TAQS.IM Middle Eastern Music
11 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsThe TAQS.IM Middle Eastern Music podcast discusses playing, performing and appreciating Arabic, Armenian, Assyrian, Balkan, Greek, Kurdish, Persian, Turkish music and more.
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Becca Stevens & The Secret Trio
September 24, 2021 17:40 - 33 minutes - 38.2 MBAntranig Kzirian sits down with Becca Stevens, Ara Dinkjian, Ismail Lumanovski, and Tamer Pinarbaşi to discuss their new collaboration entitled "Becca Stevens and The Secret Trio". 2021 GRAMMY-nominated Becca Stevens was in awe witnessing The Secret Trio’s performance at the GroundUP Music Festival a few years ago. The Secret Trio is made up of an oudist, kanunist and clarinetist who came together to create a new type of chamber music, combining the elements of sound, texture and rhythm wi...
Aliya Cycon: Oud Player, Singer & Composer
April 16, 2020 11:25 - 53 minutes - 73.4 MBTalented young Oud player and singer Aliya Cycon joins the podcast. She was born and raised in America, but her music suggests otherwise. Singing in Arabic, Spanish and English, while showing off her exciting and virtuosic Oud playing, Aliya shares her curiosity for the world through her original compositions and multi-cultural covers. She has performed at the Nobel Business For Peace Awards in Oslo, and toured internationally as a “Cultural Ambassador” for the US State Department, selling o...
Emad Shakouri: Persian Kanun & World Music
March 10, 2020 13:39 - 32 minutes - 44.3 MBPersian Kanun Master Emad Shakuri joins the podcast. He discusses how he started playing the kanun, performing with a multitude of musicians, world music and his approach to arranging music. Topics Include: Spent time in Sweden, Iran and Turkey, where he bought a Kanun in Istanbul and used to practice 10 hours a day in Stockholm, in part due to his situation as an immigrant In Iran, the santur was more common, and it was interesting to try an instrument that wasn't as prominent in ...
Nune Melik: Violin, Babajanian & Buffett
October 31, 2019 15:08 - 32 minutes - 36.9 MBViolinist, Educator, Producer & Writer Dr. Nune Melik joins the podcast. As a soloist she has performed at Carnegie Hall and founded the Hidden Treasure International, which comprises research, performance, and lectures of rarely heard music. Recently she received her doctorate from McGill University, defending her thesis on Arno Babajanian. Topics Include: Melik was born and raised in Russia (Siberia) to an Armenian family Her sister Karine started with piano lessons, and Nune would ta...
Danny Shamoun: Drums, Darbuka & Ney
July 11, 2019 14:08 - 37 minutes - 35.4 MBDanny Shamoun, a Los-Angeles based multi-instrumentalist originally hailing from Detroit, discusses how he started with Middle Eastern Music and transitioned to performing with System of a Down (SOAD), joining Scars of Broadway as a keyboardist, learning the Arabian Ney Flute and the impact of music theory and Makam modal based music. Topics include: Discussion of how Shamoun’s interest in music blossomed early, from the very young age of 3 with listening and watching to an Ibraham Tatlis...
Hachig Kazarian: Detroit's Clarinet Virtuoso
June 20, 2019 12:21 - 44 minutes - 45.5 MBAram interviews Hachig Kazarian from Detroit, whose clarinet defines the Armenian-American clarinet sound which shaped the musical experiences of entire generations of Diaspora Armenians living in the United States for much of the 20th century. Having attended the famed Juilliard School of Music in the 60’s, Kazarian was a key member of the widely acclaimed “Kef Time bands”. Kazarian’s music fuses Middle Eastern melody and rhythm with a Big Band sound, defined by his virtuosic improvisation ...
Joseph Tayoun: Philly's Middle Eastern Music Scene
June 06, 2019 13:58 - 26 minutes - 23.7 MBJoseph Tayoun, an accomplished percussionist and educator specializing in Middle Eastern and World music based in Philadelphia discusses the history of Philadelphia's Middle East Night Club, his experience playing in a multitude of world music projects and his Star Trek Party band, The Roddenberries, upcoming release. Topics include: Tayoun as the torchbearer of the Philadelphia middle eastern music scene, an accomplished percussionist and the time spent at his family’s establishment “The...
Peter Deneff: Greek Jazz Fusion Pianist
May 24, 2019 12:08 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBPeter Deneff, an accomplished Pianist and Jazz Fusion musician, discusses his background, his involvement in the Los Angeles Middle Eastern Music club Scene, and his approach to microtonality and Jazz music. Topics Include: Deneff’s background as a Greek-American keyboard/piano musician, growing up in Long Beach/Los Angeles Impact of the bouzouki on his musical development and interests and working with artists from other ethnic backgrounds Collecting LPs and copying them to cassette ...
John Berberbian: Oud Master
May 13, 2019 16:37 - 22 minutes - 21.3 MBAndrew sits down and interviews Oud master John Berberian about his life, 50-year career in music, balancing work and the arts and performing throughout the country. Topics Include: Working with record labels making albums with Mainstream Records, Verve Forecast, RCA and MGM starting in the early 1960s The thriving Middle Eastern music scene of Berberian's early years, and the mixing and collaboration of different cultures Berberian's father's role as an oud player in his musical deve...
The 7 Oud Players You Need to Listen to Now
May 13, 2019 16:30 - 18 minutes - 18.7 MBWe’re huge fans of the Oud – a fretless pear-shaped instrument that’s similar to a lute and known as “the grandfather of the guitar”. We love the dynamics and microtonal flexibility it affords players – not being restricted to frets can be liberating and offers so much in terms of tone and sound that you simply can’t get anywhere else! Especially when it’s in non-Middle Eastern contexts. We’ve compiled a list of 7 notable oud players you need to listen to if you’re just getting to know the i...
Your Gateway to Middle Eastern Sound
May 13, 2019 15:57 - 15 minutes - 16.4 MBWelcome to the first episode of the TAQS.IM Middle Eastern Music Podcast, which discusses playing, performing and appreciating Arabic, Armenian, Assyrian, Balkan, Greek, Kurdish, Persian, Turkish music and more. Topics Include: Introduction to the TAQS.IM podcast with Andrew Kzirian and Aram Hovagimian of TAQS.IM, focusing on Middle-Eastern music TAQS.IM is your gateway to Middle Eastern sound Background and discussion of the TAQS.IM project and the meaning of the term musically and f...