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Music · אנסמבל הפיוט ירושלים | Jerusalem Piyut EnsembleSlichot in Maqam Hijaz
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Slichot in Maqam Hijaz

Yair Harel and Eliyahu Dagmi perform a sequence of Slichot penitential piyyutim in the Hijaz maqam.

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Meet Yair Harel.

Piyyut · Voice and Zarb

Yair Harel

Israeli singer, percussionist and teacher from Jerusalem, and one of the people behind the revival of the piyyut: the Hebrew liturgical poetry that Jewish communities have sung for centuries, from Spain, North Africa, Iran and Iraq. He founded and directs An Invitation to Piyut, an online archive of that repertoire, and is artistic director of the Jerusalem Piyut Festival.

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