Climbing halfway inside his instrument, a composer works to make the piano complement the oud Complicating the traditional 'mouwashah' form, his compositions offer up wild variations on their themes By Kaelen Wilson-Goldie Daily Star staff Thursday, April 29, 2004
For a small but sturdy crowd tucked into the first few benches of the American University of Beirut's Assembly Hall on Tuesday night, composer Zad Moultaka presented a concert of Arabic mouwashahat, weaving his inventive approach to piano playing into the more traditional textures of the oud, percussion, and Fadia Tomb al-Hage's sometimes haunting, sometimes slinky voice.
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