Abiadi | Neta Elkayam in a tribute to Zohra Al Fassia

Neta Elkayam and her fellow band-members, second-generation to Moroccan immigrants in Israel, have become a prominent voice of a renewed Jewish Moroccan musical scene globally. Growing up surrounded by Maghribi music, they have set out to combine their rooted connection to traditional Moroccan music and their commitment to a contemporary artistic vision that takes music forward with compositions and texts that are relevant to today. Abiadi is a unique concert dedicated to Zohra Al Fassia, the great Moroccan Jewish singer. Under Amit Hai Cohen’s musical vision and featuring Neta Elkayam’s unique voice enriched with North African influences, they perform their original take on Zohra Al Fassia’s classic songs from all times. This is the first time that so many songs of Zohra Al Fassia’s repertoire receive a new musical interpretation, revealing her unique character, the tenderness and fierceness in her voice, and pioneering and mystery of her life. The concert will be accompanied with rare documentary videos by Haim Shiran and animation created especially for this production by the artist Dotan Moreno.

Neta Elkayam: Vocals, Artistic direction
Amit Hai Cohen: Musical Direction Arrangements, Piano, Banjo & Computer
Elad Levi: Violin
Moshe Bahar: Oud
Netanel Ben Shitrit: Darbuka
Evyatar Hermesh: Bass
Eyal Yahav: Cello
Gilad Vaknin: Mandole, Guitars
Hillel Amsallem: Percussion
Yafa Asor & Liz Butbul: Backing vocals

Idan P. Avidani: Production | Dotan Moreno: Animation | Gabriel Mandel: Sound  | Haim Shiran: Docu videos