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april 16 | 8pm
| kresge (map)
| mit | $10 (students) | $25 (general public)
buy ticket(s) | more about the event |
poster | about rami
| about kinan
From the
Artists
"The coincidence of our musical pedigree and development, being two Arab
musicians with Juilliard School education, made it inevitable that we meet on
more than one plane. Personal friendship and artistic affinity together led to a
common creative vision and a joint professional pursuit that we find ever
enriching and refreshing.
Our music tends to walk a fine line between the composed and the improvised, and
our musical vocabulary reflects this delicate posture. The music we love to make
is both broad and personal, anchored in tradition yet wide open to the full
sweep of the contemporary lexicon. As much as our music gravitates towards the
Syria-Lebanon region, our sails navigate the wider Arab musical seascape as well
as the world musical scene that we have been exploring, relishing, and
absorbing.
It has been said that music is the art of becoming. In our work, the struggle of
becoming is also a struggle for encompassing and embracing otherness and
difference, giving little heed to stylistic labels. Is our music Western or
Arabic, traditional or contemporary, classical or techno, Acoustic or
electronica? Are we a duo, or two soloists in a contest?
We are two twenty-first century troubadours whose ambition is to create music
that is true to the constant becoming of our existence. In that, we find
infinite joy."
For more information:
concert proceeds will support non-profits in Lebanon
as part of the
'Boston to Lebanon' campaign |
