14th December 2013 at SOAS (L67), London WC1.

Part of the Maqam Project @ SOAS [organised by Ed Emery], www.facebook.com/pages/Maqam-Project/112408472109050.
The Project kicked off with a series of concerts in different modes (Hijaz, Rast, Saba, Ushshaq) at the Cockpit Theatre in 2010. After a quiet spell it was back with another concert and this Mini-Conference.

Country: Egypt. Style: Eqyptian Maqam.

Mohammed Antar is from Tanta, to the north of Cairo. He gave a talk on “The Hijaz Family: Maqams extensions from Yegah to Dugah”, which he illustrated on his Ney.
More information: www.mohammedantar.net/EN/home.aspx.

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14th December 2013 at SOAS (L67), London WC1.

Part of the Maqam Project @ SOAS [organised by Ed Emery], www.facebook.com/pages/Maqam-Project/112408472109050.
The Project kicked off with a series of concerts in different modes (Hijaz, Rast, Saba, Ushshaq) at the Cockpit Theatre in 2010. After a quiet spell it was back with another concert and this Mini-Conference.

Country: Greek Cyprus (British resident). Style: Turkish Taksim.

Michalis Kouloumis is from Cyprus and has been awarded a Master of Music in Turkish Music at Codarts in Rotterdam. He gave a talk on “Comparative analysis of Hicaz Taksim”, which he concluded by playing a Taksim on his Violin.

Tags:   World Music Greek Cyprus Michalis Kouloumis Violin Maqam Music Mini-Conference Ed Emery event SOAS

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14th December 2013 at SOAS (L67), London WC1.

Part of the Maqam Project @ SOAS [organised by Ed Emery], www.facebook.com/pages/Maqam-Project/112408472109050.
The Project kicked off with a series of concerts in different modes (Hijaz, Rast, Saba, Ushshaq) at the Cockpit Theatre in 2010. After a quiet spell it was back with another concert and this Mini-Conference.

Country: Iran (British resident). Style: Persian Maqam.

Tinoush Bahrami is from Iran and studied at Tehran University and Tehran conservatoire. He gave a talk on “Old Chahargah versus new Chahargah: demonstrations and improvisations”, which he illustrated on his Tar.

Tags:   World Music Iran Tinoush Bahrami Tar [Persian] Tar [Lute] Maqam Music Mini-Conference Ed Emery event SOAS

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14th December 2013 at SOAS (L67), London WC1.

Part of the Maqam Project @ SOAS [organised by Ed Emery], www.facebook.com/pages/Maqam-Project/112408472109050.
The Project kicked off with a series of concerts in different modes (Hijaz, Rast, Saba, Ushshaq) at the Cockpit Theatre in 2010. After a quiet spell it was back with another concert and this Mini-Conference.

Country: Egypt & Greek Cyprus (British resident). Style: Maqam.

The conference concluded with Mohammed Antar and Michalis Kouloumis improvising together.

Tags:   World Music Egypt Greek Cyprus Mohammed Antar Michalis Kouloumis Ney Flute Violin Maqam Music Mini-Conference Ed Emery event SOAS

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