Hevenu Shalom Aleichem Around the World - Derbouka Version by Mehdi Ryan in Jerusalem

Hevenu Shalom Aleichem is such a popular Hebrew song that it's sung all over the world. Over the years we've shared videos of it being performed in Indonesia, by Mayan children in Guatemala, and in a Korean musical stage show. Among the 16 versions that we've posted you'll find it in France, India, and in an Irish pub in Phoenix.

And of course, it's still performed all over Israel. Today we're bringing you a version by Algerian musician Mehdi Ryan, a master of the derbouka.  

The derbouka is a single head membranophone with a goblet shaped body used mostly in Egypt, also in parts of the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, and Eastern Europe.

Mehdi Ryan, at just 26 years old, is a prodigious young musician. A very talented percussionist specializing in Derbouka, he discovered the derbouka at the age of 5 and made it his favorite instrument. Here he is playing Hevenu Shalom Aleichem at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, a school for the music and the performing arts in Jerusalem. It is located on the Givat Ram campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Enjoy!

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