Ben Cohen

Several composers have written music inspired by the story of Arianna (also commonly known as Ariadne) abandoned by Theseus on the island of Naxos. The American mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey, lauded for her intelligent and luminous singing, chose to illustrate this story by means of three composers: Alessandro Scarlatti, Handel and Haydn and with the help of the Arcangelo ensemble, founded by harpsichordist and organist Jonathan Cohen. The archetype of the woman abandoned, the character of Arianna offers composers and performers alike vast expressive possibilities for an audience always eager to identify themselves with the scarred heroine.

Omer Avital, hailed by the LA Times as “a pioneer in combining jazz with myriad world music elements,” is a composer, a virtuosic bassist, an oud player and an active force on the world music scene for well over a decade. This recording features Omer Avital's quintet performing several jazz pieces Live at Smalls Jazz Club in Greenwich Village.

Le Mossad est considéré aujourd’hui comme l’un des meilleurs services secrets du monde. L’histoire d’Elie Cohen, espion d’exception qui infiltra Damas pendant la guerre de Six jours, demeure l’un des événements fondateurs de sa légende.
En juin 1967, la défaite que l'armée israélienne inflige, en un temps record, à trois armées arabes prouve au monde entier l'efficacité des services de renseignements de l’État d'Israël. Derrière cette victoire éclair se cachent l’audace et l’intelligence hors-normes d’un seul homme : l’agent Elie Cohen, alias Kamal Amin Taabes, qui a fourni des renseignements décisifs au Mossad…

British poet, songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist Ben Osborn presents his debut album Letters from the Border, due out on April 19th 2019. The result of an extraordinary musical partnership with the head of Nonostar Records – German experimental violinist Alex Stolze - the album was created at the remote Nonostar Studio on the German-Polish border in the summer of 2018. It includes the acclaimed singles Fast Awake (November 2018) and A Bridge of Starlings (February 2019).