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S O L O P I A N O C O N C E R T
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ELUL CONCERT
Piano and Cantorial Voice Recital
Elul: A Musical Journey Towards the Days of Awe
YITZHAK YEDID: PIANO & VOICE
The concert, piano and voice, will feature treasured melodies including Ki Hinei Kachomer B’yad Hayotzer, Ohilla La’El, Ha’Mevorach B’fi Kol Ma’arach, Sha’arei Shamayim Ptach, Et Sha’arei Ratzon, and Achot Ketannah, alongside Yitzhak Yedid’s own piano music. An concert of prayer, melody and contemplation: a musical preparation for Yamim Nora'im.
Elul is a time of preparation. It is the month before Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, a time to stop, look inward, remember and prepare for the year ahead.
For me, Elul is also a time of listening. Many of the niggunim (melodies) associated with this period have been passed from generation to generation, carried in the voices of people who sang them in synagogues and homes. Some are Hasidic niggunim, some come from Ashkenazi and Eastern European traditions, and others belong to the Sephardi and Mizrahi Jewish world.
I grew up with this diversity. My father, an amateur cantor, introduced me to the Aleppo Jewish traditions of Baqashot and Piyyutim, while my mother encouraged me to learn Western classical piano. These two worlds became the foundation of my musical life. In this concert, I bring them together through voice and piano.
The programme moves gradually towards the Days of Awe, from yearning and contemplation, through memories of Jewish life and tradition, to the prayers of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Alongside the traditional melodies, I play my own improvised piano music, allowing the old melodies to enter a contemporary musical space.
The concert, piano and voice, will feature treasured melodies including Ki Hinei Kachomer B’yad Hayotzer, Ohilla La’El, Ha’Mevorach B’fi Kol Ma’arach, Sha’arei Shamayim Ptach, Et Sha’arei Ratzon, and Achot Ketannah, alongside Yitzhak Yedid’s own piano music. An concert of prayer, melody and contemplation: a musical preparation for Yamim Nora'im.
ABOUT YITZHAK YEDID
Yedid has been honored as the Azrieli Laureate for Jewish music and is the recipient of the Israel Prime Minister's Prize for Composers and the Landau Prize for Performing Arts.
Described as a "wonderful storyteller and a master pianist" by Barry Davis of DownBeat Magazine, Yedid's music has graced major festivals worldwide. He has released 14 internationally acclaimed albums.
I LOVE performing on any stage, anywhere in the world, so if you have a venue, I’m ready to bring the music—let’s connect!"
Yitzhak Yedid specializes in performing Judaeo-Sephardic and Middle Eastern sacred music in concert piano recitals.
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Yitzhak Yedid is an Israeli-Australian pianist and composer whose music bridges cultures and traditions. Born in Jerusalem and raised in a musically inclined family, his father, an amateur cantor, played a significant role in his upbringing, instilling the traditions of Aleppo Jewish liturgical chanting, with a particular focus on Baqashot, Piyyutim, and Niggunim. Yedid’s heritage includes a Syrian-Jewish father and an Iraqi-Jewish mother, giving him deep roots in the Mizrahi musical and spiritual tradition.Yedid has received major international recognition, including the Azrieli Prize in Jewish Music, the Landau Prize, and a Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship. His works have been performed and commissioned by leading orchestras, ensembles, and festivals across Australia, Europe, and America.Yedid has developed a distinctive artistic voice that combines structural depth with improvisatory freedom. His musical aesthetics draw on chanting Niggunim and Western piano music, seamlessly integrating them into contemporary works that are at once meditative, expressive, and occasionally provocative. His compositions often convey narratives of memory, longing, and cultural identity, creating immersive sound worlds where tradition and modernity meet.
