Lute player "Nosseir Shammah" … in Bibliotheca Alexandrina
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina is leading an artistic program entitled "On the Love and Knowledge of Musical Instruments". In the framework of lectures and concerts held at the Library in relation to this program, the famous lute player “Nosseir Shammah” will present two consecutive repetitive concerts, next Thursday 21 Feb. 2002 from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm, then from 9:00 pm to 10:30 pm at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
Mr. Shammah will speak about Oriental, Turkish and Iraqi schools of playing the lute, and he will be playing some musical pieces relating to each of these schools. He will then present some of these famous pieces such as “The Edge of the Pen”, “From Assyria to Seville” and for the first time he will play some assorted tunes using the famous song of OM KOLTHOUM “Night of the Feast”.