Ensemble Qasyon - Riyad al-Sunbat/ from: Alf Leila wa Leila (live @Bimhuis Amsterdam)

Full episode: http://www.vpro.nl/vrije-geluiden/med...
Ensemble Qasyon: Jawa Manla - ud, Shaza Manla - qanun, Latif Al-Obaidi - percussion
Ensemble Qasyon performs the Muqaddima from Alf Leila wa Leila, composed by Riyad al-Sunbati and writter for Oum Kaltoum/ Umm Kulthum
Jawa and Shaza Manla fled Syria in 2015, now they live in the Netherlands. They hope to be able to perform Arab music and learn as much as possible.
Also they wish that they can go back to Syria whenever it's safe. Qasyon is the mountain near their home.

Broadcast february 21st 10.30 am (GMT +1) NPO1
More on: http://www.vpro.nl/vrije-geluiden.
This video was recorded in Bimhuis Amsterdam
VPRO Vrije Geluiden is a music program made by the Dutch public broadcast organisation VPRO