Category: Musics CS20

  • Bin Hussein Group

    Bin Hussein Group

    last event of the 20th annual cultural season, Sea Songs of the Arabian Gulf performed by the Bin Hussein Group, at Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah’s Amricani Cultural Centre.

  • Abdul Kareem Abdul Qader performed by Khaled al-Aujairy

    Abdul Kareem Abdul Qader performed by Khaled al-Aujairy

    Kuwaiti musician and composer Abdul Kareem Abdul Qader performed by Khaled al-Aujairy, at Amricani Cultural Centre.

  • “A Night to Celebrate Yousef Mutrif”

    “A Night to Celebrate Yousef Mutrif”

    Yousef Mutrif Al-Munais (1961-2001) was a famous Kuwaiti singer and guitarist throughout the 80’s and 90’s, and was popular for his stylistic musical performances on the Oud. “A Night to Celebrate Yousef Mutrif” was performed by Murif al-Mutrif, the son of the late Yousef Mutrif, and his group at Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah’s Amricani Cultural Centre.

  • Cantores Maiore’s “Art of Canons”

    Cantores Maiore’s “Art of Canons”

    Cantores Maiore’s “Art of Canons” featuring Music Director, Conductor and Organ Soloist Dr. Valentina Maria Baginska, Dr. Mervat Shaker (Violins), Dr. Samy Ali (Violins), and Khaled Khalaifouh (Cello) The project “Art of Canons” by “Cantores Maiores” Choir is a continuation of a 5-year conductor’s activity Maestro Valentina Maria Baginska in Kuwait. The purpose of it…

  • Muwashahat

    Muwashahat

    ‘Muwashahat’ featuring musician and conductor Adel Abdul-Aziz, Yousef Bara, and the Angham Sharq Music Band. Muwashah is a type of vocal composition common in modern classical Arabic songs which follows the rules of muwashah poetry with respect to the number of lines, the length of the line, meter, and rhyme. It is a sophisticated musical…

  • Turkish Music Night

    Turkish Music Night

    ‘Turkish Music Night’ featuring Aytaç Doğan, at the Amricani Cultural Centre. Aytaç Doğan plays the quanun, a well-known oriental string instrument, and has performed with Turkish star musicians. His style has a solid base in Turkish tradition, but he has distinguished himself amongst other performers for subtly drawing influence from jazz, blues and Gypsy music.

  • ‘Mephisto Waltz and other Classics’

    ‘Mephisto Waltz and other Classics’

    ‘Mephisto Waltz and other Classics’ performed by Steinway Artist Stephanie Shih-yu Cheng and concert pianist Harriet Bushman. Taiwanese-American pianist Stephanie Shih-yu Cheng has performed extensively in the U.S., France, Italy, Japan, and Taiwan to great critical acclaim. Her solo and collaborative engagements have brought her to many of the world’s major music centers, including Weill…

  • Angham al-Sharq Music Band

    Angham al-Sharq Music Band

    Yousef Bara, Maestro Adel Abdul-Aziz and the Angham al-Sharq Music Band perform timeless classics by Egyptian composer Baligh Hamdi. Baligh’s passion for music started early when he learned how to play the violin at age nine, and the oud two or three years later. His best work is published as recordings under the name of…

  • Tales on the Ud

    Tales on the Ud

    Tales on the Ud’ featuring Iraqi musician Salem Abdel-Kareem, at the Amricani Cultural Centre.

  • Sherbal Rohana and Ellie Khoury

    Sherbal Rohana and Ellie Khoury

    Lebanese musicians, Sherbal Rohana and Ellie Khoury, perform songs from their album Douzan tonight, at the Amricani Cultural Centre.