Kennedy Center: Ramy Adly

Date: August 28, 2016 (Sunday)
Time: 6:00 P.M.
Place: Millennium Stage of the Kennedy Center (directions)
Tickets: Free and open to the public on a first-come-first-serve basis

Ramy Adly comes to Washington with his Sting-style oud... must see (and hear)!

(He will open a School of Oud in Washington soon thereafter...)

Kennedy Center: Home Within

Date: June 30, 2016 (Thursday)
Time: 6:00 P.M.
Place: Family Theater of the Kennedy Center (2700 F ST NW, Washington DC 20057)
Tickets: free to public (see details)

Kinan Azmeh returns yet again to the Kennedy Center, this time with long-time collaborator and fellow artist Kevork Mourad for an exquisite audio-visual performance for their home country Syria -- not to be missed!

Video:


News:
CBS News

Kennedy Center: Post-Classical Ensemble's Iberian Mystics 2

Date: March 11, 2015 (Tuesday)
Time: 7:30 P.M.
Place: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (directions)
Tickets: $30 general, online

[This is the second night's performance]

Washington's own PostClassical Ensemble brings back "Iberian Mystics: The Confluence of Faiths" after a decade hiatus, this time to the Kennedy Center.

This performance features the inspirational confluence of Islamic, Catholic, and Jewish influences prior to the Reconquest (1492) as a distinctive feature of Iberian culture, culminating in Flamenco.

This is the second of two nights of performance.

Program:

• Traditional flamenco song and dance
• Works by Tomás Luis de Victoria, Manuel de Falla, and Joaquin Nin-Culmell
• Sephardic melodies
• Music of Al Andalus

Performers:

• PostClassical Ensemble with Angel Gil-Ordóñez conducting
• Antonio Muñoz Molina - author
• Pedro Carboné - pianist
• Sonia Olla and Ismael de la Rosa - flamenco artists
• Ricardo Marlow - flamenco guitarist
• Trio Sefardi
• Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture
• Mariana Mihai-Zoeter - soprano
• Cathedra
• Clark Young - host
• Luz Nicolas and Hashim El-Tinay - readers

Social Media: Facebook event

Sponsors: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Kennedy Center: PostClassical Ensemble's Iberian Mystics 1

Date: March 10, 2015 (Tuesday)
Time: 7:30 P.M.
Place: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (directions)
Tickets: $30 general, online

[For details about the second night's performance, please click here]

Washington's own PostClassical Ensemble brings back "Iberian Mystics: The Confluence of Faiths" after a decade hiatus, this time to the Kennedy Center.

This performance features the inspirational confluence of Islamic, Catholic, and Jewish influences prior to the Reconquest (1492) as a distinctive feature of Iberian culture, culminating in Flamenco.

This is the first of two nights of performance.

Program:

• Traditional flamenco song and dance
• Works by Tomás Luis de Victoria, Manuel de Falla, and Joaquin Nin-Culmell
• Sephardic melodies
• Music of Al Andalus

Performers:

• PostClassical Ensemble with Angel Gil-Ordóñez conducting
• Antonio Muñoz Molina - author
• Pedro Carboné - pianist
• Sonia Olla and Ismael de la Rosa - flamenco artists
• Ricardo Marlow - flamenco guitarist
• Trio Sefardi
• Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture
• Mariana Mihai-Zoeter - soprano
• Cathedra
• Clark Young - host
• Luz Nicolas and Hashim El-Tinay - readers

Social Media: Facebook event

Sponsors: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

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
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