Acclaimed Israeli-bred composer Misha Segal makes ‘forbidden’ music with Iranian and Lebanese musicians.
LOS ANGELES – Internationally acclaimed, multi-award-winning Israeli composer Misha Segal knows music is instrumental to peace. He grew up in Haifa in the 1940s, where war was like a shadow, always right behind you, ready to spread its darkness across the land. Rising above danger and adversity was music that filled the airwaves and made the streets come alive. Friendships and work partnerships between Israelis and Arabs were extremely unlikely, but there was an abundance of Arab radio stations in Israel. Only music could permeate this fierce cultural divide.
