Djelem - Pole

Σταμάτης Σπανουδάκης - Πρόσωπα

stamatis spanoudakis

Ladino, solo oud, sephardic, arabic, turkish, jewish

Unknown album (2013-12-15 11:3

Adio Kerida - solo oud

Ara Dinkjian - Offering

Leil - Malek Jandali

Rahim AlHaj 
From the acclaimed CD Letters From Iraq by Rahim AlHaj (Smithsonian Folkways)

a powerful musical meditation on consequences in a post-war reality

Rahim AlHaj has long sought through his music to give voice to those most vulnerable, those without a way to be heard, to those who are victims of circumstances - unintended or otherwise.  Now Rahim presents his most powerful work yet.  Letters From Iraq (Smithsonian Folkways, April 2017) is a poignant telling through music of war, it’s aftermath and it’s consequences.  These stories become more than an aural presentation. They are truly a virtual visual reality at the hand of Rahim and a cast of masterful musicians, each piece presenting a unique scenario, together  weaving a complete tale of devastation, pain, redemption and, ultimately, hope.

Virtuoso oud musician and composer Rahim AlHaj was born in Baghdad, Iraq and began playing the oud at age nine.  He went on to study under Munir Bashir, considered by many to be the greatest oud player of the 20th century, and Salim Abdul Kareem, at the Institute of Music in Baghdad, Iraq.  Rahim received various awards at the Conservatory and graduated in 1990 with a diploma in composition.  In 1991, after the first Gulf War, Rahim was forced to leave Iraq due to his activism against the Baath regime. He moved to the US in 2000 as a political refugee.  Rahim became a US citizen on August 15, 2008

Rahim has performed around the globe and is considered one of the world’s finest oud players. He has recorded and performed with many other master musicians of varied backgrounds and styles including guitarist Bill Frisell, accordionist Guy Klucevsek, sarod player Amjad Ali Khan and indie-rockers REM.  He has composed pieces for solo oud, string quartet, string orchestra,  symphony and more.  Delicately combining traditional Iraqi maqams with contemporary styling and influence, his pieces establish new concepts without altering the foundation of the traditional “Iraqi School of Oud”.  His compositions evoke the experience of exile from his homeland and of new beginnings in his adopted country.  Rahim has released nine CDs since 2002, two of which received Grammy® nominations.   His latest, Infinite Hope (2015), was recorded in collaboration with Amjad Ali Khan, a follow up to their 2008 Grammy-nominated Ancient Sounds.   In 2009 Rahim was honored with a United States Artists Ford Fellowship Award and in 2015 the National Endowment for The Arts Heritage Fellowship. Rahim continues to perform around the world and speak out against oppression in his ongoing mission to “give voice to the voiceless”.

Letters From Iraq

Forbidden Attraction (by Rahim AlHaj)

- The Weeping Meadow ', Eleni Karaindrou,( Film By; Theo Angelopoulos )

The Weeping Meadow ', Eleni Karaindrou,( Film By; Theo Angelopoulos )

أيها الحارس ليس لدي ماء
ليس لدي صابون
ليس لدي اوراق لأكتب لأطفالي
الزي يتغير
الحارس يرتدي الرمادي
أيها الحارس انت لاترتدي الاسود
أسمي إيليني
أنا هنا في ايواء المشردين .
الى اين تأخذني الان ؟
أيها الحارس ليس لدي ماء
 ليس لدي صابون 
ليس لدي اوراق لأكتب لأطفالي
الزي تتغيير 
الألمان يلبسون الاخضر
هل انت حارس ألماني ؟
أسمي إيليني ! 
أنا هنا في ايواء المشردين
الى اين تأخذني الان ؟
كنت هناك ايضا
 في ديسمبر 44 في الساحة
حيث كان الناس يحتفلون بالتحرير
الى اين تأخذني الان ؟
الزي يتغيير
هل انت انجليزي ايها الحارس ؟
كم تكلفة الرصاصة ؟
كم يكلف الدم ؟
كل الملابس الرسمية واحدة
أيها الحارس ليس لدي ماء 
ليس لدي صابون 
ليس لدي اوراق لأكتب لأطفالي،
الى اين تأخذني الان ؟
انا هنا لأنني أخفيت رجل فدائي
أيها الحارس أنا في المنفى
انا لأجئة ومنفية من كل مكان
طفلة في الثالثه من عمرها تبكي على الرصيف.. 
أيها الحارس ليس لدي ماء 
ليس لدي صابون 
ليس لدي اوراق لأكتب لأطفالي

Eleni Karaindrou - The Weeping Meadow

The Texture Of Love

at 00:00 am, to my love.

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