Ibrahim Maalouf plays a four-valve trumpet — most just have three. The extra valve, attached to the button a trumpeter pushes down, allows the Lebanese musician to play quarter-tones — the notes ...

AMMAN –– After stopping briefly in Jordan on her journey to seek refuge in Europe 14 years ago, Iraqi musician Nadin Al Khalidi returned to the Kingdom on Wednesday from Sweden to make the voices and ...

Georges Lammam, of Palestinian descent, born in Beirut, Lebanon is a solo violinist exemplifying the Arab style of instrumental improvisation. Collaborating with Gabriel Navia, (Spanish guitar)they ...

One of the Arab world’s most popular performers, the 35-year-old Egyptian singer Amir Diab, entered the Sheraton Ballroom like a prize-fighter over the weekend to the squeals of hundreds of women.

In the Hatikva neighborhood of South Tel Aviv, the streets and parks carry names that pay homage to seminal figures in Israel’s history. Menachem Begin Park is named after the Israeli Prime Minister ...

The lyrics of most of his songs, apart from those he writes himself, come from ancient poetry and Iraqi folk music The Arab world's favourite troubadour Ilham al-Madfai, who last year had to perform ...

Sabah Fakhri, a commanding Syrian tenor who helped preserve classical Arabic music with marathon-length concerts around the world, including one 10-hour performance without break in Caracas, Venezuela ...