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When Monteverdi meets Mercedes Sosa at the Sea of Galilee

Night on the Waters (in Hebrew, לילה על המים), is the encounter between the composer Aviva Amir and her daughter, mezzo-soprano Maya Amir, puts together original Israeli music, baroque music, Middle Eastern and Spanish melodies.

NIGHT ON THE WATERS

Program Name

Night on the Waters

Description

Night on the Waters (in Hebrew, לילה על המים), is the encounter between the composer Aviva Amir and her daughter, mezzo-soprano Maya Amir, puts together original Israeli music, baroque music, Middle Eastern and Spanish melodies.

Timing

75 Minutes

Musicians

Maya Amir, Mezzosoprano

Sonia Bienenfeld Navot, Viola da Gamba

Eyal Leber, Baroque and Classical Guitar

Maayan Doari, Percussion

Aviva Amir, Lyrics and Original Compositions

Alon Ohana, Guy Cohen Hanoch, Maya Amir, Arrangements

Concert booking

office.maya.amir@gmail.com

Musical Program

Aviva Amir – Essa Eina

Aviva and Maya Amir – Aneni

Cape Verdean coladeira – Sodade

Aviva Amir – Chambers

Viktor Heredia – Razón de Vivir

Aviva and Maya Amir – Night on the Waters

Aviva Amir – Jasmin Fragrance

Frederico de Brito and Ferrer Trindade - Canção do Mar

Aviva and Maya Amir – In the End of the Month of Elul

Gaspar Sanz – Canarios

Federico García Lorca – Nana de Sevilla

Andrea Flaconieri – Folia

Aviva Amir – Maim Haim (The Fountain of Living Waters)

Manuel de Falla – La vida Breve

Claudio Monteverdi – Quel sguardo sdegnosetto

Carmela y Paco Ibanez – La Partida (Ani Eshtagea) 

Manuel García – Yo que soy contrabandista from “El calculista”

Program Name

Night on the Waters

Description

Night on the Waters (in Hebrew, לילה על המים), is the encounter between the composer Aviva Amir and her daughter, mezzo-soprano Maya Amir, puts together original Israeli music, baroque music, Middle Eastern and Spanish melodies.

Timing

75 Minutes

Musicians

Maya Amir, Mezzosoprano

Sonia Bienenfeld Navot, Viola da Gamba

Eyal Leber, Baroque and Classical Guitar

Maayan Doari, Percussion

Aviva Amir, Lyrics and Original Compositions

Alon Ohana, Guy Cohen Hanoch, Maya Amir, Arrangements

Concert booking

office.maya.amir@gmail.com

Musical Program

Aviva Amir

Essa Eina

Aviva and Maya Amir

Aneni

Cape Verdean coladeira

Sodade 

Aviva Amir

Chambers 

Viktor Heredia

Razón de Vivir

Aviva and Maya Amir

Night on the Waters

Aviva Amir

Jasmin Fragrance

Frederico de Brito and Ferrer Trindade

Canção do Mar

Aviva and Maya Amir

In the End of the Month of Elul

Gaspar Sanz

Canarios

Federico García Lorca

Nana de Sevilla

Andrea Flaconieri

Folia

Aviva Amir

Maim Haim

(The Fountain of Living Waters)

Manuel de Falla

La vida Breve

Claudio Monteverdi

Quel sguardo sdegnosetto

Carmela y Paco Ibanez

La Partida

(Ani Eshtagea) 

Manuel García

Yo que soy contrabandista from “El calculista”

Aviva Amir is a descendent of Spanish - Jewish exiles who wandered centuries ago from Spain to Algeria, Egypt and finally settled in Israel in the ancient towns of Safed and Tiberias. Aviva's mother (1925 - ) was a genuine singer of traditional Arabic music, and it seems that Maya has inherited her grandmother's beautiful gracefully touching and warm voice.  Amir’s pieces of music create fascinating and sensitive connections between texts, rhythms and melodies as the influences of classical Arabic music, piyyut and Ladino songs reverberate her roots and childhood. 


Maya Amir, who specializes in Baroque music, displays in her performances diverse vocal abilities and interpretations. Maya - rooted in the landscapes of her native town by the Sea of Galilee, then highly musically educated in Europe - celebrates her passion for music by embracing the soul of her varied musical life.

THE MUSICIANS

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