Sephardic Liturgy and Selihot with oud and kanoun

Date: October 9, 2016 (Sunday)
Time: 6:30–9:30 P.M.
Place: Magen David Congregation
Tickets: $18 at door

Rabbi Haim Ovadia and the Magen David Congregation offer a concert that includes full musical ensemble: Qanoun, Oud, Darbooka, Violin plus leading cantors.

The concert forms part of Sephardic Hazzanut and Liturgy, three days before Kippur.

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...)

Tropicalia: Rahim Alhaj and Wanees Zarour Ensemble

Date: October 3, 2015 (Saturday)
Time: 7:00 P.M.
Place: Tropicalia at 2001 14th ST NW, WDC 20009
Tickets: $10

Rahim Alhaj of Iraq on oud and the Wanees Zarour Ensemble of Palestine on buzz and other instruments.

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Freer: Naseer Shamma

Date: March 7, 2013 (Thursday)
Time: 7:30 P.M.
Place: Freer Gallery, 1050 Independence AV SW, Washington DC 20013 (directions)
Tickets: Free to the public other than ticketing fee from Ticketmaster

One of the Arab world’s leading soloists on the ‘ud (lute), Naseer Shamma returns to the US for the first time in ten years to lead his ensemble in new arrangements of classical Arab music. Based in Cairo, the Al-Oyoun Ensemble performs on 'ud, qanun, violins, flute, cello, contrabass, and percussion.

Shamma is a native of Iraq, where he graduated from Baghdad Academy of Music, and founding director of the Beit Al-Oud Al-Arabi, an institute for the teaching of Arab classical music in Cairo, Alexandria, Algeria, and Abu Dhabi. He developed a method of playing 'ud with one hand for children wounded in the Iraq War. Shamma has performed in twelve European countries and eleven Arab nations. Supported by Saudi Aramco, this concert is part of a US tour produced by Alwan for the Arts, which includes the ensemble’s appearance at the Festival of Iraqi Culture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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