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John Bilezikjian

davidg - 8-31-2005 at 07:12 PM

Hey Everyone

How is everyone.
Since I live in Los Angeles, can you guys tell me when this wonderful oudist is giving a concert. I new that he would play in some reastaurant in Hollywood but I don;t have info. Can you guys give me some info?
Please help Jonathan or Samir.

Thank You in advance.

By the way. Although I am not in the Arabic school of oud playing I am still going to go to Simon Shaheen's concert in September.
Thanks for the info.

Jonathan - 8-31-2005 at 07:31 PM

Davidg--the Hollywood shows are off until this fall. Awesome shows, though, and free. I have seen him play such an incredibly diverse amount of material there. Turkish, Armenian, Arabic, Greek. Even material that you never hear on oud--Vivaldi, American standards, everything.
I know he is doing a show in San Pedro tonight. Why don't you write to him at his website and ask?
http://www.dantzrecords.com
Or, just email him directly at dantzrec@aol.com He would be glad to answer your email. One of the nicest guys around.
There's a church picnic he is playing at September 11, that I know of. I will u2u you the details.
This guy is incredibly busy. Unbelievable how many soundtracks he is doing lately. I think he is the Must Like Dogs soundtrack, and a couple of other major pics that are out there right now.

Jonathan - 8-31-2005 at 07:35 PM

And if I am lucky, I will be at that Simon Shaheen show, too.

syrianoud - 8-31-2005 at 08:45 PM

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Originally posted by Jonathan
And if I am lucky, I will be at that Simon Shaheen show, too.


Baba Jonathan be there .i bought tickets already that sould be as great event.....Regards ,Samir,California

Dr. Oud - 9-2-2005 at 09:05 AM

John is scheduled for a show on October 15 and music workshop on October 16 with Soheil Kaspar in Portland, Oregon. It will be held at the Orpheum Theatre in Southeast Portland. If antone's interested, u2 me and I'll forward the details when I get them. I'll be presenting a workshop in Persian music history, structure, and styles with demos on santur and oud on Sunday as well.