From Damascus to Berlin album From Damascus to Berlin charts the experience of approaching an unknown destiny. After four months of having been separated from his oud for the first time in his life, Arbaain began to write the songs that now make up this album.
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أمل برلين : برلين تحتضن أول معهد لتعليم الموسيقى العربية ومقاماتها! قبل الجائحة، لم يمر يوم دون أن يكون هناك حفلة موسيقية عربية في برلين. أو عازف عربي، تصدح أنغامه ضمن جوقة مشتركة مع عازفين من ثقافات أخرى. الآن الوضع تغير، إذ تركت الجائحة أثراً كبيراً على تنظيم الحفلات الموسيقية، والنشاطات الثقافية. لكن مع تخفيفContinue reading
An Interview with Radio Arabica Nabil Arbaain started with piano lessons as a child. He was told at music school later that he had to switch from piano to oud. He started taking private lessons with some of the best oud players in Damascus. At the conservatory they taught only classical music, unfortunately, but heContinue reading
An interview with Berlin.de
An interview with Berlin.de by Thomas Reckermann The composer and oud player, Nabil Arbaain, lives in the here and now. He doesn’t like to speak much about his time in Damascus and his journey to Germany, which led him through Lebanon, Turkey, Greece and Italy. His preparations for leaving his home country were very analytical…Continue reading “An interview with Berlin.de”
nd Journalismus von links
nd Journalismus von links : “Musik hat ja nichts mit der Herkunft zu tun. Kultur ist weder exklusiv, noch muss sie vererbt werden” The Syrian musician Nabil Arbaain founded an Arab music institute in Berlin I asked all my friends in Europe where I can live as a Syrian musician and play Arabic music. ItContinue reading “nd Journalismus von links”
An interview with nd journalism
An interview with nd journalism by Hannah El-Hitami “My identity is my sound, which I take with me everywhere”The Syrian musician Nabil Arbaain founded an Arab music institute in Berlin
العربي الجديد : معهد الموسيقى العربية في برلين – في المدينة متّسعٌ للغناء من هنا، كان لا بدّ لبرلين، عاجلاً أو آجلاً، من أن تحتضن مشروعاً واعداً بتأسيس أول معهد للموسيقى العربية، يُموّله بصورة جزئية برنامج “إقلاع” (Durchstarten)، وهو واحدٌ من عدة برامج تُطلقها مؤسسة “المِنَح البرلينية لدعم مشاريع التربية الثقافية” (Berliner Projektfonds Kulturelle Bildung)،Continue reading
An interview by Hartmut Welscher
An interview with Nabil Arbaain by Hartmut Welscher Oud of Damascus Nabil Arbaain fled Damascus in March 2014. Today, the Syrian musician lives in Berlin. In this interview, he looks back and forward.
Nabil Arbaain 