Middle Eastern Music Ensemble 
Aug 7 – 11
10 a.m. - 1 p.m. & 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.

With Yair Dalal

Academic credit for this workshop!

Are you an undergraduate or graduate student at a university or conservatory? If so, you can probably get 1-3 academic credits for taking this workshop, thanks to our new cooperation with the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt in Weimar, Germany. Please send an email to for more details.

Entering the world of Middle Eastern music is a profound experience, especially when you are guided by one of its greatest living teachers and practitioners.

We are very pleased to welcome back virtuoso violinist, oud player and singer Yair Dalal, who will lead the Middle East ensemble this year as well. Everyone is welcome – newcomers as well as second-time participants.

We will focus on music and songs of the Middle East, folk tunes, the maqam system and taksim improvisation. The workshop is open to all instrumentalists and will conclude with a joint concert featuring all participants.

We are offering scholarships to refugees and students from the Middle East. If you would like to apply, please send a short biography and information about your musical studies to

If you're unsure about whether this workshop is right for your musical level of experience, please click here.

Workshop fee: 200 € Standard / 150 € Reduced / 250 € Sponsor / 100 € under 18.
We regret that we can't neither offer the early bird discount nor the discount for Other Music Academy e.V. members for this workshop.
For information about the Standard, Reduced and Supporter fees >> read about

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The evening program that caps each workshop day has much to do with the unique atmosphere of Yiddish Summer Weimar. On some evenings we meet for jam sessions in Weimar's cafés or in the Other Music Academy (OMA), a great opportunity to put into practice what you've been learning during the day and connect with the other participants. On other evenings, we present concerts connected to the workshop topic performed by internationally recognized artists. During the Festival Week (July 27 - August 3), directly following each evening's featured event in the mon ami cultural center, we meet again in the OMA for the Late Night Cabaret, an informal and fun atmosphere for short performances by anyone ready to jump on stage. In Yiddish Summer Weimar, learning, playing and connecting with each other go hand-in-hand.