Not only do Ghassan Al-Youssef and Dina Abdel-Hamid play on one oud, they also share a philosophy of life that embraces peace and meditation as tools supporting mental and physical practice It was a ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Clarissa Bitar about their new album, Bakhaf al-Layl, and how they are leaning into vocals after a long time spent not liking the sound of their voice.

Muath Edriss is a singer, composer and performer. His professional career, in fact his whole life, revolves around the oud.

So recites award-winning Lebanese oud master, musician and singer Charbel Rouhana in Arabic from the repertoire of 12th century Sicilian-Arab poet Ibn Hamdis al-Siqilli. Rouhana then proceeds to sing ...

DOHA: Katara Cultural Village is set to open a special centre for Oud to promote the Arab world’s ‘king’ of instruments considered the most important in Arabic classical music. The announcement was ...

The emirate’s rich musical heritage offers visitors the opportunity to gain an insight into many aspects of its culture. Celebrated oud composer Faisal Al Saari, plays in Abu Dhabi’s cultural center ...

DOHA: More than 80 Oud artistes from 16 countries will perform at the second edition of the annual Katara Oud Festival which opens on Thursday at Katara Opera House. Eighteen individual performers and ...

In the second episode of the "Bayt Al Mazzika" podcast, we sat down with Iraqi oud player Safaa El Din. He talked about his journey as a oud player and why he doesn't think reading musical notes is ...

Saudi Arabia announced the establishment of the Bait Al-Oud Arabic Music Institute that aims to promote the region's talents and develop a new generation of musicians. Bait Al-Oud (“House of Oud”) is ...

Moscow (Russia), Feb 20 (ANI) Looking for something I have never met before". this is how Olga Pervova describes her life's journey. Olga Pervova's first diploma is a Japanese language teacher. Later ...