The band
Since 1989 the band Handala have seen the participation of a number of musicians from Italy and the middle-east and, due to it's musical research and ever-evolving changes, many different intruments both traditional and modern ones.
The band Handala now:
David Petrosino – keyboards, guitar and vox
Cecilia Amici – vox
Hakeem Jaleela – vox
Pejman Tadajon – oud, tar, bouzuki
Stefano Ribeca – flutes, saxes
Gabriele Gagliarini – percussions
Simone Pulvano – percussions
Claudio Mosconi – bass
Stefano Falcone – drums
Raimondo Mosci – sound & solutions
Terrence Briscoe – light & design
Played with Handala through the years:
Anan Al Shalabi - oud (Jordan)
Bassam A. H. - voce (Palestine)
Erasmo Treglia - violin, flautes, bouzuki (Italy)
Simone Vitale - bass, keyboauds (Italy)
Fabrizio Fratepietro - drums (Italy)
Issa Salem - percussions (Lebanon)
Mohamed Fares - percussions (Egypt)
Maurizio Lazzaro - oud (Italy)
Jamal Moktar - oud (Lebanon)
Ahmad Yaghi - percussions (Lebanon)
Barbara Barbatelli - violin, bouzuki (Italy)
Aurora Barbatelli - harp (Italy)
Daniele Iacono - drums (Italy)
Sandro Salvi - drums (Italy)
Stefano Barelli - guitar (Italy)
Marco Cianchi - guitar (Italy)
Maurizio Pizzardi - guitar (Italy)
Keenan Hleil - vox (Palestine)
Fabrizio Salvati - bouzuki (Italy)
Ale Benedetti - drums (Italy)
Abdallah Mohamed - percussions (Egypt)
Noà & Gil Dor - Il Amir, together...
Collaborations with Handala through the years:
Ketty Tirzi - management
Mario Schifano - artist
Marcello Gianvenuti - photographer
Fausto Ristori - photographer
Cristian Paraskevas - photographer