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Becca Stevens & The Secret Trio
TAQS.IM Middle Eastern Music - September 24, 2021 17:40 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsAntranig 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 Fes...
Aliya Cycon: Oud Player, Singer & Composer
TAQS.IM Middle Eastern Music - April 16, 2020 11:25 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsTalented 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 origina...
Emad Shakouri: Persian Kanun & World Music
TAQS.IM Middle Eastern Music - March 10, 2020 13:39 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsPersian 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 use...
Nune Melik: Violin, Babajanian & Buffett
TAQS.IM Middle Eastern Music - October 31, 2019 15:08 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsViolinist, 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 Unive...
Danny Shamoun: Drums, Darbuka & Ney
TAQS.IM Middle Eastern Music - July 11, 2019 14:08 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsDanny 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 m...
Hachig Kazarian: Detroit's Clarinet Virtuoso
TAQS.IM Middle Eastern Music - June 20, 2019 12:21 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsAram 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...
Joseph Tayoun: Philly's Middle Eastern Music Scene
TAQS.IM Middle Eastern Music - June 06, 2019 13:58 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsJoseph 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 Roddenber...
Peter Deneff: Greek Jazz Fusion Pianist
TAQS.IM Middle Eastern Music - May 24, 2019 12:08 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsPeter 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, grow...
John Berberbian: Oud Master
TAQS.IM Middle Eastern Music - May 13, 2019 16:37 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsAndrew 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 e...
The 7 Oud Players You Need to Listen to Now
TAQS.IM Middle Eastern Music - May 13, 2019 16:30 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWe’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...
Your Gateway to Middle Eastern Sound
TAQS.IM Middle Eastern Music - May 13, 2019 15:57 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWelcome 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 ...
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