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Ramzi Aburedwan & Dal'ouna Ensemble with Lena Seikaly: Jazz, Chamber, World Music
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1565068
Tickets for our show on Saturday, July 11, 7pm at Westmoreland Congregational Church
Also: Sunday, July 12, 5:30pm, Trinity Cathedral, Easton, MD (1.5 to 2 hours from DC) -- Tickets @ www.Dalouna.EventBrite.com
DATES AND DETAILS BELOW and at www.WorldClassArts.org
Join us for a night of music performed by acclaimed Palestinian composer and musician Ramzi Aburedwan and his Arabic-French Dal`ouna Ensemble during their U.S. premiere tour.
Bringing together musicians from the Arab world and the West, Dal'ouna's music crosses many boundaries, promoting diverse intercultural exchange through fusion of Palestinian folk music, world and classical music, and jazz.
THE DAL'OUNA ENSEMBLE:
Ramzi Aburedwan (viola and bouzouki)
Ziad Ben Youssef (oud, percussion)
Edwin Buger (accordion, keyboard)
Tareq Rantisi (percussion)
Lena Seikaly (vocals)
Ramzi Aburedwan, is the founder of the renowned Al-Kamandjati music centers, which have served thousands of Palestinian children in the West Bank, Gaza and in refugee camps in Lebanon. The Dal`ouna Ensemble is named after a festive Palestinian music genre whose influences extend from Egypt to Andalusia, passing through various regions and traditions of the Middle East and adding medieval and jazz accents. Dal`ouna combines traditional Arab instruments including the bouzouki, oud, and percussion with viola and accordion. Their repertoire ranges from instrumental to traditional poetic genres that focus on love, freedom, and nature.
The tour corresponds with the release of "Children of the Stone: The Power of Music in a Hard Land" (Bloomsbury, April 2015) by Sandy Tolan, author of the international bestseller, "The Lemon Tree." The new book tells the story of Ramzi whose iconic image as an eight-year-old boy throwing a stone during the first Palestinian uprising captures the universal desire of Palestinians for freedom.
The book traces Ramzi's subsequent transformation from a frustrated youth growing up in a refugee camp into a widely-respected classical and Arabic musician. He subsequently graduated from the acclaimed collaboration between Daniel Barenboim and Edward Said: The National Conservatory of Music in Ramallah. Ramzi then received a full scholarship to attend a music conservatory in France, and has subsequently realized his dream of founding music schools for Palestinian children. Al Kamandjati, Ramzi's music academy, has programs in the cities of Ramallah and Jenin, and in Palestinian refugee camps in the West Bank and Lebanon, serving thousands of children.
The Children of the Stone/Dal'Ouna Tour is a musical and literary tour de force, bridging cultural divides by promoting diverse cross-cultural sharing through fusion of unique musical and literary works including Palestinian folk, world and classical music, jazz, combined with biographical narrative nonfiction. At the heart of the tour, which brings together musicians from the Islamic world and the West, is Ramzi's own struggle in the midst of violence and hopelessness to find meaning and to protect and encourage children through music.
The concerts will include compositions by Ramzi, virtuoso performances by gifted Palestinian singers, percussionists, string musicians, oud and bouzouk players, and dramatic readings from Tolan's book, backed by the Ensemble.
In the midst of so much ongoing violence in the world, the Children of the Stone/Dal'ouna Tour brings hope, documenting the creation of something beautiful under exceptionally difficult circumstances.
THE DC AREA CONCERTS ARE CO-SPONSORED BY:
Jerusalem Fund/Palestine Center
Middle East Institute Arts and Culture Program
Jewish Voice for Peace-DC area Chapter,
American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
Briggs Center for Faith and Action,
Westmoreland Congregational UCC.
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CHILDREN OF THE STONE U.S. PREMIERE TOUR DATES:
Monday, June 29, 8pm: Common Ground on the Hill, McDaniel College, Westminster, MD
Thursday, July 2, 6:30pm: Busboys & Poets
14th & V. St., NW
Washington, DC
Tuesday, July 7, 7pm: National Cathedral
(JUST PLAY film with Q&A and mini-concert)
Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, July 8: Le Poisson Rouge
New York, NY
Saturday, July 11: Westmoreland UCD
Bethesda, MD
Sunday, July 12: Eastern Shore, MD (details TBA)
Visit www.WorldClassArts.org for more information
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LocationBusboys & Poets (View)
2021 14th St. NW
Washington, DC 20009
United States
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| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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