Live Music

Music Talks #33 at Onomatopoeia

Friday, Nov 28, 2014
8:30pm -> 9:30pm
Onomatopoeia

Music Talks #33 will be hosted by Ghassan Sahhab – a musicologist, composer, and professional Qānūn Player.

Come and check out:
– The oriental traditional ensemble (takht), a historical preview
– The meaning of the term
– Its instruments
– The concept of the performance in the takht
– Audio/visual examples

– The orchestra, a historical preview
– The meaning of the term
– Its instruments
– The concept of the performance in the orchestra
– The orchestra in the music of the Levant and Egypt
– Audio/visual examples