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Ido Akov's "The Leopard Skin" was composed in 2016 for vocalist Etty BenZaken, Modalius Ensemble & conductor Eitan Steinberg as part of their project "Liberty, Otherness, Responsibility". The piece uses the opening stanzas of the well-known epic by Shota Rustaveli – the Georgian poet who lived his last years in exile in Jerusalem. His monumental work “The Leopard Skin” was translated into Hebrew only in the mid-twentieth century, by the Jewish-Russian poet Boris Gaponov. For composer Ido Akov, these two individuals represent the Otherness expressed in the cultural diversity of Israel, but also our Responsibility to preserve it.

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Text by Shota Rustaveli (1165-1220), performed in the original Georgian and in Hebrew translation by Boris Gaponov:
הַמֵּצִּיב תֵּבֵל בְּחֹזֶק יְמִינוֹ עַל-מְכוֹנֶיהָ
וַיִּפַּח רוּחוֹ מִמַּעַל בְּאַפֵּי כָּל-הֲמוֹנֶיהָ
וַיַּקְנֵנוּ אֶת-הָאָרֶץ כְּלוּלָה בְּצִבְיוֹנֶיהָ
מִיָּדוֹ שִלְטוֹן רַבֶּיהָ וּמָמְשֶלֶת אֲדוֹנֶיהָ
אֵל יָחִיד, אַתָּה יָצַרְתָּ כָּל-צוּרָה הַמִצְטַיֶרֶת
תֶּן-לִי עֹז וְתַעֲצֹמֶת עַל-הַיֵצֶר מִתְגַבֶּרֶת
פַּח בִּי אַהֲבָה נִלְהֶבֶת עַד-חֲלִיפָתִי בּוֹעֶרֶת
שָא אֶת-חַטָּאָה חָטָאתִי שֶאִתִּי לְשָם עוֹבֶרֶת
לָאֲרִי אֲשֶר נָאִים לוֹ הַחֲנִית וְגַם הַקַּיִן
שֶל-תָּמָר, מַלְכַּת הַזֹּהַר, חַכְלִילִית לְחִי כַּיַיִן
לוֹ-מִזְמוֹר הַלֵּל לִפְצוֹח לֹא-אַרְהִיב בִּי עֹז עֲדַיִין
יִמָּלֵא לָשֹבַע נֹעַם כָּל-רוֹאֵה פָּנָיו בְּעַיִן
לַמַּלְכָּה תָמָר נָרֹנָּה בְּדִמְעָה בְּדָם נִמְלַחַת
שֶאוֹתָהּ הִלַּלְתִּי שֶבַע בְּרִנָּה הֵיטֵב צוֹלַחַת
סוּף-זָקוּף הָיָה לִי חֶרֶט, דְּיוֹאִי – דִּמְעָה קוֹלַחַת
הַשּוֹמֵעַ – תִּנָּחֵת בּוֹ כַּחֲנִית בַּלֵּב פּוֹלַחַת

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from Liberty, Otherness, Responsibility - ח​י​ר​ו​ת א​ח​ר​ו​ת א​ח​ר​י​ו​ת, released September 6, 2018
Performed by Modalius Ensemble: Eitan Steinberg - conductor; Etty BenZaken - voice; Sarig Sela - recorders; Tali Goldberg - violin; Orit Messer-Jacobi - cello; Tal Feder - double bass; Oded Shoub - guitar; Amnon Yoel - percussion.

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Classic-Ethnic ensemble, co-founded by Etty BenZaken & Eitan Steinberg. For more albums with BenZaken & Steinberg visit also: benzakensteinberg.bandcamp.com

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