Podcasts about Simon Shaheen

Documental amb dansa de dervix. Crítica teatral de l'obra «Els contrabandistes de llibres de Darayya», de Delphine Minoui. Traducció d'Albert Tola i Isabelle Bres. Versió d'Albert Tola i Iban Beltran. Intèrprets: Ilyass El Ouahdani, Laura Rosel, Marwan Sabri, Jorge-Yamam Serrano. Basada en «Les passeurs de livres de Daraya» de Delphine Minoui / Editions du Seuil, 2020. Espai escènic: Judit Colomer. Disseny i confecció de vestuari. Montse Figueras. Il·luminació: Alberto Rodríguez Vega (AAI). Espai sonor: Damien Bazin. Videocreació: Miquel Àngel Raió (Amb imatges extretes del documental «Daraya: A Library Under Bombs» de Delphine Minoui i Bruno Joucla, produït per Brother Films. Assistent de videocreació: Martín Elena. Construcció d’escenografia: TM Disseny Industrial: Equips tècnics i de gestió de la companyia. Direcció artística: Mercè Managuerra. Producció executiva: Sylvie Lorente. Comunicació: Marta Cros. Ajudanta de producció: Aida Llop. Tècnics de la companyia: Àlex Romero, Carolina Durian. Suport tècnic: Damià Plensa. Distribució: Cristina Ferrer (Tot Produccions). Producció: Cia. Dau al Sec, Teatre Nacional de Catalunya. Amb la col·laboració de Fabra i Coats - Fàbrica de creació de Barcelona. Agraïment especial: François Vila i Mathilde Mottier. Agraïments: Mariam Bahous Yalaoui, Ali El Aziz, Malika Guezmi, Abdila Ouled-Driss, Charaf Kbaweh Bouhaja, Mohamed Soulimane, Festival OUI! Equips tècnics i de gestió del TNC. Ajudanta de direcció i moviment: Ana Pérez García. Direcció de l'espectacle: Iban Beltran. Sala Tallers, Teatre Nacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, 23 gener 2025. Veu: Andreu Sotorra. Música: Hay Zirk - Invocation. Interpretació: Simon Shaheen & Quantara. Composició: Kudsi Erguner. Àlbum: Dervix dansa, 2024.

Clarissa Bitar is an accomplished Palestinian oud musician and composer hailing from Los Angeles, California. With a background in Music and a specialization in Ethnomusicology from UC Santa Barbara, Clarissa’s musical journey has been enriched by training under esteemed Arab oudists such as Simon Shaheen, Charbel Rouhana, and Bassam Saba. Their performances have graced stages across the United States and internationally. On this episode, Clarissa talks about growing up playing guitar, falling in love with the oud in college, and gradually switching from a biology major to ethnomusicology major to a working musician.  Clarissa's latest song ‘Leh' is coming out…

We partnered with Habibi Festival for a six-night celebration of ancient + contemporary sounds from Lebanon, Tunisia, Syria, Morocco, Palestine, Algeria and more! It all took place from October 1-7 at Joe's Pub in NYC. Each night we taped live conversations with the artists on stage. This special Quartertones episode is the second of six, featuring a conversation with mother-son duo Firas Zreik – who has previously joined us on Quartertones – and Amal Murkus, as well as snaps from their performances at Joe's Pub. Amal Murkus is a Palestinian singer, actress, producer, TV & Radio host. Born and raised in Kufer Yasef in the Galilee, her career has been dedicated to the promotion, preservation and enrichment of Palestinian music and culture around the world. Her music is pioneering in its creation of a post-modern musical style that brings different Mediterranean influences together.Firas Zreik is an artist, composer, lyricist and educator. A Palestine-born New Yorker, Zreik has revolutionized global perceptions of the Kanun instrument. While still preserving its identity as a vital part of the Maqam tradition, Zreik has "stretched its potential as a cultural chameleon enhancing a range of fresh, evolving sounds." He has collaborated with a number of leaders including Roger Waters, Simon Shaheen, Amir ElSaffar, Fabrizio Cassol and his internationally-renowned mother and frequent artistic partner Amal Murkus, for who he works as musical director.THIS SERIES IS PART OF THE AFIKRA PODCAST NETWORK QuarterTones is afikra's music podcast which hosts current Arab musicians from different geographies who play contemporary and modern music, including alternative scene or hip-hop, electronic, classical music, among other genres. The guests are invited to talk about their work and play their music – whether live or recorded – in three segments. The audience gets a chance to listen to some of the most interesting work from across the region and genres, and understand the music that these musicians and musicologists perform or study. Explore all episodes in this series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg2zwxYLPXg&list=PLfYG40bwRKl7FiLcdH_iSgv4RiXEy4GAh ABOUT AFIKRA afikra | عفكرة is a movement to convert passive interest in the Arab world to active intellectual curiosity. We aim to collectively reframe the dominant narrative of the region by exploring the histories and cultures of the region – past, present and future – through conversations driven by curiosity. 

Gabriela Martina is a vocalist, composer, and bandleader who grew up in Switzerland. She spent 13 years living and working in the US (Boston & New York) learning from the people who made Jazz (among many other styles of music originating from the US) as important of an art form as it is today. Gabriela grew up yodeling with her family and had performances as early as the age of 4. Being raised on a beautiful farm in the heart of Switzerland surrounded by a musical family has influenced her musical path strongly. Martina's upcoming album ‘Homage to Grämlis' (delayed by Corona 2020), is a tribute to the farm in the Swiss Alps where she was raised. In spring of 2019 she won the LABgrant from The Boston Foundation, which gave her great support with her album production of ‘Homage to Grämlis'. In the fall of 2021, Martina had the great honor to receive the arts & culture award 2020 from the arts and culture commission Horw, her home town in Switzerland. She also received the DIPLÔME DE MÉDAILLE DE VERMEIL from the lauréats Arts-Sciences-Lettres, 2020, in Paris (France). During the time of the pandemic, Gabriela Martina has composed nine new compositions for her newest album called ‘STATES'. The word ‘States' refers to the United States of America, but also to a ‘state of mind', or simply a ‘state of being'. Sounds created with your voice and percussion/drumming as the first human musical elements. She has used them as the core elements for her compositions. Her works include wordplay, music with words (spoken word) and words with no meaning (gibberish). The release for this album is slated for 2024! Released in 2016 with a four-star review from DownBeat, her album, No White Shoes, represented a major step in the singer's sojourn as a 21st-century musician. Martina had the opportunity to perform and collaborate with heavyweights like Meshell Ndegeocello, Jack DeJohnette, and Angelique Kidjo. She recorded with veteran drummer J.R. Robinson and was a semi-finalist in the Shure Voice Competition at the 2009 Montreux Jazz Festival, performing with guitarist Lee Ritenour's band. Martina released a critically hailed EP in 2010, Curiosity, which included her original song “Ain't Nobody,” a finalist in the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers Foundation Young Jazz Composer Awards in 2012. Martina owns her own booking agency called Red Velvet Sounds and is cofounder and curator of the free improv concert series In Momentum. In June 2019 she took part in the Central Swiss Yodeling Festival and graduated with top marks. She has also performed in concert venues such as the Berklee Performance Center, Jordan Hall, International Tennis Hall of Fame, State House of Flags and the Scullers Jazz Club. Gabriela has a bachelor's degree from Berklee College of Music and a master's degree from the New England Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Donna McElroy, Jason Moran, Cecil McBee, Miguel Zenon, Frank Carlberg, Dominique Eade, Ken Schaphorst, Jerry Bergonzi among many others. Martina is passionate about learning more about other cultures, helping to develop a sense for community, and fighting inequality and racism. She is a strong advocate of causes that promote equal human rights independent of religious or political affiliations. From 2009 to 2010, Martina was the founder and president of the Cultural Leaders Club at Berklee College of Music, where students investigated causes and effects in terms of race, gender, and ethnicity issues. Sonic Relief, which Martina co-founded, was awarded the Berklee Urban Service Award 2016 for using music to aid people in need, such as organizing a humanitarian fundraising concert for Syrian refugees, featuring Simon Shaheen and the Lee Swensen Katz Trio in December 2015. Gabriela Martina has many hidden talents, one of them being cooking which she clearly proved through her cookbook she wrote during the desperate times of the pandemic 2020/2021 called ‘Dinner with My Neighbor'. In this episode, Gabriela shares her background, education, and musical journey.

Ali Omar El-Farouk is an Egyptian and Canadian oud guitar player, composer and teacher. Ali plays his oud and three other instruments during this fascinating conversation in which we talked about learning from a place of joy, connecting across cultures through music, languages, architecture, Istanbul, Spain, Umm Kulthum, Nubian music, jazz, and lots more. The link for the video version and transcript: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/ali-omar-el-farouk Support this series through my Ko-fi page! https://ko-fi.com/leahroseman https://aliomarelfarouk.com/ photo: Joshua Hansen Timestamps: (00:00:00) Intro (00:01:50) Ali's background in architectural engineering, coming to Montreal to study jazz (00:02:57) early music lessons piano and guitar (00:07:55) about the oud, with improvisation (00:16:50) Ali's time in Spain studying flamenco and introduction to “Nostalgia Esperanzadora” (00:29:31) Ali's composition “Nostalgia Esperanzadora” for oud and flamenco guitar (00:38:21) vibrato and different expressive techniques on the oud, about the risha and different types of plectrums (00:46:28) Arab architecture, Alhambra, traveling in Southern Spain (00:52:20) learning Spanish, Turkish and communicating through music (00:55:29) bringing musicians to Egypt, Mike de Masi, Thomas Durant, Freddy Rizk, Hamza El Din, Nubian music (01:02:47) Umm Kulthum (01:09:13) Ali's musicial influences, learning Arabic music, Anouar Brahem, Simon Shaheen (01:14:55) 2011 pro-democracy protests in Cairo (01:21:07) different Arabic dialects, Arabic community in Montreal (01:24:25) Turkey, trip to Istanbul (01:29:45) album Ela Mataa, Joseph Khoury (01:36:12) demonstration of frame drum and history of the frame drum (01:41:08) Montreal jazz scene (01:44:48) teaching (01:47:21) Joseph Tawadros, Cengiz Sarikus (01:49:26) intro to Naima by John Coltrane on electric guitar (01:53:38) Ali's advice about practicing and learning music --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leah-roseman/message

Born in Rovaniemi, a small town on the Arctic Circle in Northern Finland, fretted/fretless guitarist and oud player Jussi Reijonen is truly the product of a life lived transcending boundaries. Having grown up in Finnish Lapland, the Middle East and East Africa, and spending much of his adulthood in the United States, Jussi has lived a life soaking up the sounds, sights, scents and shades of Nordic, Middle Eastern, African and American cultures, all of which are reflected in his creative work as composer and performer. Along his path, Jussi has worked as bandleader, sideman, composer or arranger with a diverse array of world-renowned artists. He has collaborated with Jack DeJohnette, Pepe de Lucía, Javier Limón, David Fiuczynski, Simon Shaheen, Bassam Saba, Arto Tunçboyacıyan, Dave Weckl, Hüsnu Şenlendirici and the New York Gypsy All-Stars, among others. He has performed extensively at prestigious festivals and venues throughout the United States like Lincoln Center and the Library of Congress, as well as in Finland, Sweden, Latvia, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Germany, France, Canada and Lebanon. Jussi's Independent Music Award-nominated debut album un | ان was released to great critical acclaim in early 2013 on his unmusic label. His latest album Three Seconds | Kolme Toista, a long-form suite for a new transcultural 9-piece ensemble, features musicians from Jordan/Iraq, Palestine, Turkey, Japan and the United States and was released worldwide on October 14th, 2022 via Challenge Records International. Alongside his solo work, he co-leads Sawaari, a quintet exploring the nexus of Indian rhythms, Arabic maqamat, and trance music from North Africa and Southern Italy. He collaborates with Swiss vocalist Gabriela Martina, and is a member of the New York Arabic Orchestra. Through his work as an educator and doctoral researcher at Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland, Jussi continues to promote and provoke transcultural dialogue and conversation across boundaries and disciplines beyond mere identity politics. In this episode, Jussi shares his background, education, and musical journey. If you enjoyed this episode please make sure to subscribe, follow, rate, and/or review this podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, ect. Connect with us on all social media platforms and at www.improvexchange.com

Repasamos los tres discos favoritos de Mundofonías de noviembre del 2022, por los occitanos Les Mécanos, y las grabaciones añejas de los serbios del Ansambl Mileta Petrovića y del palestino Simon Shaheen, este último recreando la música del egipcio Mohamed Abdel Wahab. Continuamos con folk del norte de Europa, locuras catalanas, pianos cubanos y encuentros indojazzísticos. We review the three favorite Mundofonías albums of November 2022, by the Occitan Les Mécanos, and the vintage recordings of the Serbian Ansambl Mileta Petrovića and the Palestinian Simon Shaheen, the latter recreating the music of the Egyptian Mohamed Abdel Wahab. We continue with Northern European folk, Catalan madness, Cuban pianos and Indo-Jazz encounters. Favoritos de noviembre / November favorites Les Mécanos – La baish en terra plana – Les Mécanos Ansambl Mileta Petrovića – Japanka – Veseli romi Simon Shaheen – Sittel Habayeb – The music of Mohamed Abdel Wahab Por tierras y nubes / Through lands and clouds Agent Starling – La sansonette – Clandestine Henriette Flach – Flickflach – Skyklokke Pepino Pascual – Dòric – Tu Hilario Durán & David Virelles – La malanga – Front street duets Guillaume Barraud & Mathieu Bélis – Ballade de Duke – Estampes Hindol Deb – Desert clouds – Essence of duality

Solénoïde (24.10.2022) - Ce qui fait la singularité de Solénoïde, c'est son goût pour les mix chamarrés à travers le champ des musiques visuelles et itinérantes. A tous ceux qu'une telle versatilité n'effraie pas, cette 55e Blender Session offrira un bouquet de sonorités et de sensations encore une fois inédites ! Au total s'y illustreront 10 artistes couvrant un large spectre d'humeur et de nuances instrumentales. Des marges du rock à l'ambient onirique, en passant par le jazz de chambre ou encore la world orchestrale cette émission vous assurera un voyage virtuel exigeant, à travers des contrées telles que la Turquie, l'Australie, la Palestine, le Japon ou encore la Pologne.

An eight hundred year old odyssey, that echos into our present day, resonating themes of destiny, tragedy, lust, murder, ritual, rebellion and revenge. Explore the ancient martial art of pencak silat which harnesses inner power and perpetuates the dreams of millions of Indonesians. Allow yourself to consider surfing as a martial art and imagine a scenario where common men transcend social hierarchy and permanently alter an historical timeline. Special thanks to Ginger for helping me write a tricky paragraph. This episode is meant for entertainment purposes only. Any similarities to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Narrated, written, produced, and directed by: Phil Goodrich Voice actors: Ana as Lunana Harris Charlesworth as Jake Song playlist in order: 1. “DUSK” V. M. Bhatt, Simon Shaheen, Ronu Majumda 2. “Genevieve” CYMANDE. 3. “100 Days, 100 Nights” Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings 4. “Broken Boy Soldier” The Raconteurs 5. “White Unicorn” Wolfmother 6. “Surfin” Earnest Ranglin 7. “I Never Cared For You” Willie Nelson. 8. “Chant Down Babylon” Sylford Walker. 9. “Too High” Stevie Wonder 10. “Rich Kid Blues” The Raconteurs 11. “Iskanderia” Natacha Atlas 12. “Karmacoma” Thievery Corporation 13. “Crazy” Gnarls Barkley 14. “Thoughts And Prayers” The Raconteurs

This At Home session features a conversation between internationally acclaimed musician,  composer, and educator Simon Shaheen with fellow Palestinian musician and educator Wanees Zarour. Shaheen, a virtuoso on both the oud and violin, talks about his extensive musical journey in promoting Arab music in its many forms, and  the joys of bringing down musical walls.More about the Arab Music Retreat: http://arabicmusicretreat.orgSimon Shaheen's Spotify playlist 

In today's episode of Dreams Not Memes I speak to Jason/Tsung-Yuan Lee. Jason is a Taiwanese classical/jazz/world music violinist, multi-instrumentalist (piano, bass, guitar, drum, erhu, cello), composer, sound designer and an electronic musician. In 2017 Jason appeared and composed music for the film “Accommodation”. He also appeared on Dream Theater's “Along for the Ride” tour and live released DVD “Breaking The Fourth Wall”. In 2015, Jason Lee toured in China with his Chinese/Jazz fusion quartet for the first time and was interviewed by Huaxia Magazine as the theme of the month- “The rising star of the music world”. And later on, went on a sold-out tour with Yo-Yo Ma's silkroad Ensemble branch project in 2018. In 2017, Tsung-Yuan join The Boulanger Lab as a musical software developer, directed by the creator of Csound computer language, Dr. Richard Boulanger. During 2018-2020 Jason was the co-leader of string revolution funk/rock band “2 Birds Band”, the great modern violin pioneer Jean-Luc Ponty has once commented on the band, “I'm glad to see young compatriots at a level that I rarely hear!”. The band is a unique strings-based ensemble with a rhythm section that explores the boundaries of violin and cello through different styles of music. Fusing classical tradition and contemporary styles, the band presents a new way of approaching strings with a sound both cultured and groovy. It has been performing and teaching clinics in Boston, New York, Toronto and France. The band has released 3 albums First Flight (2015), For Lack Of A Better World (2016) and String Groover (2017). Through recent years, Tsung-Yuan (Jason) Lee has worked and performed with many renowned musicians from modern jazz innovators such as, 4-time Grammy winner Terence Blanchard; 2-time Grammy winner Jacob Collier; modern drummer Jojo Mayer; Mark Guiliana, modern guitarist David Fiuczynski, to King of Chinese Pop Lee Hom Wang; to classical musicians including 4-time grammy winner Eugene Friesen; grammy-winning Yo-Yo Ma's Silkroad Ensemble, to Hollywood Oscar nominated composer AR Rahma, progressive rock band Dream Theater; electronic music composer Robert Rich; oud master Simon Shaheen and suona master Yazhi Guo. In our conversation, Jason and I speak about his experiences with playing the violin and exploring his love for music and how he has been able to work on music in New York and Taiwan. Learn more on Dreams Not Memes. https://www.instagram.com/jasonleety/

Being the only female Oud player in concerts and performances which are dominated by men, Amal Waqar and I discuss about dealing with Imposter Syndrome. We begin the episode with a wonderful performance by her of one of her own composition. Diving into her journey, speaking of her multi cultured background, her love for Oud, her understanding of inclusiveness and recognizing the efforts she is putting in to pave the way for many. This is one of my favorite conversations. Please watch it and let me know your thoughts in the comment section below. About Amal: Amal Waqar is a young, dynamic Indo-Omani and Colombian-American oud player, composer, and vocalist. Starting her musical journey at fifteen through events and performances with local groups, including the Oman Oud Hobbyists Association, Amal has experienced multiple metamorphoses over her brief career. Mainly studying and performing Classical Arabic and folk styles until the global pandemic, Amal has now switched her focus to developing her own experimental sound inspired by pop, avant-garde, and Arab folk styles. She holds a Bachelor's in Music from Berklee College of Music, where she studied privately with oud master Simon Shaheen. Please do Share the video and Please do subscribe to my Channel. Thank you guys!! #YouAreHumanWithJagruti #JagrutiNaravani #AmalWaqar

It was a real pleasure chatting with Steve and hearing his insights on life and music as one who has spent a lifetime devoted to his craft. Steve Gorn is a master bamboo flautist and saxophone player who is featured on Grammy nominated cds by Paul Simon, Glen Velez, Jack DeJohnette, Paul Winter, Krishna Das, Jai Uttal, Tony Levin, Adam Rudolph, Layne Redmond, Richie Havens, Alessandra Belloni, Badal Roy, Simon Shaheen, Deepak Chopra, Robert Bly, Coleman Barks, and numerous Indian musicians. Connect with Steve via his website - https://stevegorn.com/ The World Music Podcast Jingle- composed by Will Marsh featuring musicians Josh Mellinger (tabla) and Misha Khalikulov (cello). Do you know someone who would enjoy this Podcast? Please take a moment to share and spread the inspiration! COPY THIS LINK TO SHARE! https://anchor.fm/will-marsh This is a master link that allows you to choose which platform to listen on. See Below for more offerings from your host, Will Marsh. “Raga for All Instruments” is an online course for musicians/vocalists from any musical background with a desire to explore the magic of Hindustani Raga music. Begin your raga journey now! The first four lesson videos of this course are free. https://willmarshmusic.thinkific.com/courses/raga-for-all-instruments Visit my website to connect with me - https://willmarshmusic.com/ Check out my original world-inspired music - https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/willmarsh/the-integration Book a lesson with me https://www.willmarshmusic.com/product-category/lessons/ For the finest electric sitar on the market, travel sitars and tanpuras visit - https://www.willmarshmusic.com/shop/ To access written transcriptions of these episodes, go to my blog - https://www.willmarshmusic.com/blog/ Visit my youtube channel for free lesson and music performance videos - https://www.youtube.com/c/WillMarsh Become a Patron and receive exclusive access to patron only content - https://www.patreon.com/WillMarsh?fan_landing=true --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/will-marsh/support

Buckle Up is a series of interviews "On The Go" so, Buckle Up & join us for a drive. My 99th guest is Clarissa Bitar is a Palestinian oud musician and composer born, raised, and based in Los Angeles, California. She graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a degree in Music and an emphasis in Ethnomusicology. As a student, Clarissa won multiple awards for excellence in performance in Ethnomusicology and had the privilege of playing around California with the UC Santa Barbara Middle East Ensemble. To further her studies, Clarissa sought out and learned from prominent Arab oudists including Simon Shaheen, Charbel Rouhana, and Bassam Saba. ---------------- Follow HER @:- https://www.instagram.com/clarissabitar/​ Follow Me on www.instagram.com/big_hass/​​​​ Reach Out By Email buckleupdxb@gmail.com

Ep #75 of The World Fusion Show with Aliya Cycon, singer, composer and oud player. Aliya has a passion for Arabic music and is currently living in Spain where she is working with her group Aliya And The New Andalus. She studied at The Berklee School Of Music in Boston with Simon Shaheen. She tours internationally and has performed in Jordan and Tunisia. On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/109866072979176/videos/252445209289031/ Too busy to watch? Check out the podcast on iTunes and Soundcloud: iTunes: A Worldsoul Records production derrikjordan.com To support The World Fusion Show and to make more shows possible please go to derrikjordan.com and click on the support page Winner of the national award for Best Entertainment and Arts Series 2019 in public access TV.

We’re huge fans of the Oud – a fretless pear-shaped instrument that’s similar to a lute and known as “the grandfather of the guitar”. We love the dynamics and microtonal flexibility it affords players – not being restricted to frets can be liberating and offers so much in terms of tone and sound that you simply can’t get anywhere else! Especially when it’s in non-Middle Eastern contexts. We’ve compiled a list of 7 notable oud players you need to listen to if you’re just getting to know the instrument. Topics Include: Discussion of TAQS.IM's blog entry for the "7 oud players you need to listen to" post Purpose to raise awareness and promote education on these influential musicians Philadelphia roots George Mgrdichian - fusion and classical expertise John Berberian - role as musician who was the son of immigrants Yurdal Tokcan - prominent Turkish oud player and fretless guitar Farid el Atrache - famous Arab oud player and actor/singer Simon Shaheen - virtuosic Palestinian concert player Ara Dinkjian - globally renown oud player and composer Naseer Shamma - influential Kurdish oud player The list is only of 7 oud players, there are so many others that could have been included It's a good approach to listen to as many different players as possible to appreciate all the different styles

We get to hang at home with Simon Shaheen!  He performs live on the oud and shares a few live performances.  We also had an in-depth discussion about maqam and the history of Arabic Music.  

Aliya Cycon has a passion for Arabic music and recently graduated from The Berklee School Of Music where she studied with Simon Shaheen. She is a singer-songwriter and arranger and has just released a CD of her original music and arrangements including strings, horns and a full rhythm section. A Worldsoul Records production derrikjordan.com To watch the video version of the show go to FaceBook or YouTube and do a search for The World Fusion Show To support The World Fusion Show and to make more shows possible please go to derrikjordan.com and click on the support page

"The Lion of Zimbabwe" Thomas Mapfumo, Palestinian oud maestro Simon Shaheen, and the brilliant Indianapolis new music collective Forward Motion. Plus a preview of my upcoming interview with Richard Edwards of Margot and The Nuclear So and So's.

"The Lion of Zimbabwe" Thomas Mapfumo, Palestinian oud maestro Simon Shaheen, and the brilliant Indianapolis new music collective Forward Motion. Plus a preview of my upcoming interview with Richard Edwards of Margot and The Nuclear So and So's.

"The Lion of Zimbabwe" Thomas Mapfumo, Palestinian oud maestro Simon Shaheen, and the brilliant Indianapolis new music collective Forward Motion. Plus a preview of my upcoming interview with Richard Edwards of Margot and The Nuclear So and So's.

[APWW PGM #725] globalFEST is New York's annual January multi-genre musical kickoff--12 bands on three stages in one wild night at Webster Hall. We hear highlights from the 2016 edition including new roots sounds from Haiti (Lakou Mizik), Colombian champeta (Tribu Baharu), suave Afro-jazz from Somi, Lebanese music maverick Simon Shaheen with his new ensemble Zafir, and lots more. The artists speak, but mostly, we give you a front-row seat for one of New York's most exciting musical happenings.

Rob Hochschild | August 23, 2013 Moira Lo Bianco '12 is a bona fide triple threat as a composer, arranger, and pianist. Taking an organic approach to transcending genre, Lo Bianco has explored a range of musical traditions, including Indian, Middle Eastern, flamenco, classical, and jazz. Hailing from Italy, Lo Bianco studied at conservatories in her home country before graduating from Berklee last year. Her musical collaborators include Simon Shaheen, Marco Pignataro, Kinan Azmeh, and Arooj Aftab. Lo Bianco recently launched a workshop series entitled Improvisation for Classical Pianists, in partnership with M. Steinert & Sons. This week's podcast features a track from Lo Bianco's debut full-length album, Lunaria, released in 2013.

[APWW PGM #332] [Originally aired in 2000] In Las Vegas in the year 2000, two legends of Arabic art music performed an historic concert. Wadi’ Al-Safi was called “the pure voice of Lebanon" because for decades he had brought the folkloric songs of the Lebanese countryside to the Lebanese airwaves and the grandest stages of the world. Sabah Fakhri, then one of the most celebrated and beloved singers of Syria, powerfully channeled the ecstatic Sufi art music of Aleppo in performances that riveted audiences throughout the region. Soon would come 9/11, rearranging American perceptions of the world; Syria, and especially Aleppo, would be devastated by war a decade later; and Al-Safi would die at 91 in 2013. All the more reason why this brilliant concert, under the musical direction of Simon Shaheen, who also performs with his group Qantara, deserves a fresh listen.

Our Eid Feature: “From Cordoba to Baghdad”, parts 3 and 4 of this acclaimed series from our Tahrir archive with oud virtuoso and teacher Simon Shaheen. In the first part you’ll hear Shaheen’s discussion of 'qawalab', forms of Arabic music, then his illustration of the characteristics of Arab music theory. Produced and first distributed by Radio Tahrir in 1996.

The 1994 NEA National Heritage Fellow, violinist, and oud player discusses his merging of Arab and western musical traditions. 

Violinist and oud player Simon Shaheen discusses his merging of Arab and western musical traditions. [27:23]

Violinist and oud player Simon Shaheen discusses his merging of Arab and western musical traditions. [27:23]

Violinist and oud player Simon Shaheen discusses his merging of Arab and western musical traditions. [27:23]