Word: xauen
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...small, but enthusiastic, group of classical music patrons gathered in Sanders Theatre on the evening of Feb. 18 to hear the Chicago Classical Oriental Ensemble (CCOE) perform selections from the oeuvre of Sheikh Sayyed Darweesh. Sponsored by Xauen Music, Inc., a Chicago organization dedicated to the preservation of traditional music from the Near East, the performance showcased the work of now-deceased Darweesh, who is considered Egypt’s premier 20th century composer and one of the great innovators in Arabic music...
...Darweesh’s pan-hemispheric aesthetic. In addition to a violin and cello (played by Hanna Khoury and Kinan Abou-Afach, respectively), the ensemble included an ‘ud (Kareem Roustom), a guitar-like instrument that is the predecessor to the European lute; a qanum (played by Xauen Music founder and director of CCOE, Hicham Chami), a trapezoidal stringed instrument akin to the zither; and a riqq (Karim Nagi), a handheld percussion instrument similar to the tambourine. Accompanying the instrumentalists were two vocalists, Youssef Kassab and Albert Agha...