Abeer Nehme & Mehdi Aminian - Aramaic & Sufi Dialogue - Church Concert

Highlights of the Sufi Aramaic Project in Saint Joseph Cathedral (Catedrala Sfântul Iosif) September 2015


Abeer Nehme: Vocals (Lebanon)
Imad Morcos: Qanun (Lebanon)
Tohid Vahid: Kamancheh (Iran)
Leila Soldevila: Double Bass (France)
Akash Bhatt: Tabla and Percussion (India)
Mehdi Aminian: Ney, Setar and vocals (Iran)


Aramaic is the culture of early Christianity and Sufism is the mystic dimension in Islam.

This project aims at showing the richness in part of Human heritage and promoting dialogue among different faiths around the world.
This performance is an approach to have a dialogue between these two sources of oriental mysticism and a hint to promote peace and harmony between different cultures and religions

This concept is initiated by Mehdi Aminian and been developed together with Abeer Nehme.

Abeer Nehme is a singer and an Ethnomusicologist and searcher in Aramaic and ancient music cultures.

Mehdi Aminian is the initiator of the project Roots Revival and researcher in traditional and folk musics.

Special thanks to:
Rana Mokaddam the Ambassador of Lebanon in Romania for all her supports and sustaining the project.

Father Francis Dobos and Saint Iosef Catherdral in Bucharest

The staff of Embassy of Lebanon in Romania
The Lebanese community in Romania
The French Institute in Bucharest

Rishe ha
September 2015
مهدی امینیان: نی, سه تار و آواز
عبیر نعمه