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 ...

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 ...

The University of Minnesota’s Arab Band showcases the unique complexity of Arabic music and is looking to continue performing at events on and off campus. The Arab Band implements Arabic music by ...

22 May 2007 Sales of traditional Arabian instruments are up by 25 per cent as market enjoys year-on-year growth The market in traditional Arabic musical instruments is booming, according to exhibitors ...

FirstWorks, a non-profit connecting art with audiences in Providence, Rhode Island, will present an artist residency with multi-instrumentalist and movement artist Karim Nagi serving local K-12 ...

Ziv Yehezkel is a man full of contradictions. He is at once a deeply religious Jewish man, but also a zealous lover of Arabic music. The soloist of Arab Orchestra of Nazareth, the 31 year-old was born ...

This transcript is from a CSIS podcast published on December 26, 2023. Listen to the podcast here. Jon Alterman: Danny Hajjar is a Lebanese American music journalist and curator of the weekly ...