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who are master oud players?

al oskarku - 9-3-2009 at 12:59 PM

Hello Everybody,
I don't play oud yet, but I am working toward buying one. At the moment I'm trying to discover as much as I can about the instrument, the music and the cultures.
I've loved Oud music for a long time without knowing what I'm listening to. Now, I want to learn the names and traditions of oud music.
I would like to ask you all, if you had to choose some essential players of oud, who would they be? Who do you think are the great masters of the oud?

I think this forum is great, I've learnt a lot from here already, and I've only just begun on this great journey of oud.

I look forward to your suggestions,
Joseph

fhalaw - 9-3-2009 at 01:16 PM

a lot of goooood people present and past my top two favorite of all time:

- Munir Bashir
- Marcel Khalifa

Other popular names :
Naseer Shamma
Charbel Rouhana
Farid al Atrash
Simon Shaheen
Abadi Al Gohari
Mamdouh al Gibali

new young guys who I recently discovered and are pretty good:
Ahmad al Khatib.
Nizar Rouhana
Omar Bashir

and many many more

Sorry for being biased, a lot of good non-arab players as well (which I know very little about)

Luttgutt - 9-3-2009 at 01:30 PM

Welcome to the forum al oskarku!

As fhalaw says, lots and lots of good names to listen to!

It has a lot to do with the personal taste and the style ou like.

My all time top two favorites are:
1-Jamil Bashir (the brother of Monir Bashir)
2- Anouar Brahem.

But none of the two can be classified as "traditional" player.

Some good traditional style players:
1- Asabji
2- Farid
3- Sombati (I newly discocerd his oud style, thanks to this forum)

And of course as fhalaw says, the young Ahmad Al Khatib.

And yes, many many others (luckily : )

p.s. Here, I restricted the list to arabic style (not turkish).

Good luck on your quest


drovla - 9-3-2009 at 01:51 PM

I would have to say Yurdal Tokcan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imh-GbYMxQk

oudtab - 9-3-2009 at 02:10 PM

Bonjour al oskarku,

I will add these names :

- Rahim Alhaj
- Joubran Brothers (Trio)
- Raed Khoshaba
- Hussain Sabsaby
- Abady Aljohr
- Necati çelik

Sazi - 9-3-2009 at 02:45 PM

Hi Joseph, welcome to the forum, you've definitely come to the right place!:)

I will add:

Saad Mahmood Jawad

Khalid Mohammad Ali

Khaled Ben Yahya

(you can find them all on youtube)

(Obviously I'm biased toward floating bridge ouds)

Cheers, S

John Erlich - 9-3-2009 at 03:40 PM

Check this out: http://www.oud.eclipse.co.uk/recordings.html

Franck - 9-3-2009 at 05:27 PM

Hi Joseph, I can add:

Yurdal Tokcan
Yurgo Bacanos
Ismail Fencioğlu
Afif Taian
Hamza el-Din

Sasha - 9-3-2009 at 08:07 PM

John Bilezikjian
Richard Hagopian
Joe Zeytoonian
Haig Manookian

Joseph Tawadros

al oskarku - 9-4-2009 at 12:42 AM

Thanks Everyone!!

Wow, so many masters!! I now have 36 names on my list, enough , I think to start my musical education.

Can anyone recomend a good online shop to purchase recordings?

Thanks again and keep the names coming in.

aytayfun - 9-4-2009 at 12:50 AM

Not yet al oskarku.
Here are the names of turkish oud players. (By their names.) Of Course others exist that I dont know.. These are my favorites.
Yorgo Bacanos
Kadri Şençalar
Cinuçen Tanrıkorur
Yurdal Tokcan
Necati Çelik
Sedat Oytun
Bayram Coşkuner
Hüseyin İpek
Yıldıran Güz
Ömer Oytun


hama - 9-4-2009 at 12:57 AM

try this last one
http://www.culturepub.fr/videos/el-pais-oud

Abusaid - 9-4-2009 at 07:26 AM

Iyad Haymour
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvpSYmyYvw8

Adel Salameh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWmz8938RdI

Joseph Tawadros
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSAgkLk-Xno

Nasser Houary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsrPBNmh5Qk

Mohammed Abozekry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TDSZB2PB30

Hazem Shaheen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aHiJ9Wlxb4

Ararat66 - 9-4-2009 at 07:41 AM

Don't you dare forget Udi Hrant Kenkulian

:cool:

Leon

paulO - 4-7-2012 at 06:30 AM

Another very fine player: Peter Dorian - http://youtu.be/A2Sx26zB3bE Enjoy.

Regards..Paul

zakiya_alali - 4-18-2012 at 04:15 AM


I will add

Ehsan Emama (iraq)
Mustafa Mohmad Zayer (iraq)
Ali Hasan (iraq)
Sami Naseem(iraq)
Khayam allami (iraq)
Salim Abed alkareem (iraq)

Cheers

SamirCanada - 4-18-2012 at 11:02 AM

- Abdel Hamid Abou Feesha

Master of all 360 maqamat including Maqam el shoushou, an elusive and mysterious melody reserved for the listening pleasure of only the most distinguished guests.

he must be added to this list...

David Parfitt - 4-18-2012 at 12:58 PM

Quote: Originally posted by BintElOud  

Check out Salim Al Maqrashi. He's considered the best in Oman. He doesn't have a highly accessible album that I'm aware of, but his work is great. You should find him on YouTube and if not let me know and I can try posting some of his recordings that I have. :)

Also, you can find a whole world of oud recordings on oudstouch.tumblr.com The site manager has posted hundreds of oud songs with their album covers, player names, etc. It's a really great site for finding new players.

BintElOud


There are 6 tracks by Salim Al Maqrashi at the start of the first CD of the four-CD set "Al Tarab - Muscat Oud Festival" - see here:

http://www.amazon.com/Al-Tarab-Muscat-Oud-Festival/dp/B000HT2J94

Best wishes

David

Roman Bunka

Marcus - 4-19-2012 at 12:31 AM

Hi Joseph, :wavey:
I can add Roman Bunka, the only german oud-master (that I know).

Solo Oud

and toghether with Luis Borda

Guitar-Oud-Duo

Cheers
Marcus

Microber - 4-19-2012 at 02:35 AM

Quote: Originally posted by Marcus  
Hi Joseph, :wavey:
I can add Roman Bunka, the only german oud-master (that I know).

Cheers
Marcus



:) I completely agree.
There is highly recommandable CD of Roman Bunka with Luis Borda and Jost Hecker at the cello.


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