The sound that arose from the crowd gathered on Friday night at Barrister Winery is hard to describe. It was not so much a shout as a cry; a cry of amazement, of disbelief, of joy. It was a cry, too, ...

The Second Oud Festival, organised by Katara-Cultural Village, concluded on Sunday with a grand concert featuring several renowned musicians from many countries. At the four-day event held under the ...

So recites award-winning Lebanese oud master, musician and singer Charbel Rouhana in Arabic from the repertoire of 12th century Sicilian-Arab poet Ibn Hamdis al-Siqilli. Rouhana then proceeds to sing ...

Oud is a very popular musical instrument in West Asia and North Africa, and the stringed instrument has a special place in the musical landscape of Qatar. The Qatari people have been showing immense ...

John Bilezikjian, a masterful player of the Middle Eastern oud whose eclectic career included performances and recordings with Leonard Cohen, Little Richard, Robert Palmer, Luis Miguel and Placido ...