Brian Prunka
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NY Oud Festival
Hey everyone! Just in case anyone is in the NY area - bunch of oud shows coming up later in the month! Nine different events with 19 performances:
https://www.newyorkoudfestival.com
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coolsciguy
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I wish I could visit for the festival! I wish you guys the best, this is a great program you put together. So many heavy hitters and great venues!
-- Amir
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Brian Prunka
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Thanks Amir!
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Eric Stern Music
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Brian this is amazing, I wish I wasn't so far away in Portland. Are you one of the organizers? Kudos for putting this together, festivals are A LOT of
work.
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Brian Prunka
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Hi Eric!
Yes, it is a project that I started with Kane Mathis, and then we brought in Brooklyn Maqam (which I also co-founded, lol) to help produce it. Kane
and I had put together a little one-night event for a few years. I proposed expanding it into its current form back in 2019 but we were derailed by
the pandemic, so last year was the first year we did it and now we are in the second year. Hopefully it eventually turns into a sustainable thing
— it would be amazing if it could eventually bring in artists from other countries. It is a LOT of work as you said, it's pretty much an
all-volunteer effort at this point.
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Doc139
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Hi Brian,
could you expand your oud festival over to Europe, please? :-)
Alexander
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Brian Prunka
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Ha, sure if you can secure us some of that legendary European arts funding 
I sometimes daydream about what it is like to live in a civilized country
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Brian Prunka
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Hey everyone! Tonight's installment of the NY Oud Festival will have a livestream option for those who don't live here but would like to listen. It
will be available for 48 hours after in case your time zone is inconvenient.
https://www.viewcy.com/event/ny_oud_festival_day_8
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