The East-West Ensemble is a unique musical experience, Blending Diverse musical themes of Eastern and Western Cultures, These cultures Live and exist side by side in the Middle-East, where the group creates its special sounds.

The East-West Ensemble was formed in 1985 and performs all over the world. Its special blends of traditions, instruments and themes, make the Ensemble one of the world's extraordinary examples of how beautiful east-west coexistence can be.

The founder of the ensemble is Yisrael Borochov, a talented self-taught musician. Borochov realized the vision of combining the mixtures of different sources and cultures into a musical language of its own. On this journey, the listener is exposed to sounds and voices as Israeli, Arab, Far-East, Jewish, Jazz and western classical music.

The ensemble uses musical structures which are sometimes in classical Western forms influenced by various styles, at other times, the stracture takes the special forms found in the Far-East music where the development is more intuitive. The different trends lead to improvisations, customary both in Oriental and in western Jazz music.

The Ensemble's work is well appreciated and known in Israel and performing in festivals around the world New-York, Tokyo, Europe and Hong-Kong. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.