Welcome to Times Will Tell, the weekly podcast from The Times of Israel.

This week, we’re speaking to two musicians who will be performing at the upcoming 22nd Oud Festival, opening November 18 in Jerusalem. 

Wisam Gibran is a composer, poet and oud player who will be performing with poet Ronny Somekh this year, bringing their music and words to the stage. It's not the first time at the Oud Festival for Gibran, a Palestinian from Nazareth who performs globally, and who enjoys the particular mix of people and place at the annual event.

Singer Nataly Oryon, from Jerusalem, will be performing for the first time at the Oud Festival, bringing her mix of Greek music and song to the stage.

Greek is a language Oryon learned on her own, having fallen in love with its musicality and tone. The music she sngs is classical and traditional Greek music, and other tunes she's discovered along the way both in Greece and back home in Israel.

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IMAGE: Musician Wisam Gibran on the oud, his instrument of choice during the upcoming Oud Festival in Jerusalem (Courtesy Wisam Gibran)

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