Mark Eliyahu: A fantasy of Kamancheh and Piano

Mark Eliyahu: kamancheh, baglama
Adi Rennert: piano

Mark Eliyahu, composer, master player of the Persian-Azeri kamancheh and the Turkish bağlama, and one of the leading and most influential musicians in the Israeli world music scene, has been living and breathing music from the moment he was born. The son of musician parents, he started travelling the Middle East at the age of 16 to study and research music, and has studied in Greece, Azerbaijan, Turkey and the Netherlands.

Mark has composed and performed music for film, dance companies and theatre productions, and has written, arranged and produced music for various leading artists, such as Rita, Idan Raichel, Ishtar, Sevda (Azerbaijan), and many others. Mark was chosen by the European Union to represent Israel in various international projects and has performed on some of the most prestigious stages across the globe with his projects and ensembles, along with his father, Piris Eliyahu.

In his first concert at the Axiothea Mansion, accompanied by the prominent Israeli pianist Adi Rennert, Mark Eliyahu will present a selection of pieces, inspired by the ancient Central Asian, Persian and Middle Eastern musical traditions, and brought together with European and modal harmonies that preserve the essential emotional qualities of the music, while making it accessible and inviting to everyone across boundaries of time and space.

In cooperation with the Embassy of Israel to Cyprus.

Ticket price: €10
Students/Discounted tickets: €5
Ticket card for all September – October events: €40

For information and reservations:
Monday to Friday 9.30 – 13.30
Tel. 22894531-2
e-mail: [email protected]