Music Performance by Miqedem

Yaron Cherniak, Shai Sol, Jamie Hilsden, and Leat Sabbah

Tuesday, May 27, 2025
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Lani Hall at the UCLA Schoenberg Music Building
445 Charles E Young Dr E

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Organized by the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies. Co-sponsored by the UCLA Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience.

This event is made possible by the Lowell Milken Center for Music of the American Jewish Experience at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.

About the Band

Hailing from Tel Aviv, Israel, MIQEDEM (the ancient Hebrew word for “of old” or alternately, “from the east”) is a band whose music can be described as sacred Hebrew folk. Miqedem is most known for their exclusive reliance on ancient Hebrew Scripture in their lyrics, drawing most heavily on the poetry of the Psalms. With influences stemming from Middle-Easten and North African genres, the band often utilizes microtonal scales, irregular time signatures, and regional Middle-Eastern instruments in their music.

In late 2024 the band released “Live in Tel Aviv”, their first live album and concert film, where they performed as a quartet, and in Spring 2025 Miqedem is bringing this same concert to Southern California.

The band’s 2025 lineup consists of the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center’s 2024–2025 Harry C. Sigman Graduate Fellow Yaron Cherniak (Vocals / Oud / Saz / Tar / Cura /Shurangiz), Shai Sol (Vocals / Acoustic guitar / Percussion), Jamie Hilsden (Vocals / Acoustic guitar / Bass / Percussion), and special guest Leat Sabbah (Cello / Vocals).