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Issac Gutwilik and Ahmed Alrodini. Photo: Jeff Berman
Isaac Gutwilik
Issac Gutwilik and Ahmed Alrodini. Photo: Jeff Berman
Canadian-born Gutwilik’s interest in music began at a young age when his aunt gave him a Perez Prado album and his own transistor radio. School offered him an immersion into the world of traditional Jewish and Hebrew chanting. While living in Jerusalem, Gutwilik began serious conga studies and became a member of the percussion ensemble at the Rubin Academy of Music. At the same time (1978-80), Isaac became a percussionist for Yemeni choreographer/singer Yitzhak Levy-Awami, with whom he performed Yemeni folk music. Since moving to New York in 1989, Gutwilik has specialized in the traditional Jewish folk music of Yemen. He performs regularly with fellow Brooklyn Maqam artist Ahmed Alrodini, a locally-based expert in music from Yemen’s Red Sea coast.
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