Microber - 3-3-2008 at 01:39 AM
Do someone know this player.
Probably Morrocan.
Nice taqsim.
And a nice oud.
I like the rosettes.
Anyone knows the maker of the oud.
Robert
Rambaldi47 - 3-3-2008 at 07:08 AM
Hi, Microber.
I recall watching this performance on the Moroccan TV Channel.
After a search for some other youtube videos of this player,
his name was mentioned and is:
Dr. Nasser Houari
Here's the only website solely dedicated to him that I could find:
http://perso.wanadoo.net.ma/houari/index.htm
Ts'Barch Allah alik indeed. Great Performance :-)
stringmanca - 10-30-2008 at 12:50 PM
I was surfing YouTube last night and came across some of Dr. Houari's videos. Here is his YouTube account:
http://www.youtube.com/user/NASSERHOUARI
Some more videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7AFLgCmwlI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1gODD7VvY4
His Web site:
http://www.nasserhouari.com
Interesting that he's a pharmacist!
MatthewW - 11-11-2008 at 04:22 AM
I've come across the doc's video clips before on youtube and enjoyed his playing very much; very nice touch and very expressive.
Did you notice that in one clip posted just above by stringmanca ( Some more videos: ...= O7AFLgCm..) at about 0:18-0:24 seconds into this taqsim he
really hits some bluesy sounding riffs, also in a few other spots. 
I reckon being a pharmacist he knows music to about be the best drug!
Owain-Hawk - 11-11-2008 at 04:44 AM
Haha, yes! That's awesome. I've accidentally played blues on my Oud before, I was playing the Rast chord, and I slid my fingers up and down the
fretboard slighty, causing that blues effect. 
By the way, I'm pretty sure I saw him live when I was in Morocco. It's just I never really got a proper look at him, and it was going dark, but I am
nearly 100% sure that was his playing style... (it was outside on a big stage if you're wondering. I also took a picture, but it came out blurred.
)