Aga Khan Master Musicians with Vincent Peirani and Vincent Ségal
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Comme toutes les musiques populaires, le jazz est une musique de fortes personnalités. La reconnaissance internationale de l’accordéoniste Vincent Peirani repose sur cette qualité essentielle, fondamentale. Son charisme musical, son imaginaire hautement singulier, la conception de son art, fruits d’un parcours sans œillères, frappent très tôt tous les esprits.
Hi-Res Photo (300 dpi, 6.2 x 10) of Abbos Kosimov International phenomenon Abbos Kosimov is a master of the doyra (frame drum with metal rings) and an ambassador of Uzbek culture. A roughly 2000-year-old instrument originally played by women as an accompaniment to singing, the doyra features a cow skin head and a frame cut from a single piece of wood with a set of 64 rings evenly spaced around the perimeter.
L’Ensemble Oriental de la HEM, dirigé par Basel Rajoub, propose une soirée consacrée au répertoire Arabe classique, Irano-persan et Turco-ottoman. À cette occasion, il accueille la chanteuse d’origine Syrienne Manal Samaan et deux musiciens du prestigieux Aga Khan Music Programme : le joueur de qanun syrien Feras Charestan et le percussionniste italien Andrea Piccioni.
Born in 1966 in Ordu, Osman Yurdal Tokcan graduated in 1988 from ITU (Istanbul Technical University), Turkish State Conservatory School, Department of Basic Sciences, where he worked as an oud instrument academician between 1989 and 1997.
Wu Man belongs to a rare group of musicians who have redefined the role of their instruments, in her case, the pipa, a pear-shaped, four-stringed Chinese lute with a rich history spanning centuries. Not only is she recognized as the foremost pipa player in the United States, but she is also celebrated as an accomplished composer, educator, and one of the most prominent instrumentalists of traditional Chinese music.
