Hello and welcome to our MySpace page ! We, the Mayura Trio, are three friends that have joined together, each bringing our own wealth of individual musical experiences, to create a new and unique connection between Indian Classical music, Western music and music from Israel. Our material is made up of arrangements of melodies from various musical traditions: Indian, Hebrew and Arabic, alongside original compositions. The pieces all include a great deal of improvisation, offering each player a wide range of artistic freedom and the expanse to express his own distinctive influences. In our music we try and combine the Indian-Western musical facets evenly by importing not only the particular ‘sound’ found in each culture, but also their respective traditions: Raga (melodic content) and Tala (rhythmic content) in Indian music; Harmonic progression and Counterpoint sensibilities in Western music, as viewed through the multicultural kaleidoscope present in our homeland. ‘Mayura’ is the Hindi-Sanskrit word for ‘Peacock’, a sacred and highly regarded bird in India. It is also the Hindu goddess Saraswati’s mount, the goddess of knowledge, music and art. The unpredictable combination of tone colours that we experienced when we started working together reminded us of the male peacock’s tail-feathers, where contrasting shades and colours intertwine to form an inimitable and mesmerizing display, and hence the choice of name.We hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed creating the music. See you again :)
Special Thanks:
Gidi Hubbert: I would like to thank my teacher and guru Pandit Shivnath Mishra of the Benares Gharana for teaching me all I know about playing the Sitar. Special thanks also to my guruji’s wife Parmila Devi, His son Deobrat Mishra and all of the Mishra family for all the help and love they have given me, and continue to give.
Einav Bar’am: I owe all my knowledge and ability to my teacher and guru Pandit Suresh Talwalkar of Mumbai, without whose years’ of guidance I would never have reached the humble level of Tabla playing I am at now.
Udi Horev: Many thanks to my dear Guitar teacher Shlomo Oz , who set me on the path to my own personal musical expression.