… ouds by George and Hifnawi
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Oudmigrations concert series in Rome, Italy
at the Biblioteca Vallicelliana, in collaboration with ISMEO
Munir Bashir and the Iraqi oud
… the arrival of the floating bridge …
Iran’s leading oud player
… to live a professional life as a performer in Iran is quite a story!
The oud in Iranian repertoire and teaching
… the oud doesn’t belong to one place and one musical culture only …
The oud in Iran
… from past to present …
The oud of Tunisia
… moving beyond Andalusia …
Nostalgia and the female oud player
How much have women shaped the world of the oud?
The oud in England
…’an exotic caged bird’…
Instrument collections and their stories
… collections are memories of peoples, each with their own traditions and languages …
The refined craft of Damascus in Istanbul
Children need Qudmany ouds too…
Ottoman oud histories
This beautiful postcard invites us to think afresh about the history of the oud. Two elegantly dressed women look out at us, holding their instruments and their plectra. Beside them is a boy in a top hat, who stands on a footstool to reach the right height. In the background and at the edge of…