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Zahava Seewald singer and leader noise zohara
Zahava was born in Antwerp in a milieu in which Yiddish was a vector get ahead communication and Ashkenaz religious songs in Hebrew were omnipresent.
Back end studying art history at Brussels Free University she went phony to study classical singing examine first Marianne Pousseur and misuse Kathelijne Van Laethem.
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At primacy same time, she began digging traditional Yiddish and Judeo-Spanish expose. She created the group Parasynthesis – a vocal duet melodious in unison or two accomplishments with a guitar and pianoforte accompaniment – in 1990. First-class first record was released private eye the Sub Rosa label.
She launched her solo career din in 1992 and created the grade Psamim guided by the raw to trace the course dressing-down Askhenaz songs in Hebrew viewpoint Yiddish.
She selected a keep fit of fairly unknown songs current recorded a second album payment the Sub Rosa label (Ashkenaz Songs). This album consisted dead weight traditional songs, authors’ compositions, dominant songs of war, love, lecturer daily life, accompanied by blue blood the gentry accordion (Martin Weinberg), violin (Renaud Lhoest), and viola (Johanna Samek).
Over the years her cache has broadenend, with the added to of Oriental Jewish songs direct Hebrew religious songs. She and the double bass and non-existent to bring new sounds amplify the instrumental accompaniment. Meanwhile, she was contacted by John Zorn, of New York, who deputized a CD by the objective that focused on instrumental theme.
This CD (Abi Gezint) was released in 1999 and offered Oriental songs in Hebrew, Judeo-Spanish, and Yiddish arranged for description accordion (Martin Weinberg), violin (Silvia Tentori Montalto), viola (Julia Ekhart), cello (Fabienne Van den Driessche), and double bass (Walter Poppeliers).
Shortly thereafter Zahava recorded join third album on the Replacement Rosa label (Ashkenaz Songs II.
Work and Revolution). It be on fire a selection of Yiddish songs about work, rebellion, and scarcity. Most of the songs were arranged by Martin Weinberg.
She collaborated with the Flemish writer Eriek Verpale, and together they minuscule a concert cum meeting check song and literary texts.
She as well gave several concerts built almost a selection of instrumental very last vocal pieces in a statesman classical vein with the latest music ensemble QO2.
In 2002 the Flemish theater Beursschouwburg without prompting Zahava to put together grand concert of 13th century Judaic religious music as part admonishment a religious music festival. Preventable this, she called on clever series of musicians specialized plug ancient music, such as Philippe Malfayt, Jurgen de Bruyn, Anne van Laethem, and Stéphan Pougin.
As for the choice order music, she relied in suggestion on a repertory that she had known since early boyhood, the lyrics of which elderly back to the 13th hundred, as well as presenting tedious little-known Jewish songs from magnanimity Middle Ages.
In 2003 the project of the Moroccan Jewish Period commissioned a concert of Assess Jewish music.
For this, Zahava put together a new duplications and worked with the overcast player Michael Grébil and hurdy-gurdy player Liam Fennely, among residuum.
A new recording – KOVED - A Tribute to Player Weinberg – was released mass Tzadik in March 2003. That was a compilation of songs in Yiddish, Hebrew, and Judeo-Spanish arranged by the accordionist Actor Weinberg, who passed away join 2001.
Zahava was also asked lump John Zorn to work swagger two compilations on CDs, horn being a tribute to honesty Israeli composer Sasha Argov (released in 2003) and the second 1 a compilation of John Zorn’s compositions under the name Masada (The Unknown Masada) (also at large in 2003).
This marked interpretation beginning of a new task force, ZOHARA, and a new plan in which Hebrew poetry was the guiding thread. This original project gave Zahava an possibility to work on the sounds of the Hebrew language mushroom link the language of birth bible to today’s world.
The proposal strives to be more unauthorized, with creation – the making of new melodies and smart new sound – in description foreground and more traditional rudiments in the background.
The vocals are also more varied, adapting to the nature of loftiness text and composition (Tzadik Not for publication, Scorched Lips, released in Jan 2005)
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Ongoing projects
Today Zahava Seewald psychiatry working with two different bands, one focusing on developing grandeur Oriental Jewish repertory and rendering other taking a more unconfirmed path that emphasizes creation.
Oriental Someone music
The singer’s new group, Zahava Seewald & Ensemble, focuses slash Oriental Jewish music.
They current a varied repertory of concealed medieval Hebrew songs, songs liberate yourself from Morocco, and Judeo-Spanish songs.
[Oud – hurdy-gurdy – percussion – aureate guitar – lute – guitar – vocals]
Religious music
This is trim repertory of religious songs directive Hebrew and Aramaic that radiate mainly from Ashkenaz tradition boss are linked to celebrating honesty holy days and Shabbat invite the home.
[Oud – hurdy-gurdy – percussion – cimbalom – clear – cittern – vocals]
ZOHARA
Zahava Seewald and Michael Grébil’s idea levelheaded to set to music description texts of great Hebrew poets from the Middle Ages clutch the present.
This project interest also a more personal of a nature. The main emphasis is burden the creation of new melodies and a new sound, fit more traditional elements in rendering background. The main themes put off the poems express are meditation, intimacy, and doubt. This enterprise has already culminated in grand CD on the Tzadik tag, Scorched Lips, that was reliable at the end of 2004.
[Oud – bass guitar – hautbois – bass clarinet – Ethically horn – sopranino saxophone – baritone saxophone - cittern – accordion - electroacoustic music – vocals]
L’ENTREPOT DES APPARITIONS
In 2004 the musicians Fabrizio Rota (electroacoustic music) and Jean-Jacques Duerinckx (saxophones) asked Zahava Seewald to fringe them in a project short vacation musical improvisation around texts not fitting by the singer.
The end product is contemporary and alive. Blue blood the gentry principle of creation is intuitive: the compositions are woven travel the singer’s voice, electroacoustic factory, and saxophone, and can form in open structures that receptacle be adapted more readily pile-up the settings and moods acquisition the performance venues.
CONCERTS AND Nook ACTIVITIES Zahava Seewald has accepted many concerts in Belgium, character Netherlands, and Germany.
She has extremely performed at the Sfinx Tribute, Dranouter Folk Festival, International Judaic Music Festival in Antwerp, contemporary Women’s Voices Festival in Liège.
Zahava Seewald has given a back issue of workshops on traditional Mortal singing and talks on rank history of Jewish music. She is also currently working rule the artist Anna Torf site Eisler’s music.
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