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Simone Shaheen & Jihad Ali Racy concert..Info about next event on October 1st Wael kakish

syrianoud - 9-25-2005 at 12:01 PM

I went to the concert of Simone Shaheen & Jihad Ali Racy concert yesterday , and it was great. It was a plesure meeting Jonathan ,LeeVaris and one other member that I met at the tram with his father a nice young man ,Egyptian , well if you read that please interduce your self since you nick name is a little too lond or defecult..Sorry ,but hey guys was plesure meeting you all ,Was a lots of fun, the place was packed all tickets where sold out .That was amaizing ,People where outside asking if you have tickets for sale ,One Guy game to Mike and said that he is # 20 on the waiting list ,that he is not sure if he will get in.But the best thing was meeting some members .
After the concert I spoke to Jihad Ali Racy ,told him that Mr nazih Ghadban says Hello and That I spoke to Nazih today and he sends his best wishes to Mr Ghadban, Alli salem aleh ktir ahar elsalam. Then I met Simone he new my mother and he spoke to her ,pitty that we coildnt take pictures and post them here .I really enjoyed the concert.Wish more. But Next Saturday Wael kakish have a concert at the Sangeet school & Accidental College in Los Angeles Border of glendale .The concert is called WEHDA WORLD MUSIC CELEBRATION WITH KAN ZAMAN & SALAAM SUITE It will be October 1st at 8 pm tickets are $15.00 at the Thorn Hall(Occidental college) 1600 Campus Dr.Los Angeles 90041 . Hope to meet more members from here Mike's forums there . Best Regards samir ,California

TruePharaoh21 - 9-25-2005 at 07:04 PM

Apparently, I'm the "nice young man" on the tram. :D The concert really was great. I wasn't able to see Lee, but I wish I had... haven't seen you in a while, man. Everyone was great to see, as usual, and to meet you, Samir. Simon is amazing on the oud, I have to tell you all. And Jihad Racy... my goodness, an all-around great musician.

I hope to see you all in the concert coming up on the 1st!

TP21

Jonathan - 9-25-2005 at 07:30 PM

Did anybody find out the details on the oud Simon was playing?

syrianoud - 9-25-2005 at 07:43 PM

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Originally posted by TruePharaoh21
Apparently, I'm the "nice young man" on the tram. :D The concert really was great. I wasn't able to see Lee, but I wish I had... haven't seen you in a while, man. Everyone was great to see, as usual, and to meet you, Samir. Simon is amazing on the oud, I have to tell you all. And Jihad Racy... my goodness, an all-around great musician.

I hope to see you all in the concert coming up on the 1st!

TP21


Great thanks for posting now I see i should think about an Egyptian Pharon and i would have been ok ,Well Will see you on the 1st .Sat hello to your dad he is a very nice man. salamat. Samir

syrianoud - 9-25-2005 at 07:45 PM

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Originally posted by Jonathan
Did anybody find out the details on the oud Simon was playing?


Jonathan I will ask him when he calls me or i will call his brother Najib and find out. because Najib takes care of all his ouds.
Jonathan would we see you at Waels concert on the 1st ? hope to .

TruePharaoh21 - 9-26-2005 at 12:39 PM

I was able to ask Mr. Shaheen about his oud. I asked if it was a Nahat, and got a very surprising "no." He said the maker is Palestinian, if I remember correctly. I remember his name clearly, though... Amine Haddad. Fantastic sounding oud, no? And the oud player that was playing when Simon was on violin... was his brother! I thought that was awesome.

TP21

Jonathan - 9-26-2005 at 01:14 PM

Did you get a good look at the bowl? Pretty stunning.
Yes, it sounded good. The whole ensemble was amplified very nicely-- a really nice, warm, natural sound in there, at least from where I was sitting.
Never heard of the oud maker, but the oud was something special.

syrianoud - 9-26-2005 at 01:38 PM

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Originally posted by Jonathan
Did you get a good look at the bowl? Pretty stunning.
Yes, it sounded good. The whole ensemble was amplified very nicely-- a really nice, warm, natural sound in there, at least from where I was sitting.
Never heard of the oud maker, but the oud was something special.


Oh that Amin Haddad from Haifa. I remember this guy ,And a remember that he was making some ouds at home.But the second oud that they did not use was a Nahat for sure.

Jameel - 9-26-2005 at 02:13 PM

Anyone have pics of the event and the ouds mentioned?

syrianoud - 9-26-2005 at 02:19 PM

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Originally posted by Jameel
Anyone have pics of the event and the ouds mentioned?


They did not allow us to take pictures. Thank you Samir,California