Live Concert: Nadeem Dlaikan Ensemble at the Kennedy Center
MEI Event
Live Concert: Nadeem Dlaikan Ensemble at the Kennedy Center
Featuring:
Nadeem Dlaikan Ensemble
Oct 20 2004 - 5:00pm - 10:00pm
The Middle East Institute is proud to co-sponsor a live concert on the Millennium Stage at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts which features the Nadeem Dlaikan Ensemble.
Nadeem Dlaikan is a maker and viruoso performer of the nai (reed flute). Born in Aley, Lebanon, he studied at the Lebanese Conservatory and later moved to the US. In 2004, he received a National Heritage Fellowship award from the National Endowment for the Arts. He will be performing in a four-piece ensemble.
The ensemble consists of:
- Nadeem Dlaikan on nay
- Abdul Karim Badr on `oud
- John Sarwa on qanoun
- Ossama Najah on durbeki
- Ibrahim El Saghir on tambourine
Thanks to the Performing Arts for Everyone program, the Millennium Stage is able to provide performances daily, 365-days a year, in the Kennedy Center's Grand Foyer.
