Ethnic music concert

Naseer Shamma, an outstanding master of playing the classical Arabic oud, returns to the Diaghilev Festival with the ensemble. Together with colleagues from different cultural backgrounds, the musician will present his own compositions, which, like the members of the ensemble, easily cross the borders of countries and styles.

Naseer Shamma is one of the world's most famous solo performers on the al oud, an Arabic lute. He was born and educated in Iraq, but has long been a true citizen of the world. In her compositions, Shamma brings together classical Arabic traditions with the harmonies and rhythms of Spanish folk music and European classical music. His poetic pieces, often inspired by Sufi ideas, are full of thematic contrasts and incredible virtuosity. Expanding the technical possibilities of the oud, Shamma developed a new type of instrument with additional strings.

Together with Naseer Shamma, musicians who are close to him in performing skills and aesthetic beliefs will perform in Perm. Born to musical families with deep national roots – Jordanian singer, and flamenco guitarist Carlos Piñana from Cartagena, Spain – often penetrate into neighbouring musical territories in their own projects, ranging from European classics to Arabic pop music. Kurdish percussionist Hussein Zahawy owns traditional percussion instruments of many nations. He is convinced that the music of Kurdistan is part of a much wider musical world stretching from Southern Spain through North Africa, the Balkans, Greece, Anatolia, the Caucasus, and Iran all the way to India.

The concert programme is to be announced.