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A contemporary Israeli composer, Dalal's sound is based on consistent continuous work with equally hard working colleagues. (The Al Ol ensemble and other artists local and international.)
A fine composer, oud and violin player. Dalal was born in Israel in 1955 to parents who emigrated from Iraq. His musical skills vary from classical European music to jazz, rock, blues and Arabic Classical music.
His background as one of the latest representatives of Arab Jewish music from Iraq, has allowed him to develop this rare mix of traditional and modern, Jewish and Arab, Oriental and Western.
Dalal has proved that he is able to deal with the challenge of reconciling his own conception with the widest range of music, constantly finding something new to say.
Yair Dalal is also a strong advocate for peace in Israel and devotes his talent to abolishing the ideological barriers between people and in particular between Jews and Arabs.
In addition to innumerable concert performances around the world, Dalal has impressively made many recordings in a very short time period.
AL OL 1995, Music Channel - Warner 1995, Samar 1997, SILAN, 1997 Magda- Amiata SeshBesh - Enja 1998 and his tracks are on numerous compilations.
Dalal's music is mainly instrumental and is a symbiosis between the temporal and the visionary. He has proved to achieve a level independent of time and fashion.
Dalal's arrangements are characterized by a professional naivism. He works on musical space using beautiful phrases and fascinating rhythms and does not hesitate to exaggerate and repeat to the limit of the unbearable. The Bedouin music has an accentuated melodic line, a reserved but extremely emotional expression.
There are no electronics used to design atmosphere. Dalal has preferred to remain as authentic as possible, even choosing to record in a tent. Bedouin music and culture is slowly being eliminated, and this is an attempt to preserve at least a small repertoire of Bedouin music from the Negev.
Dalal's intimate reserved personality goes well with the Bedouins' modest behavior. Their friendship goes back years. When others were travelling to India in the Seventies, Yair traveled the Sinai and Negev deserts with his camel and violin. It was back then that the strong bond with Bedouins and their culture was founded.
"AZAZME" is a musical tribute from Yair Dalal to the Bedouins of the Negev desert in Israel.
"...In the space of a few months, Dalal had gone from music teacher and part time cow hand to the focus of world media." The Jerusalem Post. 16.4.99