[Gbrooks-promo] Concert Reminder ** This Saturday ** George Brooks, Yair Dalal & Jim Santi Owen

[George Brooks]

George Brooks, Yair Dalal & Jim Santi Owen

Plus special guest - Amit Heri - fabulous guitarist from Bangalore,  
India

Saturday, April 17, 8pm

Kehilla Community Synagogue

1300 Grand Avenue, Piedmont, CA 94610

Ph: (510) 547-2424 · Fax: (510) 547-2442



Tickets: $25 for the general public; $18 for Kehilla members, anyone  
under 30, students and senior citizens.

Click here to purchase General Public tickets online

Click here to purchase tickets for Kehilla members, anyone under 30,  
students and senior citizens




Yair Dalal is a wonderful musician of Iraqi - Israeli descent. He is  
a  composer, violinist, oud player and singer,,committed to  
preserving the Babylonian musical heritage and the music of the  
Beduim. Much of Dalal’s work reflects his extensive skill in  
classical and Arabic music and reflects his strong affinity for the  
desert and its habitants. Dalal’s family came to Israel from Baghdad  
and his Iraqi roots are embedded in his musical work. He creates new  
Middle Eastern music by interweaving the traditions of Iraqi and  
Jewish Arabic music with a range of influences from the Balkans to  
India.

Yair Dalal performs worldwide and has collaborated with Maestro Zubin  
Mehta, Jordi Savall, L. Shankar, Hamza El Din, Omar Faruk Tekbilek,  
Michel Bismuth,  Armand Aamar, Shlomo Mintz, Maurice El Medioni,  
Mustafa Raza, Cihat Askin, Nagati Chelik, Ensemble Kaboul, Adel  
Salameh, Morwan Abado, The Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kamerata  
Jerusalem Orchestra, Melmo symphonic orchestra and many more.

Jim Santi Owen is an American percussionist, teacher, and performer  
based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Drumming since the age of eight,  
he has been studying tabla since 1991 from Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri at  
the Ali Akbar College of Music, at the California Institute of the  
Arts, and in India. Since 1995 he has been studying South Indian  
percussion instruments including mridangam, ghatam, kanjira and  
morsing from T.H. Subash Chandran and tavil from K. Sekar.
Jim has performed with internationally renowned artists Pharoah  
Sanders, Hamza el Din, Alam Khan, Stanley Jordan, Kartik Seshadri,  
Persian vocalist Sharam Nazeri, Steve Smith,Terry Riley, Jazz  
saxophonist Joseph Jarman (Art Ensemble of Chicago), Jai Uttal, avant- 
garde pianist Myra Melford, pianist Omar Sosa and many others.


www.georgebrooks.com




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