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TILTAN

‘TILTAN’ in the Hebrew language means ‘a Clover’, which is a symbol of good fortune. Tiltan's music is composed and arranged by guitarist David Golek.

Born to Polish father and a French-Algerian mother, growing up in Europe, South America & Israel, speaking several languages, studying and being exposed to different sorts of music, traditions, religions, war conflicts, created a determination for a musical and spiritual search. A search for unity and creating bridges between cultures. This music is result, one may say, of all these life experiences. Each and every song has a story, and the music flows through a range of landscapes and emotions..

The music can be described as a mixture of folklore, contemporary composition, jazz and improvisation, with influences from the Middle East, South America, Eastern Europe, North Africa and Jewish music. The musicians who join this journey are exceptional and enrich its outcome with their own cultural identities; this results in a fresh and colourful variation of music, difficult to identify as a specific genre, leaving a wide open window for your imagination.

Tiltan's CD 'A Road Less Traveled’, alongside live performances, has been well received by the press and received excellent critique. The album itself has been voted amongst the best 20 CD's of the year 2014, and was chosen as one of the 5 best World-music CD's of the year 2014 by 'Het Parool' (NL).

Bandmembers:

David Golek (IL/NS) - guitar, compositions, arr.

Oleg Fateev (MD/NL)- bayan

Daniel Mester (HU/NL) - clarinet

Bela Horvat (SI/NL) - violin, mandola


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Full (inter)national reviews on the website

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This CD from the music group Tiltan is a enlightening example of how global musical styles can blend together... organic, imaginative & warmblooded music full of fantasy....The music of Tiltan breathes utter freedom and universal humanity. A soothing answer to the upcoming xenophobia that is currently expanding in Europe. (Dutch newspaper: Het Parool)

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Tiltan is a striking example of a whole boundless mixture of styles. Leader David Golek choose a subdued approach to the acoustic guitar with a larger space for the other instruments: The Bayan of Oleg Fateev, the Viola of Oene Van Geel and the clarinet of Natalio Sued. The result is a wide collection of short pieces with elegant, folky melodies. Stylistically, the music is difficult to place, the emphasis seems to lie somewhere in Eastern Europe, with occasional reference to the Middle East. The themes evoke associations, with life in a village way of life, which you can almost imagine the images in there. The album is best to listen to as a whole.

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