Zohar Fresco

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Zohar Fresco (* 1969 in Israel ) is an Israeli percussionist and composer who specializes in frame drums .

Live and act

Fresco is a descendant of the Turkish composer Ishak Fresco Romano (also called Tanburi Ishak Efend, 1745–1814), who lived at the court of Selim III. was active. Zohar Fresco began playing drums as a child and developed a new fingering technique on the Tof Miriam frame drum . He was a founding member of the Israeli-Arab band Bustan Abraham , which existed between 1991 and 2003 and released several albums. Then he became known in the field of jazz as a member of the jazz trio Możdżer Danielsson Fresco , which he formed together with the Polish pianist Leszek Możdżer and the Swedish double bass player Lars Danielsson . He also worked with Hamid Drake , and Ara Dinkjian . He was also on tour with Philip Glass and can be heard on albums by Ross Daly and Kelly Thoma .

Discographic notes

  • Ziryab Trio: Mashreq Classics (1997)
  • Możdżer Danielsson Fresco: The Time (2005, PL: diamonddiamond)
  • Możdżer Danielsson Fresco: Between Us and the Light (2006, PL:Double platinum× 2Double platinum )
  • Ara Dinkjian: An Armenian in America (2006)
  • Napoli-Tel Aviv with Achinoam Nini and Gil Dor (2007)
  • Możdżer Danielsson Fresco: Polska (2013, PL:Double platinum× 2Double platinum )
  • Leszek Możdżer & Friends: Live at Berlin Philharmonic III (2015)
  • Tof Miriam (2015)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anders Hammarlund, Tord Olsson, Elisabeth Ozdalga: Sufism, Music and Society in Turkey and the Middle East . Routledge, Oxford 2009, ISBN 978-0-7007-1148-2 .
  2. ^ Benjamin Brinner: Playing across a Divide: Israeli-Palestinian Musical Encounters . Oxford University Press, Oxford 2009, ISBN 978-0-19-517581-3 .
  3. ↑ המתופף חמיד דרייק יופיע הערב בתל אביב עם אסיף צחר וזוהר פרסקוב בתל. Haaretz , April 4, 2006, accessed July 10, 2008 .
  4. ↑ A dream come true. (No longer available online.) Jerusalem Post , archived from the original on June 10, 2014 ; Retrieved July 10, 2008 .
  5. ↑ Awards for music sales: PL
personal data
SURNAME Fresco, Zohar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Israeli percussionist (frame drum) and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Israel