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News Articles: violin

مقداد مع الآلة الموسيقية التي اخترعها وأطلق عليها اسم «أدد».

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  • Arts & Life

صنع الموسيقى من الخراب: موسيقي عراقي يصنع آلته من أنقاض الحرب

يتحدث الموسيقار والملحن أمين مقداد عن ألبومه «المنعطف» الذي ألّفه أثناء إقامته تحت احتلال داعش في الموصل بالعراق.

April 16, 2024
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By:
  • مايكل ليفيت and
  • آري شابيرو
Mokdad with the instrument he invented, named "Adad."

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  • Arts & Life

ISIS destroyed his instruments. He made a new one from scraps and composed an album

Musician and composer Ameen Mokdad opens up about his album The Curve, which he composed while living under ISIS occupation in Mosul, Iraq.

April 16, 2024
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By:
  • Michael Levitt and
  • Ari Shapiro

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  • Opinion

Opinion: That unbelievable street violinist could just be a 'finger-syncer'

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on bogus buskers who fake violin virtuosity with recorded music tracks and ask for money to help with rent or medical bills.

August 20, 2022
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  • Scott Simon
"Noah's Violin", a giant floating violin by Venetian sculptor Livio De Marchi, journeyed through Venice's Grand Canal on Saturday. De Marchi, who has sent many wooden works into the water, came up with the idea during last year's pandemic lockdown.

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  • Europe

Watch A Massive Violin Transport Musicians Down Venice's Grand Canal

The wooden vessel is called "Noah's Violin." As it floated through Venice's Grand Canal on Saturday, members of the string quartet on board serenaded viewers with their own (real) instruments.

September 20, 2021
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman

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  • Education

COMIC: For Music Teacher, Virtual School Meant Teaching Kids 'To Hear The Way I Hear'

It's been a year since teachers were handed an unprecedented request: educate students in entirely new ways amid the backdrop of a pandemic.

April 13, 2021
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By:
  • LA Johnson
Takénobu's new album "Conclusion" will be released on May 24.

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  • Music

Takénobu Starts 2019 Tour With 'Conclusion'

Even if you can't put your finger on it, Takénobu 's music might sound familiar to you. That's because the "cinematic folk" from the classically trained...

May 07, 2019
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By:
  • Emilia Brock and
  • Virginia Prescott
ASO concertmaster David Coucheron

'Who Was This Guy?': David Coucheron Boosts The Violin Concerto By Julius Conus

Even professional musicians haven’t heard of him. But Russian violinist and composer Julius Conus did exist, and in 1896 he wrote a Violin Concerto in E...

March 05, 2019
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By:
  • Sarah Zaslaw

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