Greek Music Express: Peace in the Middle East – Arab Mix: Simon Shaheen, Adel Salameh, Imane Homsy | 29 Dec 2023

Simon Shaheen dazzles listeners as he deftly leaps from traditional Arab sounds to jazz and Western classical styles. His soaring technique, melodic ingenuity, and unparalleled grace have earned him international acclaim as a virtuoso on the oud and violin. Palestinian oud player and composer, Adel Salameh was born in Nablus, Palestine, in 1966. He started performing as a soloist while still living in the Arab World but immigrated to Europe in 1990. He quickly established a reputation as one of the finest performers of the oud. And Imane Homsy, who sadly died in 2013, is considered the most important qanun virtuoso of Lebanon. She studied Classic Arab Music, while at the same time experimenting with Western music. She developed her own technique in qanun, playing with eight fingers, without abandoning the common way of playing by using two fingers.