“Now listen to the reed as it is grieving,” sang Hossein Omoumi, sitting cross-legged on a carpet at Meany Hall, dressed in white, loose-fitting pants and shirt. “Since they cut me from the bed of ...

From rhythmic village dances in Anatolia and lively street music in İstanbul to whirling dervish performances as a ney flute plays, Türkiye diverse musical landscape is truly captivating. For visitors ...

Franco-Syrian flute and ney player Naïssam Jalal is as eclectic as she is talented. Equally at ease flowing with Palestinian rapper Osloob as part of sextet Al Akhareen as surrounding her music with ...

Amid the bombed-out wreckage of a site that once hosted dozens of Mosul’s traditional maqam players, Iraqi musician Saad Rajab Bacha plays his ney flute to remember the city’s glorious days before it ...

It is no more a secret that Dr. Martin Ney, German Ambassador to India, has another side to his diplomat personality. He is a well-versed flautist, who gives concerts on a regular basis. He has a high ...

"Music is the language of God", says Omar Faruk Tekbilek. "It is language without tongue and lips. It speaks from heart to heart." Turkish musician Omar Faruk Tekbilek is a world music superstar, and ...

Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel's culture and lifestyles editor, covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center When Persian ethnic wind musician Amir Shahsar performs with ...