Yaron Cherniak

Welcome to the Official site of composer, multi-instrumentalist and singer Yaron Cherniak

Latest news and releases

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Save Me | Nejatam Deh

Psalm 6

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In Your Light (B'Orcha)

Khodaye Mohabbat // خدای محبّت // God Of Love [Video Clip] – The Singing Nightingale

Live

Miqedem acoustic

We did a live acoustic concert with Miqedem. It was amazing. Please check our upcoming shows when you want to visit the next concert.

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Ever Kayona | אבר כיונה

Yaron Cherniak ft. Daniella Tourgeman

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God Of Love

Khodaye Mohabbat // خدای محبّت // God Of Love [Video Clip] – The Singing Nightingale

Ministry

Help a minority who suffer from oppression and persecution

With our NGO Morasha we’re helping artist and composers with finance en technology. Read more on my ministry page. Please consider donating for this cause.

Biography

Yaron Cherniak ירון צ׳רניאק is a Jerusalem-based performer, composer, and Musicologist. He is known as a multi-instrumentalist playing the Persian Tar, Turkish Saz, Cretan Lyra, Hurdy Gurdy and more. His areas of research as a musicologist is in various ancient music cultures such as Persian, Kurdish and Jewish traditional genres.

Instruments

The Persian Tār is a long necked lute. This instrument anatomy shows a body with two unequal heart-shaped openings...
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The Shurāngiz (شورانگیز, meaning tumult-exciting) is a Persian musical instrument, based on the Setar...
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The main instrument of Cretan Music is the Cretan Lyra, a small three stringed fiddle held upright on the knee,...
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The hurdy-gurdy carries different names such as organistrum, symphonia (in Spain), chifonie, organica lyra, vielle à roue (In France)...
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The baglama, Turkey's national folk instrument, is a symbol of a Central Asian Turkic past as well as a Turkish present that identifies strongly...
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Learn to play!

Want to learn about the Persian Tar or Cretan Lyra? Yaron offers on- and offline music lessons.

Discography