Ibrahim Maalouf plays a four-valve trumpet — most just have three. The extra valve, attached to the button a trumpeter pushes down, allows the Lebanese musician to play quarter-tones — the notes ...

Thurs 16, 8.30pm: A concert by Alexandria Opera Company for Arab Music and Singing featuring singers: Mohamed Tarek, Walaa ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Ziad Rahbani, the Lebanese composer and musician who created a distinct Lebanese sound from Western and Arabic musical roots, and whose sardonic critique of the country's sectarian ...

The emirate’s rich musical heritage offers visitors the opportunity to gain an insight into many aspects of its culture. Celebrated oud composer Faisal Al Saari, plays in Abu Dhabi’s cultural center ...

DUBAI, 24 May 2007 -- The market in traditional Arabic musical instruments is booming, according to exhibitors at PALME Middle East 2007, an event ongoing at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre ...

Save the date: Friday, November 3, 2023, 7:30 pm, at the Aga Khan Museum. Embark on a genre-bending musical adventure as Sinbad takes Bach on a thrilling journey through the modern Arab world. In this ...

Founded by refugee musicians, a music institute in Southern Turkey tries to revive forgotten Syrian classics and integrate Turkish and Syrian cultures with music the two have shared for centuries.

Music is the universal language. You’ll be convinced it’s true if you attend a concert by the Salaam-Shalom Music Project on April 23 at Evanston’s SPACE. “We started it around the time of 9/11,” said ...

Even during the tensest days of the intifada, the four Jewish and four Arab musicians of the SheshBesh ensemble performed before mixed — and appreciative — audiences. The ensemble’s fusion of western ...