Sabah Fakhri, an authoritarian Syrian tenor who has helped preserve classical Arabic music with marathon concerts around the world, including a non-stop 10-hour performance in Caracas, Venezuela, in 1968 that earned him a Guinness World Record , died at the age of 88. . Fakhri sang the tarab, an emotionalRead More →
Concert by the Mead Witter School of Music. Press release : Chicago Arab Music Ensemble Amro Helmy, oud / vocals Majed Abu Ajamia, qanun / song Kim Fleuchhaus, no / flute Hannah Vis, cello Don Skoog, percussion Contemporarymusicproject.com/chicago-arabic-music-ensemble Arabic music is considered exotic, foreign to the ear, yet it isRead More →
Bahraini-Palestinian singer and songwriter, Banah is a name to be reckoned with when it comes to music in the Middle East. She presents a style of music that sets her apart from other Arab artists in the region, and her musical interpretation plays on the feeling of combining commercial elementsRead More →
Jordanian artist revisits world hit “Hadal Ahbek” with Loud Luxury and Ali Gatie Rising international pop phenomenon Issam Alnajjar reimagines his viral smash “Hadal Ahbek” with Loud Luxury and Ali Gatie as “Turning Me Up (Hadal Ahbek)”, available now numerically. Expanding the scope of their groundbreaking anthem, Alnajjar recruited CanadianRead More →
Universal Music Group announced the launch of Universal Arabic Music (UAM), a new label dedicated to discovering, introducing and defending the artists, sounds and rich musical culture of the Middle East region. and North Africa to audiences around the world. Republic Records and its parent company UMG founded the newRead More →
A viral video from TikToker captures the moment a police officer arrested him for playing Arabic music while cycling in a neighborhood. TikToker @israeliberry documented his detention in a trio of videos he uploaded on Tuesday. They collectively gained over a million views and migrated to Reddit’s r / PublicFreakoutRead More →
This obituary is part of a series on people who died during the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others here. Bassam Saba, a prominent Lebanese musician who promoted Arab music in the West before returning home at the end of his career to take charge of the National Conservatory of Lebanon,Read More →
Faraj Abyad and his orchestrapresented by the World Music Institute at Symphony SpaceFebruary 1, 2020 Arabic music is like a fine and complex miasma. It overwhelms us like a wave – its delicacy due in large part to the pinching of the zither. Most western songs express one mood orRead More →
Subscribe to our Policy NewsletterNY for the latest coverage and to stay informed about the 2021 elections in your district and across New York They appeal to the players! A Brooklyn band that holds concerts of Arabic music twice a month will celebrate their second anniversary during their show onRead More →
December 18 is celebrated as World Arabic Language Day. It was created by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2010. It was created to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity. It was also observed that he encouraged the equal use of his six official languages. The dateRead More →
How artists express their style and creativity in the context of a cultural tradition is one of the central questions of aesthetics. This applies to an extraordinary range of artistic practices across different cultures, although its responses and solutions differ widely. Our views on the problem can be easily distortedRead More →
Newsletter: FT Weekend Get weekend inspiration with the best of life, arts and culture. Delivered every Saturday morning. 47 Soul Balfron’s Promise (Kitchen Vinyl) The Balfron Tower in Poplar, east London, is the first port of call when filmmakers need to report urban deprivation: its hallways feature in videos fromRead More →
The Qatar National Library (QNL), a member of the Qatar Foundation (QF), will host a concert by the Marasi Ensemble in the library auditorium on December 13 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Open to the public at no charge, the hour-long show will feature several traditional Qatari songs. TheRead More →
At a merry rally at Mississauga City Hall on Wednesday, July 19, the Canadian Arab Orchestra (CAO) celebrated the end of its successful 2016/2017 performance season and announced a new venture, the inaugural Festival Arab Music and Arts Annual (FAMA). From October 28 to November 12, the Festival will featureRead More →
Wasla, a new Arab alternative music festival, will hold its first edition in Dubai. Popular artists from the Arab world – Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon, Algeria, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates – will perform on stage at the Dubai Media City Amphitheater on January 20, including Mashrou ‘Leila, Souad Massi,Read More →
Mohamed Mohsen (Photo: Arab Al-Ahram) Egyptian singer Mohamed Mohsen and the Heritage Ensemble for Arabic Music, conducted by Mohamed Ismail El-Mougy, will hold a concert on Thursday in Manama, Bahrain. The concert will take place in the Culture Hall of the National Theater as part of the Spring Cultural FestivalRead More →
Through Bret mccabe / Posted March 1, 2016 For two seasons, Marc Cudek, President of the Peabody Institute Early Music Department, included a concert of medieval Christian, Jewish and Arabic music in the program of their ensemble, the Peabody Consort. He called the program “Words and Music of the ThreeRead More →
She came so close – only to lose in the final. But it was the finalist who stunned audiences and became the unlikely singing sensation of “Arabs Got Talentâ€. Not likely, because while Jennifer Grout is very talented, she is definitely not an Arab. She is an all-American girl fromRead More →
Vancouver’s versatile guitarist Gordon grdina is coming back to Chicago this week for a few gigs, and I suspect they’ll sum up the lineup well delivered on the recordings he’s made over the past few years, where a love and investment in Arabic music has lifted and widened his chops.Read More →