Category: music
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Arabic Vertical Poems for Piano
English below قصائد عمودية للبيانو هو عبارة عن عمل موسيقي يجمع ما بين الادب و الموسيقي في محاولة لربط التاريخ الادبي والموسيقي العربي العريق بالموسيقى المعاصرة، بهدف ابتكار تيار موسيقي عربي معاصر يستلهم الافكار الجديدة من رحم لغتنا الأم. ويرتكز المشروع على اختيار 16 قصيدة من التراث الادبي العربي، منظومة على ستة عشر بحرا مختلفا،…
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MY INTERVIEW ON “Forum für Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte Transnational”
I was pleased to be a guest of Dc. Fida’a Soubaiti, on her program hosted by the “Forum für Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte Transnational“, on Wednesday, March 30.After a small introduction by Dc. Fida’a about me and my background, I started with a presentation about my project The Lebanese Living Composers Channel, then Free Music Education…
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THE MORABA’ DANCE (رقصة المربّع)
THE MOURABA’ DANCE (رقصة المربّع) (2021) For solo Viola – ca. 7’30 Received an “HONORABLE MENTION” from the Gardner Music Composition Competition 2022, by the American Viola SocietyFebruary 9 2022 Recorded and virtually premiered by Violist Noemie ChemalyJanuary 13 2023 Noemie Chemaly Opus 961 album launch, the dimenna center, New York, USA Composed by Wajdi Abou…
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Small changes mini-grant for “Free Music Education For All” project
I was pleased to be a part of the online cultural exchange and public dialogue on artistic freedom in Lebanon held by Freemuse and ESA Business School, as a receiver of the “Small changes” mini-grant from Freemuse for my project “Free Music Education For All” in which I presented my project and take a part…
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From Berlin to Beirut workshop
From Berlin to Beirut is an intercultural music exchange project that aims to connect the German musical culture with the Lebanese musical culture.
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Global Youth Ambassador at World Music Conference 2021
DECODING WELLNESS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS THROUGH MUSIC The world music conference theme for the 2021 I am honored to be presenting Lebanon at the World Music Conference 2021, where I shared my experience as a founder, artistic director, and conductor of “Orchestra Al Mokhyam”, and “Choueifet Orchestra and Choir”, and talking about how…
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THE UNSQUARE SUITE
THE UNSQUARE SUITE For Concert Band (grade 4.5) – ca. 14′ Instrumentations: 1picc, 2fl, 2cl in Bb, 3sax(A,T,B), 2hn, 2tr in Bb (st. mute), euph, tba, 4perc (glock, vib, b. dr, sus. cym, sn. dr, tamb)Opt. 2ob, 2bs, b. cl, trn, b. trn. The Unsquare Suite is a suite of five pieces for the concert…
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BEL AFRAH | FRENCH HORN TRIO | بالافراح
Composed By Wajdi Abou DiabFrench Horn: Amr SelimPiano: Seba AliViolin: Mario RahiRecorded, mixed, and mastered at redbouth studio BEL AFRAH (بالأفراح) Opus 11B for French Horn, Violin, and Piano. This Trio is the second in the Opus 11, inspired by the Arabic wedding tradition, and a folk tune that used to be sung during these…
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Tribute to Wadih El Safi
Arranged for solo piano by Wajdi Abou Diab Performed by Chantal Francis Menassa Special guest General Dr. Elia Francis El Safi Recorded and mastered by Charbel Barq Filmed and video editing by IAM production Translated to English by Mariebelle Francis Naffah Special thanks to Theatre Habchieh Ghazir and Ghazir municipality A special tribute to the…
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Puccini International Opera Composition Course 2021
The PUCCINI International Opera Composition Course is a course addressed to composers willing to investigate thoroughly all compositional techniques in use in opera writing today, focusing both on the Italian tradition and on the genre’s contemporary international developments.
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