Music & Performing Arts

Ani

With her eclectic blend of pop, eastern and middle-eastern instrumentation and clever wordplay Ani hopes to break barriers in the minds of not just non-Muslims but also her own Muslim community.
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Amir Vahab

Amir Vahab has lived in 11 different countries, speaks 5 languages, lectures regularly at Columbia and NYU universities on Middle-Eastern music, holds drumming circles at his apartment on the Upper East Side and performs with his band Ensemble Soroosh at various venues in NYC. With his multi-cultural background and knowledge in music, Amir Vahab, in his own words, is truly like "Middle-Eastern mud."
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Barry Danielian

Trumpeter / Producer / Arranger Barry Danielian is never short of stories. With a resume that reads like a who's who list, the experienced American musician collaborated with a distinguished list of top-notch names in the industry. Billy Joel, Santana, Natalie Cole, Branford Marsalis, Paul Simon and Spyro Gyra are only a few of the names he worked with in a career that spans over 15 years. He provided his musical musings to many genres including jazz, pop, R&B, and hip-hop.
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Sounds of Anatolia

Our goal is to musically combine the traditions of the different ethnicities, societies and tribes of Asia Minor throughout history beginning from Greeks and including Romans, Ottomans, Armenians, Jews, and Kurds,” says Bora Yasar. Along with Olcay Sesen, he makes up Sounds From Anatolia, a group they founded several years ago in Gaziantep, an ancient city in the South-East part of Turkey.
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