I saw a news segment on Egyptian oudist (is that a word?) Simon Shaheen collaborating with an Isreali violinist (I think it was Shlomo Mintz, but don't recall). I wish there was more of that in the popular news media. Kudos to your efforts, Doc.
Eugene ----- Original Message ----- From: Doc Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Saturday, January 27, 2007 7:51 am Subject: [LUTE] Re: VERY OFF TOPIC! (political?) > Thank you, Anthony, for your thoughtful and thought-provoking summary. > > I believe musicians caught up in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict > also have their share of problems, like oudist Samir Joubran, for > example, who cannot perform in most of the Arab world because he > is > an Israeli citizen. I have met two different Israeli singers > (both > women, and their names escape me at the moment) who have had long- > term working relationships with Palestinian musicians. One is > here > in France, the other in Rome. > > The organization I'm playing for now, J.A.DE, was founded to > demonstrate the many links among Mediterranean peoples in music, > poetry and dance. A lofty perhaps even naive proposal for some, > but > it is something we can do. > > Doc Rossi To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
