ArtistInfo

Michal Elia Kamal

Band,
Folk and World

Praised by fRoots Magazine as ‘A celebration of the cosmopolitan traditions of both Istanbul and the Sephardic Jewish community and another example of the great music that is coming out of the Eastern Mediterranean right now’, Michal Elia Kamal created a project is the fusion of different ethnicities and cultures, the singer is Israeli from Iranian origin, the santur player is Turkish the guitarist is French and they cooperate with musicians from different origin as well (Turkish, English and more). With the strength and openness of their youth and the various musical influences they have, they intuitively created a original colourful blend of their inner voices with flavours that would carry the imagination on a travel trough the Middle east and beyond. What became the core trio of the band met in 2010 in the streets of Istanbul. Michal Elia Kamal, would write lyrics, and arrangement and composition would be made by the trio including Metehan Çifçi (santour) and Julien Demarque (guitar). The trio now performs on stage with the support of two other musicians, the percussionist Demir Asaad and the bassist Jack Butler. Today the band continues its journey with the support of thousands of fans. They have toured in Turkey, Cyprus, Germany, Switzerland, France, Hungary, Greece, Finland, India… They also are getting more attention from media, they appear regularly on turkish TV Trt Haber DD and Trt Music, in a few documentaries about the Turkish music scene and will appear also on the german/french Arte Channel. Their youtube videos have also reach millions of views.

Members

	Irén Lovász voc *1961 HU
	Jitka Šuranská vn, voc
	Julien Demarque g
	Pavel Bartoš b, eb, cb
	Demir Asaad perc
	Juraj Stieranka vn
	Jack Butler eb
	Gugar Manukjan acc
	Viktor Kundrák dr
	Martin Krajíček man, voc