Israeli Conductor and Moroccan Pilot Unite to Revive Andalusian Music in Jerusalem

In Israel, Israeli conductor Tom Cohen and Moroccan pilot Karim Taiser, founder of the Moroccan Symphony Orchestra, are honoring ancient Andalusian music through the Jerusalem East & West Orchestra. "To have all these things I dreamed of... come to life, to see all these people come together to play, it’s a dream come true," Tom Cohen told i24NEWS. "We’re trying to musically take it to a new place, but it’s not a revolution, it’s an evolution."

Andalusian music has spanned the ages. It encompasses traditional and modern musical genres originating from the Andalusian region of southern Spain. "When we talk about Andalusian music, we’re talking about the music that was created in the golden age, when Jews and Muslims lived and created together. [...] "This music at the origin is music made of coexistence," continued the Israeli conductor.