Matthias
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Mohamed Abozekry & HeeJaz - 29.5.2011 -- concert videos available!!
Hello friends,
let me inform you about an interesting concert in my town at the end of may:
Mohamed Abozekry & HeeJaz
29.5.2011, 11:15 -
KunstPalais Badenweiler e.V., D-79410 Badenweiler
Mohamed Abozekry, born in Cairo in 1991 (19 years old), is already famous throughout the Middle-East as an Oud prodigy (arabic lute). Mohamed studied
in the Arabic Oud House under the direction of Naseer Shamma, he graduated at the age of 15, becoming the youngest professor in the Middle-East. He
has since been proclaimed as the Greatest Oud Player of 2009, at the International Oud Competition in Damascus. He is also a member of the Eastern
Orchestra.
In 2007, the meeting in Cairo of Mohamed with Guillaume Hogan, the meeting of oud and guitar, inspires him to compose a repertoire for a quartet
based on the fusion of oud and guitar. These pieces were rearranged afterwards by HeeJaz. The four musicians of the band HeeJaz, inspired by their
diverse musical paths (oriental, jazz, blues, rock, world, free jazz, gypsy), create a strong rhythmic and harmonic backing, allowing Mohamed to
improvise and play accross all these different styles. Their true fusion makes the band truly original. The quartet was born from a desire of
exchanging ideas based on their different cultures and knowledge base.The composer and performer Mohamed Abozekry tries to develop with the band
HeeJaz (percussion, guitar and double bass) an original style mixing the traditional oud music to jazz and blues, sometimes even rock. All confirmed
international travelers and music lovers, this young group (25 years old average age) does not cbase its sound on a precise music genre, but strives
to create its own musical path. More precisely, the musical pieces are performed by the musicians like a story, creating different atmospheres using
all these musical styles and by playing their instruments in a non-conventional way.
Compositions : Mohamed Abozekry
Arrangements : Mohamed Abozekry and Guillaume Hogan
Musicians : Mohamed Abrozekry (oud)
& HeeJaz : Guillaume Hogan (guitar)
Hugo Reydet (double bass)
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myeyes2020
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Congratulations for your accomplishments and best wishes for a successful concert!
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Alfaraby
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Here he is winning Damascus Intr. Competition in 2009 :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPpmDpSJt38&feature=related
I thought this would help to know who the guy is
Yours indeed
Alfaraby
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Matthias
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Thanks Alfaray,
he is not only the winner of the Damascus competition, he is now aksed by nearly by all festivals around the aoud to play there. Therefore I'm so
happy to have him here in my town for the concert on sunday. Furthermore he wrote the music for a short film, which was presented last week in Cannes
and he was invited there too.
Matthias
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panço
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I watched this young oud festival in Istanbul. really playing very well 
I hope you find the opportunity to watch again ..
Panço ...
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Matthias
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Quote: Originally posted by panço  | I watched this young oud festival in Istanbul. really playing very well
I hope you find the opportunity to watch again ..
Panço ...
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Hello Panco,
thanks for your comment. For all those who could not come, I made some videos in a second concert in the evening. He then played in this concert my
new floating bridge model 2011 he owns now.
All who did not come missed wonderful concerts. You will find these recordings through my website.
Mohamed Abozekry in concert
Some more will follow during the next days.
All the best
Matthias
p.s.: he will have more concerts with his group. Here are the next places where they play. I always will publish the dates on my site about the new
model ( http://lutes-strings.de/english/Aoud_floating-bridge-2011.php )
7th of june 2011, 19 o'clock at the Egyptian Cultural Centre -->> I will be there.
75005 Paris -- 111 Boulevard Saint-Michel
0033 01 46 33 75 67 -- contact@bureaucultureleg.fr
- le 3 juin: L'Oreille � Coulisse (Tr�beurden/ north of france)
- le 4 juin: Festival Les Petites Folies (Lampaul/ north of france)
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Matthias
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hello all
infos about this new model you can find through my website at
http://lutes-strings.de/Aoud_floating-bridge-2011.php
As I mentioned I will be in Paris the 7th and 8th of june, visiting the concert of Mohamed Abozekry & HeeJaz at the 7th and the concert of Hazem
Shaheen from Egypt at the 8th in the institute du monde arabe.
Besides the instrument which now Mohamed plays I will bring an instrument of the Munir Bashir Model with me.
See you in the concerts
Matthias
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