A creator of poetic dream pop, a fusion of soulful sounds. Her voice encapsulates jazz elements and Middle Eastern vibes with colourful harmonies. Her lyrics tell stories of femininity, vulnerability, and human connection to nature and to the self.

Ruba Shamshoum is a Palestinian musician, born and raised in Nazareth and currently living in London. Ruba's music draws from the sensibility of jazz, mixed with tinges of Middle Eastern elements. This mix complements her style and brings it to unique and distinctive places.

Ruba studied jazz performance at Newpark Music Centre in Ireland and was an active part of the Irish jazz scene. She wrote music for the film "When I Saw You", and released songs that were part of top indie charts in the Middle East and North Africa, generating much acclaim. She performed in international festivals in Ireland, the UK, and the Middle East. In 2016 Ruba gave a TED talk about "Being Creative in a Society that Worships the Past", hosted by the London Business School.

In May 2017, Ruba self-released her debut album 'Shamat' (Beauty Spots), written and arranged by her. In the record, she deals with identity, escapism, fear, and love. Each song on the album explores different shades of emotion.

In recent years Ruba collaborated on tracks with multiple musicians in Ireland and the Middle East. In 2019 she worked with poet Farah Chamma on the music and lyrics for a show titled Mai w Dai (Water and Light), which they performed in London in January 2020. In 2020, during the COVID 19 lockdown, Ruba wrote and released an original song titled "Patience"  co-produced by Kazz Torabyeh.

Ruba is Currently working on her next release with producer Alev Lenz, coming 2021.

I was born in Florence, where I later studied musicology and recorder. I then furthered my instrumental studies in Germany at the University of Music, Drama and Media in Hanover, where I obtained my Soloist’s Diploma. I moved to Berlin at the beginning of 2014.

I have been very involved with classical Turkish and Arab music for several years now, also studying their respective aesthetics and theories. I play both the Turkish and the Arabic Ney and regularly perform these instruments in various music and theatre projects (for example as soloist in the National Theatre Thuringia, in the NDR Radio Station in Hanover, in the Kulturforum in Frankfurt (Oder), etc.
My teachers of ney and modal music include Ross Daly, Ömer Erdogdular, Kudsi Erguner, whereas I studied the recorder and Early Music with David Bellugi, Federico Maria Sardelli and Ulrich Thieme.

In addition to working as a freelance musician, I teach Ney at the BTMK (Berlin Conservatoire of Turkish Music) and Recorder at SOS Berlin.

I am also involved in research and publishing. For instance, I issued the first edition of Concertos for Recorder by the Neapolitan composer Nicola Fiorenza (published by Girolamo).

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This is the official SoundCloud page for Sarah Slean.  Hope you enjoy the selection of songs from Sarah's latest 2011 release, a double album titled Land & Sea, and several from her earlier catalogue (please refer to the album graphic for details).  The "Music" tab on www.sarahslean.com and her CDBaby page contain all track listings and album info.  Please feel free to share the streaming tracks and follow Sarah on Twitter (sarahslean). Thanks for listening and keep an eye out for tour dates in your area! - sarahslean.com

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