About me

Multi-instrumentalist, award-winning composer, and music technologist. Originally (and still) a guitarist, I discovered the Oud during my travels as a peace activist in the Middle-East a couple of decades ago. Since then I have been studying Arabic, Ottoman, Persian and Afghan music on the Oud and other plucked instruments of the region (Setar, Tar, Rubab, Tambur). In parallel I enjoy composing, arranging and producing music for various projects and ensembles.

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Projects

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  Iraqi Music ... Of Land & PeopleWhile over the centuries civilizations flourished and died in a long succession along the banks of Tigris and Euphrates, music never lost its important function in the day to day life of Iraqi people. An age - old heritage of great variety has been accumulated and preserved in the form of folk and religious music. Almost every region along the two rivers kept its own style of country music. Samplings of the richness of Iraqi music are introduced by : Salim: Vocalist Francesco Iannuzzelli: Oud
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  Beating for BeirutRenovating Beirut’s homes with music
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  Hear the Women OutA lovingly-selected programme emphasising the beauty in hidden voices and stories of women
• Transcriptions of Afghani music for RubabCollection of various music transcriptions for Rubab made, collected, or rearranged during my studies
• Today is Good!Music by asylum-seekers in Sicily,
• Il Liuto dall'OrienteThe Iraqi Oud School

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Work history

Music ComposerMusilogue
Nov 1984London, United KingdomFreelance
Music composer and producer
Music TeacherTaqasim Music School
Aug 2010 - Aug 2015London, United KingdomFreelance
Co-founder and music teacher of Taqasim Music School, London. Individual and group classes of Oud, guitar and Middle-Eastern music theory.

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Skills

• Music Composition
• Music Production
• Sound Engineering
• Music Performance
• Guitar
• Music Publishing
• Music Technology
• Music Teaching
• Music
• Machine Learning

Education

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MMus Music Performance (Distinction)School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London
Aug 2013 - Dec 2014London, United Kingdom
Master in Music Performance, awarded with distinction, at SOAS University - London, specialising in Middle-Eastern music and the Iraqi Oud
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Specialist Certificate in Orchestration for Film and TVBerklee College of Music
Jun 2012 - May 2013160 Massachusetts Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA

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Awards

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International Composition CompetitionArab Academy of Music
Winner of the International Composition Competition of the Arab Academy of Music with the work "Samai Hijaz", for Oud and orchestra