Taiseer Elias concert for the UK friends of the Abraham Fund

The Abraham Fund Initiatives & Goodenough College Middle East Club invite you to a concert and a talk with Taiseer Elias.

Taiseer Elias was born in the Israeli Arab village of Shafram. He has a Master's degree in ethnomusicology from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. A master of both Eastern and Western music, oud and violin, artist Taiseer Elias is the head of the Arabic Music Department at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance; a Professor in the Musicology Department at Bar Ilan University; the director of Arab music education in the Ministry of Education in Israel.

Elias is the founder and conductor of the first orchestra of classical Arabic Music in Israel and a founding member of the international "Oud Festival" in Jerusalem, and opens it each year with a world premiere.

Taiseer will be performing in support of the UK friends of the Abraham Fund (http://www.abrahamfund.org.uk/). The Abraham Fund Initiatives works to advance coexistence, equality and cooperation among Israel’s Jewish and Arab citizens by creating and operating large-scale initiatives, cultivating strategic grassroots projects and conducting public education and advocacy that promote its vision of shared citizenship and opportunity for all of Israel’s citizens. The UK Friends of The Abraham Fund Initiatives was set up to support the work of the Abraham Fund in Israel. Our aim is to raise awareness in the UK of the importance of the Fund's work and to provide financial and other support to The Abraham Fund in Israel.