Free Sackler: New Sounds from Arab Lands

Date: February 16, 2013 (Saturday)
Time: 7:30 P.M.
Place: Meyer Auditorium, Freer Gallery of Art, Jefferson Drive at 12th St SW, Washington DC 20024, (directions)
Tickets: Free but must be ordered online via TicketMaster

Inspired by Arab tradition, Western classical music, and jazz and led by regular DC-visiting artists Kinan Azmeh, five Arab musicians perform new music for the nation's capital.

Performers:

1. Kinan Azmeh, clarinet (Syria)
2. Basel Rajoub, saxophonist (Syria)
3. Jasser Haj Youssef, violin and viola d’amore (Tunisia)
4. Feras Charestan, qanun (Syria)
5. Khaled Yassine, percussion (Lebanon)

Program:

• Rituals (Kinan Azmeh)
• Wedding (Kinan Azmeh)
• November 22nd (Kinan Azmeh)
• Sketches 5 and 6 from "A Scattered Sketchbook in Six Movements" (Kinan Azmeh)
• Dream (Kinan Azmeh)
• A Sad Morning, Every Morning (Kinan Azmeh)
• Asia (Basel Rajoub)
• Turquoise (Basel Rajoub)
• Duo for Saxophone and Clarinet (Basel Rajoub)
• My Gypsy Home (Basel Rajoub)
• Cairo Tune (Basel Rajoub)
• Friggya (Jasser Haj Youssef)
• Reveria Chorale (Jasser Haj Youssef)
• Saba (Jasser Haj Youssef)
• Maqam (Jasser Haj Youssef)
• Echoes (Jasser Haj Youssef)

Video:

NEW SOUNDS OF THE ARAB LANDS_Byblos rehearsals from AKMI on Vimeo.

Sponsor:
Aga Khan Trust for Culture

Press Release:
Rock Paper Scissors

Press:
Washington Post
New York Daily News
Cultural Tourism DC
Dartmouth College
Brandeis University
MusicUnitesUs
AOL Travel