Fujairah: The Fujairah Cultural and Media Authority (FCMA) is set to host an event to celebrate a traditional musical instrument favoured by poet-singers throughout the Arab world early next month.

Ibrahim Maalouf plays a four-valve trumpet — most just have three. The extra valve, attached to the button a trumpeter pushes down, allows the Lebanese musician to play quarter-tones — the notes ...

Spreading the melody of Arab music through a little-known instrument On television, classical Arab instruments, I have found, are usually played by middle-aged to older gentlemen and as part of an ...

In late 2002, the Boston Camerata was scheduled to tour a program of medieval Spanish music, “Cantigas de Santa Maria.” Artistic director Joel Cohen had already made a recording of the program with ...

To the rhythms of classical Arab and Palestinian music, UNRWA Commissioner-General Peter Hansen today inaugurated the Nimreen Children’s Music Centre, which for the first time will provide ...