The World Music Institute (WMI) will present Simon Shaheen with the Near Eastern Music Ensemble on Friday, February 25, 2022, at Kaufman Music Center in Manhattan, New York City.
Palestinian composer and ud and violin virtuoso Simon Shaheen will be joined by the Near Eastern Music Ensemble that he founded in an effort to promote Arabic music throughout the world. In 1994, Shaheen received a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, the highest honor for traditional arts in the United States.
In addition to his work in traditional and classical Arabic music, Shaheen has participated in many cross-cultural collaborations including performances with Sting, Quincy Jones, Bill Laswell, and The Klezmatics. He is also a Professor at Berklee College of Music.
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