Please Note: Due to some technical issues, Le Trio Joubran tour is being postponed. We will publish the revised schedule widely as soon as it has been confirmed. In the meantime, if your chapter or organization in cities other than those indicated below would like to explore being included in a revised tour schedule, please write to us at office@al-awda.org
Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition
P R E S E N T S
Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition is pleased to announce that we will be hosting a five US city concert tour of internationally-acclaimed Palestinian Oud musicians Le Trio Joubran. Accompanied by virtuoso percussionist Yousef Hbeisch, Le Trio Joubran will be performing April 8 to April 13, 2011 in San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland and Houston.
Le Trio Joubran are unique. They are the world’s only professional oud trio. The three young Palestinian brothers – Samir, Wissam and Adnan, are the sons of a master oud craftsman from the Palestinian city of Nazareth. Samir, the eldest of the three at 36, is a stunning virtuoso with a tremendous international reputation. He was inspired to form the oud trio after listening to contemporary flamenco and jazz fusion guitarists. He is joined by Wissam, aged 27, who was apprenticed to his father and became the first stringed instrument maker from the Arab World to graduate from the Antonio Stradivari Institute in Italy. Wissam hand-crafted the three brother instruments played by the trio in the Joubran family’s tradition. Adnan, the youngest at 24, is considered a prodigy by his brothers and his full musical talent is just emerging.
The oud, or Arab lute, is the voice of Palestinian tradition and classical Arab music. Its ancient origins date back as far as Mesopotamia and Pharonic Egypt; it is a distant cousin of Russia’s balalaika and Japan’s biwa, and the forefather of the European lute, brought to Western Europe by the Troubadours via Moorish Spain. Considered the king of instruments in the Arab world, the Oud remains popular today throughout North Africa and the Near and Middle East.
The Joubran brothers proudly bring an awareness of their Palestinian culture and identity to the stage. However, once they start to play, the Oud’s transcendent quality acts to bring people together, so that any divisions of culture, race and language cease to matter. The trio’s music can remind the listener that beyond the horrifying headlines coming out of occupied Palestine, is a beautiful country with a rich cultural heritage – and hope.
Between musical ecstasy and sumptuous silence, Le Trio Joubran carry their audience from elation to melancholy. Their overwhelming stage performances are both precise and overflowing with emotions that will take your breath away – Don't miss it!
Join us! Watch, listen and enjoy as they perform AsFar their widely-acclaimed recently released new album.
For details and pricing, see below:
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San Francisco
TBA
Bayside Performing Arts Center
2025 Kehoe Avenue
San Mateo, CA 94403
Local phone contact: 415-726-3951
Local email: sanfrancisco@al-awda.org
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Cleveland, Ohio
TBA
The Cleveland State University
Main Classroom Building
1899 E 22nd Street
Cleveland Ohio 44115
Local phone contact: 216-299-6002
Local email: cleveland@al-awda.org
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For advance reservations at any of the indicated locations please use the corresponding shopping cart button above. For reservations by phone for any of the above locations using your credit card, please call 760-685-3243 or 805-390-6480 1-4 PM PST Monday to Friday.
Samples of Trio Joubran Music:
“This is contemporary oud playing at its finest —inventive, quixotic and arresting” Songlines
“The trio of intensely inspired and passionate musicians manages to triumph with a music that both moves the soul and makes the heart race with its fearless brilliance and command.” John Adams, Composer in Residence at Carnegie Hall
For more information about Le Trio Joubran, visit http://www.letriojoubran.com
Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=144102552318644
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