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Nidaa Abou Mrad
Classical Oriental | Lebanon
Nidaa Abou Mrad is one of the rare continuators of the classical Arabic near-eastern musical tradition related to the modal system of maqâm, as a violinist and improviser as well as a composer carrying out in the style of the Nahda masters (Arabic renaissance of the 19th century), following an artistic approach deeply impregnated with Sufi spirituality.
Artist: Nidaa Abou Mrad and His Ensemble - Title: Art of the Maqam On the Violin - Format: CD - Country: Lebanon - Label: Music Master - Catalogue Number.
Initially, he was a doctor of medicine and a baroque and medieval musician. But in 1985, he gave up medicine and European music to dedicate himself to maqâm music, which he studied in Paris, initiated by Fawzi Sayeb. In 1993, he returns to Beirut where he revives the art of maqâm.
His career leads him across the world to present maqâm concerts, solo, or with his ensemble (rebaptised " Ensemble of Classical Arab Music ") focusing on Nahda music or on his own compositions in the traditional continuity.
During the past years, he has fully established a contemporary art of the Suf