Yarden Cohen

Yarden Cohen is a musician, stringed instrument player (oud, guitar and baglama), music teacher and maqam workshop host.
Her artistic work moves in the space between preserving traditional maqam and contemporary performance.
Her music is influenced by African, Turkish, Moroccan, Arabic and Israeli music.

The New Release: "Tmuna״
Goosebumps of excitement and joy.
A new single by Yarden Cohen
A mind-blowing cosmic connection between creation, melody, close friendship, and the evolution of an idea into reality.
Tough farewells on the journey of life—
It all pours out and resonates deeply in Yarden's music.
All that's left for us to do is listen and be filled,
To expand our sweet hearts.

The Story Behind the Song
The name "Tmuna" (Picture) came to be completely spontaneously in the recording studio. When Shlomi, the sound engineer, asked what to name the instrumental file, Yarden blurted out the first thing she saw—a picture on the wall. A few weeks later, a photographer named Philip reached out, offering to shoot her for an album. Yarden dreamed of him shooting her upcoming single cover, but tragically, two months later, Philip was killed falling from a cliff while taking photos in Mitzpe Ramon. As a heartbreaking and beautiful tribute, the cover photo chosen for the single is a picture Philip took of Yarden two years prior at a desert retreat, using his grandfather's film camera. Yarden lovingly dedicates this melody to him.

Credits:

Arrangement & Production: Omri Porat
Piano: Sharon Mansur
Drums: Itamar Gutman
Bass: Daniel Iwryn
Recording: Ogen Studios (Shlomi) & Danielle Dudi Cohen
Mix & Master: Avri Borochov
Photography:Philip