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Category: Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Cesar Peredo

Angel Romero November 22, 2018 No Comments Cesar PeredoflutePeruPeruvian musicwestern classical music

Peruvian flutist and composer Cesar Peredo studied flute at the National Conservatory of Lima. Peredo continued his studies at the Hochschule fur Musik in Detmold,…

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Artist Profiles: Ciro Hurtado

Angel Romero November 22, 2018 No Comments Ciro HurtadoPeruPeruvian music

Ciro Hurtado is a guitarist-composer from Peru who has been actively performing since the early 1970s. His early musical career started during his high school…

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Artist Profiles: Perú Negro

Angel Romero November 22, 2018 No Comments Afro-PeruvianPeruPerú NegroPeruvian music

Reynaldo Campos De la Colina founded the group Perú Negro in the village of El Carmen, on The 26th of February 1969. El Carmen is…

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Artist Profiles: Wissam Joubran

Angel Romero November 20, 2018 No Comments Arabic musicLe Trio JoubranoudPalestinian musicudWissam Joubranworld fusion

Wissam Joubran was born in 1983, and was introduced very young to ud by his brother Samir. He attended numerous local and international festivals, among…

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Artist Profiles: Suhail Khoury

Angel Romero November 20, 2018 No Comments PalestinePalestinian musicSuhail Khoury

Suhail Khoury’s music is deeply connected with his personal experiences. It talks about freedom, victory, Jerusalem and love. Some of it was composed during Suhail…

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Artist Profiles: Samir Joubran

Angel Romero November 20, 2018 No Comments Arabic musicPalestinian musicSamir Joubranworld fusion

Samir Joubran was born in 1973 in Nazareth. He is a Palestinian ud virtuoso and graduate of the Abdul-Wahab Conservatory for Eastern Music, Cairo. He…

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Artist Profiles: Rim Banna

Angel Romero November 20, 2018 No Comments PalestinePalestinian musicRim Banna

Rim Banna was a Palestinian singer born in the city of Nazareth in Galilee. She loved music and singing ever since she was a child.…

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Artist Profiles: Oriental Music Ensemble (OME)

Angel Romero November 20, 2018 No Comments Middle Eastern musicOriental Music EnsemblePalestinePalestinian music

The Oriental Music Ensemble (OME) was established by the National Conservatory of Music in Palestine in 1996. It has participated in numerous musical and cultural…

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Artist Profiles: Nizar Rohana

Angel Romero November 20, 2018 No Comments Arabic musicNizar RohanaoudPalestinian musicudworld fusion

Nizar Rohana is a Palestinian ud player living in the Netherlands. He stands out for bringing together virtuosity within fresh contemporary compositions, while maintaining the…

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Artist Profiles: Issa Boulos

Angel Romero November 20, 2018 No Comments Arabic musicIssa BoulosoudPalestinePalestinian musicud

Ud player, composer and teacher Issa Boulos was born in Jerusalem, Palestine, 1968. Issa Boulos comes from a family of both musical and literary traditions…

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