İlana Eliya Yar Gawre. פרסום אלייה

Ilana Eliya - An ethnoclassic singer

Ilana Eliya is a unique voice. Born in Israel, of Kurdish descent, Eliya feeds off both her own extensive cultural heritage as well as the rich tapestry of ethnic sounds, smells and spirits emanating from the Middle East.

Fueled by her cultural and familial roots -- her father was a cantor who performed an extensive range of religious Jewish material as well as putting together a priceless collection of songs from the rural areas of Kurdistan -- Eliya stormed onto the Israeli and, subsequently, the world scene with a rare gift.

It is said that a true artist must have something to say, in addition to mastering the technical intricacies of his or her instrument. Ilana Eliya is a vocalist and storyteller par excellance. Whether singing songs from the classical Arabic songbook or performing multicultural and cross-cultural material from Andalusia Eliya takes her audiences on an enchanted voyage through the mysteries of the cultures she addresses.
Since her first recording, Jabalyio released in 1993, Eliya has performed all over the world with an oeuvre that continues to expand and cover ever-increasing musical and ethnic territory. Audiences in the United States, Europe and Israel have been introduced not only to relatively unknown Kurdish works, but also to classical Arabic pieces originally performed by legendary Egyptian singer Oum Koulthum and a wide range of religious and secular songs from the Ladino, Andalusian, Moroccan and Spanish cultures.

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