Jerusalem Post Must RENOWNED TURKISH oud and fretless guitar player Yurdal Tokcan makes a welcome return to Jerusalem. (photo credit: Courtesy Confederation House) Jerusalem International Oud ...

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Jordanian oud player Kamal Musallam wishes to fuse traditional Arabic music and modern western art forms. Last updated: November 22, 2005 | 00:00. Piers Grimley Evans, Staff Reporter.

Doha: The magical rhythms of the Oud, an instrument very special to the Arab music, are resonating through the streets of Katara Cultural Village since the opening of the Second Katara Oud ...

Passion is true to its title. This CD offers startling precision too! One duet aside, it is a set of solo improvisations by a Turkish master of the oud - the fretless, Arabic lute. Born on the ...

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Grammy-nominated Turkish composer and musician Mehmet Ali Sanlikol fuses traditional Turkish music with other genres and styles on a custom electric oud.

Turkish oud in action Similarly, Turkey’s Yurdal Tokcan, cited among the foremost oud (a stringed instrument) players, calls the festival a “meeting point of different cultures”.

From the folksy kamaicha to the Turkish oud and the classical sarangi, the fretless instruments opened up boundless melodic possibilities at the festival’s historic venue — the Mehrangarh Fort.