CAIRO, Egypt – Iraqi composer Naseer Shamma is such a master of the traditional Arab stringed instrument called the oud that he has taught himself to play one-handed. He was motivated not by ...
The stirring notes from the speakers in Fisher Pavilion were the sounds of the oud, a traditional Arab stringed instrument played in an improvisational style called taqsim. The music provided the ...
When Taiseer Elias plays the oud, he strums intently, his face creased in concentration as he creates a dialogue of notes and sounds. Elias is a violinist and composer as well as a PhD in musicology, ...
DAMASCUS, May 20 (Reuters Life!) - Growing up in the chaos of the Lebanese civil war, Palestinian composer and singer Marwan Abado used to practise the oud while his friends in a rough Beirut ...
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