Collaboration with Mike Block on Cello and Suphala Patankar on indian Tabla!

Red Arab (Excerpt)

Collaboration with Mike Block on Cello and Balla Kouyate on Ballaphone. 

Candy Girl Fiddle Tune

Istimrar (استمرار, Arabic for continuity/continuation), is a piece I wrote for Oud and String Quartet in 2013, as part of my fellowship with The Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra, where I studied with the talented composer and good friend, Randy Woolf.

Through this piece, I tried to communicate a story of individual evolution, from the moment we emerge out of the womb, into the lullaby world of childhood, and then going through adulthood where challenges seem to press more and the relationship with our selves become more “chaotic”, finally reaching a moment of acceptance, breathing, and awareness that helps us continue in this life with resilience and momentum. The performance you are watching is from the opening night of the Arts and Passion-Driven Learning Workshop at Harvard University with the @silkroadproject and the Graduate School of Education department (August 3rd, 2014). Grateful to the Silkroad ensemble and the wonderful musicians for performing this piece, namely, Colin Jacobsen on violin I, Johnny Grandelsman in Violin II, Nick Cords on Viola, and Yo-Yo Ma on Cello.

Hadi Eldebek

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