Yeari Ben Barak came into his own with an adventurous solo spot towards the end of the show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hazan\u2019s expansive sound palette, colorful personality, and whiz-bang instrumental showmanship had us all riveted and right royally entertained throughout. Depleted resources notwithstanding, perennial festival artistic director Effie Benaya, once again, produced the goods.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gilad Hazan wowed the audience at the Jerusalem Oud Festival with his genre-defying performance, blending Arabic music with house beats, rock, and jazz. Gilad Hazan is a virtuoso oud player. That much was patently clear from his Jerusalem International Oud Festival concert at Confederation House. And he ain\u2019t too bad on violin either. 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