Viktoriya Medviedieva (UKR) - Dans contemporan
Mohamad Zatari (SYR) - Oud
Ariadna Iliescu (RO) - Pian
O atmosferă ireală ce se naște din umbre. Între jazz, minimalism și experimental - și totuși niciuna dintre ele.
Ceva ce a început mai demult ca o comunicare organică prin improvizație între doi muzicieni, într-o perioadă de izolare și de lipsă de contact uman, se concretizează printr-o nouă explorare vie prin dans și mișcare.
S-au mai infiltrat în muzică, pe parcurs, atmosfera de casă bucureșteană veche, prezența pisicii Matilda și repetiția obsesivă a unor fragmente melodice scurte.

Umbre Sonore/7

Ariadna Iliescu - Pian
Mohamad Zatari  - Oud

An improvisational session recorded on Jan.17.2023

Umbre Sonore 10 - Phone/Field Recording

Ariadna Iliescu - Piano
Mohamad Zatari - Oud

An improvisational session recorded in a practicing room at UNMB.
Feb.16.2023

Umbre Sonore 11 - Phone/Field Recording

“AL.Ehtifal Project” Improvisation Ensemble

Ariadna Iliescu: Piano
Bogdana Dima: Accordion
Victor Sandu: Cello
Dragoș Rusu: Percussion, jaw harp, field recordings
Mohamad Zatari: Oud, Percussion

The idea behind the group lies in the concept of free improvisation that promotes no hierarchy, where each musician is supporting the other, offering a collective sound relief/terrain with a rich range and timber.

The creations of the AL.Ehtifal Project are a constant attempt to challenge the established intellectual norms of music, to explore the multidimensional spatiality and materiality of
sound and to bring music into the realm of the sensorial and affect.

Sound thoughts flow simultaneously.

Impro Ensemble - Session Mansarda Ioan Bianu

A joint project from Ferenc Ségercz, Mohamad Zatari and Lehel Vitályos, born of their tireless search for common rhythms and dialogues in traditional repertoires from different regions of the world, kicked off in a workshop in a small village in Transylvania. The three musicians use deep-rooted timbres and improvisational concepts to build coherent new, organic sound textures.

Recorded, mixed & mastered by Álmos Gáspár at Bákói Magyar Ház, Bacau, Romania.

Ferenc Ségercz, Mohamad Zatari & Lehel Vitályos | Jurjunah جرجنا

Kurd Taksim

هالأسمر اللون - عبير نعمة، محمد زعتري Hal'Asmar - Abeer Nehme, Mohamad Zatari

Composed by Mohamad Zatari 
Arranged by both musicians
Words by Rumi

Musicians:
Mehdi Aminian - Ney, Setar, Vocals
Mohamad Zatari - Oud
Leila Renault Soldevila - Double Bass
Behnam Masoumi - Percussion

For more Info visit:
www.roots-revival.com/quieterthansilence

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“Quieter than Silence” began with a friendship, beyond stereotypes and political conflicts between an Iranian and a Syrian, in Bucharest.

Quieter than Silence music is a synergy between: ney, setar, oud, kamancheh, percussion, vocal and double bass.

Don't Go

Black Tea - شاي أسود

A composition of Mohamad Zatari

Yousef Nassif - Qanun (Syria)
Behnam Masoumi - Percussion (Iran)
Mohamad Zatari - Oud (Syria)

Black Tea - شاي أسود

Oud Solo - صولو عود

Ya Mahla'l Fus'ha
Mohamad Zatari (feat. the Romanian Radio Children's Choir/Corul de Copii Radio)  

MERIDIAN Concert
Romanian Radio Hall, Bucharest / Sala Radio
Conductor: Răzvan Rădos
05-05-2019 

Mohamad Zatari - Oud  
Avadhut Kasinadhuni – Tabla

Arrangement: Mohamad Zatari & Răzvan Rădos

For more information
https://mohamadzatari.com

يا محلى الفسحة
محمد زعتري – جوقة أطفال راديو رومانيا

من حفل  MERIDIAN
مسرح راديو رومانيا
قيادة الجوقة: رزڤان رَدوس
05-05-2019

محمد زعتري – عود
آڤادوت كاسِنادوني – طبلة

توزيع: محمد زعتري و رزڤان رَدوس

Lyrics:
Oh how beautiful is sitting here on *Ras el-Bar
 As the moon shines on the waves of the sea
***
He said to me, “Come, you whose always on my mind”
“Be the one for me forever and always”
As the moon shines on the waves of the sea
***
The origin of love is a laugh and playfulness 
May we be in each other’s company forever and always
As the moon shines on the waves of the sea

“*-Beach on the Nile river”

Ya Mahla'l Fus'ha | Mohamad Zatari (feat. the Romanian Radio Children's Choir) يا محلى الفسحة

Improviser & sonic storyteller from Aleppo, Syria, currently based in Bucharest, Romania.

My work is dedicated to decolonizing sound and challenging Western perspectives on non-Western music scenes, with a clear political stance against white supremacy. 

I studied classical and contemporary composition at the National University of Music Bucharest (2021), mentored by Mihaela Vosganian. 

Recently, I’ve been active with the AL.Ehtifal Project, a flexible body of musicians from different backgrounds who come together to create layered soundscapes through improvisation.

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