In her final years in Beirut, Ms. Chaker had found an Iraqi violin teacher, Mohammed Abbas Hashim, who pushed her to improvise her own cadenzas to Mozart concertos and jam on traditional Arabic ...

Along with typical orchestral instruments like the violin and cello were traditional Arabic instruments, like the oud, the ...

Arabic Violin Bass Trio: Suite In Four Movements does not focus on musical aspects alone, but attempts to reflect and contain the tensions between the conflicting Eastern and Western cultures, the ...

The Georges Lammam Ensemble will perform at 8 p.m., Thursday, March 24, at the UC Ballroom, University of Montana. Tickets are $14 general, $8 with student ID. Georges Lammam, an Arabic violin ...

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 aro… ...

In this episode of the "Bayt Al Mazzika" podcast, Michelle talks about how he got his start at the age of 9 and what it's like playing a $120,000 violin. Michelle Kharrat is the winner of the Najm ...

As a young violinist growing up in Beirut, Layale Chaker moved between two musical worlds. At the city’s conservatory, she studied Mozart and Ravel with teachers imported from Eastern Europe.

The Saudi National Orchestra and Choir held a performance of the “Marvels of Saudi Orchestra” in Tokyo on November 22 at the Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall: Takemitsu Memorial. The Saudi ...