Born in Galilee and trained by his father in the oud, the Arab lute, Simon Shaheen is a virtuoso of traditional Middle Eastern music. Yet Shaheen also learned the violin as a child, and has lived in ...

Simon Shaheen Ensemble is coming to Corpus Christi Church on March 2. Palestinian oud virtuoso Simon Shaheen's technique has dazzled audiences for decades, performing traditional Palestinian music as ...

Simon Shaheen, a contemporary Arabic music virtuoso, will perform a variety of musical styles on a mix of Middle Eastern and Western instruments on Thursday, March 22, at SUNY Cortland. Shaheen, whose ...

Feb. 20—The WCR Center for the Arts, 140 N. Fifth St., will host Grammy-nominated musician Simon Shaheen as he performs with his trio on March 26 at 8 p.m. Doors open at 7:30 and parking is available ...

Palestinian composer and oud and violin master Simon Shaheen will be joined by the Near Eastern Music Ensemble that he founded in an effort to promote Arabic music throughout the world. In 1994, ...

CHATHAM, N.Y. -- Arab music virtuoso Simon Shaheen teaches his audiences, opening their minds and ears to something deeper. He talks with those gathered to hear his work, which is considered among the ...

Something special happened last Friday at Bailey Hall — where master violinist, oud player, and composer Simon Shaheen and his ensemble presented their program, Zafir — before a single melody was ...

World Music Institute will present oud virtuoso Simon Shaheen and kamancheh master Mehrnam Rastegari at Roulette Intermedium ...

The WCR Center for the Arts, 140 N. Fifth St., will host Grammy-nominated musician Simon Shaheen as he performs with his trio on March 26 at 8 p.m. Doors open at 7:30 and parking is available at the ...

Sometimes a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down; sometimes the sugar can taste like medicine. When Palestinian violin and oud master Simon Shaheen attempts to make Arabic classical music more ...

I’ll grab any opportunity to enjoy the music of the great Arabic composers and singers Mohammad Abdel Wahhab, Farid Al-Atrash, and Wadi’ Al-Safi in person, and this evening promises to be better than ...