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My music is the resonance of the meeting between me and the desert. Transformed to melodies.

I entered the world of music from the East through the gates of the oud. Whenever I listened to the vibrating strings resonating within it, inexplicable longings arose. Longings for what, or where, or when—unknown.

Alongside years of learning and searching, inspiration emerged, bringing with it melodies. Compositions that I believe convey the longing and wonder of the musical world and the dreams it creates.

I live in the south, close to the desert, which I desire to enter or exit at every opportunity. It feels as if the answers are there. The solutions lie there. And that desert resonates deeply between the strings and the compositions.

The pieces are instrumental, free from words and interpretations. They are not bound to any of the musical traditions of the East, yet echo them.

The intention in composing is to create that inexplicable yearning, to portray characters and tell a story through melodic movements, inviting each listener to journey into their own inner desert.

The sounds of the oud seem to clear the thoughts and deepen the experience of presence. Sometimes it seems they carry information destined for places beyond thought.

 

Humbly, I will thank my teachers Piris Eliyahu, Nizar Rohana, Mikha'il Maroun, for all the knowledge and love for music you gave me.

© Gad Tidhar

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