Ziryab Trio
Mashreq Classics
Ziryab Trio consists of Taiseer Elias (oud), Nassim Dakwar (violin) and Zohar Fresco (percussion). "Mashreq Classics" was recorded live in the Jerusalem Theater during the Israel Festival in June, 1995. In this concert, the Ziryab Trio was accompanied by Avraham Salman (kanun) and Emmanuel Mann (bass). We will briefly review Ziryab Trio and Taiseer Elias.
"Ziryab
was a musician in Haroun Al-Rashid's court in Baghdad (Iraq) in the
9th century. He was called the 'Black Bird' and was an extremely
gifted singer, oud player and composer ... He founded a music school
which made its way to the Magreb (North Africa) and he became a model
for every aspiring musician in the centuries followed.
Taiseer
Elias was born in the Israeli Arab village of Shfaram, Taiseer is
the leading figure in classical Arabic music in Israel ... He holds a
Masters Degree in Ethnomusicology from the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem. He is the founder of the Orchestra of Classical Arab Music
in Israel and is presently the director of the music department of
the Israeli Public Radio in Arabic as well as musical director of
various television programs." (information from CD's program notes)
"Mashreq Classics" was released by Crammed Discs which is a record label from Belgium. They have a web-site where you can see their catalog, but purchasing on-line is limited. Crammed Discs is distributed by Dutch East India in U.S. You can buy Crammed Disc's CDs at their web-site as well. You can also find this CD in some of the on-line distributors, we have links to these distributors on our "Oud CDs" page.
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