The Jerusalem Orchestra East & West original album

Vision

To distribute, Through catchy and modern musical creations performed by great performers, our message of a unique musical language that was created in this land through the meeting of so many different rich cultures.

To present the place where we Israelis do not stand in conflict with our neighbours, but rather share the same roots and traditions and can enjoy artistic creation that is based on all of this diversity.

Activity

Concert conductor, arranger, composer, musical director: The Jerusalem Orchestra East & West, The Mediterranean Orchestra Ashkelon, The Israeli Andalusian Orchestra, The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, The Israeli Chamber Orchestra etc… (Israel), L’Orchestre Symphonique Andalou de Montreal (Canada) the MED Orchestra (Belgium), L’Orchetre Andalousie de Paris (France), Ethno Orchestra (Cyprus), “El Gusto” orchestra (Algeria), “Sogdiana” (Uzbekistan), “Symphoniyat” (Morocco).

Music Producer / Arranger: Rachid Taha, Cheb Khaled, Enrico Macias, Yasmin Levy, Ishtar Alabina, Maurice el Medioni, Omer Adam, David Broza, Nasreen Qadri etc..

Composer for Cinema & TV: “Zagury empire” by Maor Zagury, “Footnote” by Joseph Cedar, “Testimony” by Shlomi Elkabetz.

Is true that you're music is like an ocean, and compared to it our music is like a drop - said the eastern philosopher to his western colleague - but you're ocean is water, and our drop is a tear...

Tom Cohen

Tom Cohen, 35, Is head conductor and musical director of “The Jerusalem Orchestra East & West” (Israel), “L’Orchestre Symphonique Andalou de Montreal” (Canada), “the MED Orchestra” (Belgium) and “Symphoniyat” Orchestra (Morocco).

Cohen is known for his unique ability to transmit the music of Arab, Muslim and North African Culture to western classically trained musicians and vice versa. This ability brought him to collaborate with bodies such as “the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra” and the Algerian “El Gusto” Orchestra, amongst others.

As well as being a musical producer and a composer for Cinema and Television, Cohen is also considered to be one of the world’s most fascinating Mandolin players.