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SUMMARY:Oud Concert with Jawad Al Fatlawi
DESCRIPTION:Jawad Al Fatlawi began his musical career in the oud industr
 y in 1984 and since 1989 has made more than 3\,000 ouds and other musica
 l instruments. He was a professor of music for many years before leaving
  Iraq. He made all the instruments that he plays including the goldeneye
  oud — the only instrument of its kind in the world — a fusion betwe
 en eastern and western cultures.\n\nThe oud is a traditional Arabic inst
 rument\, first appearing in Mesopotamia- present day Iraq- circa 2350 BC
 . In the west the instrument is also known as a lute.\n\nWhen Jawad move
 d to the United States in 2016\, he chose to express the sound of the Ou
 d through a shape familiar to people of the west. Many people he encount
 ered had never heard of or seen an Oud\, and were uncertain how to handl
 e the traditional instrument\, with its half-rounded back. This inspired
  him to render the sound of the Oud in the shape of a guitar.\n\nJawad c
 hose the name Goldeneye after an unusual bird occasionally seen in his n
 ew home state of Maine. Migration and freedom of movement represent the 
 spirit of this instrument. In the winter migrating birds can be found in
  the south\, and in the summer the north. Like the Goldeneye\, his instr
 ument is a fluid transition between Eastern and Western luthier traditio
 ns.\n\nThus\, in this instrument\, the oud has changed its shape\, but p
 reserved its clear and eternal sound. Jawad explains that\, “Music doe
 s not know from whence it comes\, or to where it goes. It is expressed b
 y the feeling of the player when speaking through the music-the surest w
 ay to reach the hearts of listeners.”\n\n---\n\nSaturday\, September 2
 5\, 2021 at 7:00 PM\n\nDoors open at 6:30 PM\; 75-minutes with an interm
 ission\n\nTickets available for $15 in advance\, $18 at the door\, and $
 22 for preferred seating
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210925T190000
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