Mehran
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Butrus Bishara
Hey
Anybody know anything about this luthier?
I did a search on the forum but there isn't any substantial information about him or his instruments.
Some videos on youtube would suggest he's in Cremona, Italy. Is he still there or is he in other parts of the world? Is he still building?
Many thanks
Mehran
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Alfaraby
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Botrus Bisharah is a fairly good luthier from the The Holy Land. He was born in Tarsheeha - Upper Galilee ,Simon
Shaheen's birth-place.
He used to make good ouds around here, till he decided, at a relatively old age for such a step, to move to Cremona- Italy to study at The
Stradivarius Institute in Cremona (or whatever its name is) violin making techniques, hoping this would help him in making ouds. I've never seen or
heard an oud of his after he had come back home, but the oud I've experienced, made prior to his move to Italy, was a rather good oud, made with
perfection and precision and light as a butterfly. It sounded like the old ouds we very much cherish.
To be honest, I've heard he's very expensive, also when he restores or fixes other's ouds. His ouds start from 3000 $ !
I hope they deserve this much. I'm sure he deserves even more for his devotion to the instrument we all love.
Cheers to Botrus & Mehran
Happy Palms' Day
Yours indeed
Alfaraby
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freya
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In case one has not visited his facebook page, there is a particularly nice gallery at:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.212789108738977.60803.1000...
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bibo10
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unfortunately most of the pics on the fb page are for mohamed fadel ouds and other ouds he restored, but from those pics you can tell his style.
anyone has a sound file to one of his ouds?
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Michael-GOD BLESS EGYPT
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BaniYazid
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Don't know if he is playing with one of his oud
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHGUfx0c_Ic
and this, to ear his voice only
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_XLnnKIJoU
Salam
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akoud
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yes the 2 ouds are his ouds
i know butros and his amazing oud
i played on them, he is no 1
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BaniYazid
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Naseem Dakwar playing an oud made by Butrus Bishara 2010 :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CrfVfFYWeA&NR=1
Butrus Bishara playing a Nahat, wonderful sound.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=popYUMgnkUk&feature=related
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