by Mohannad Nasser
“L’Oud whispers” reflects our daily contradiction as musicians while we are trying to make the sound of our music louder than the sound of war. The project features a branch of compositions written for acoustic oud and oriental percussion composed by Syrian Oud virtuoso Mohannad Nasser and accompanied by Ramy al-Jundi (riqq, daf, darbuka, cajon). The compositions have been written in Lebanon and reflect the journey of the composer between Damascus and Beirut while looking for relative safety. “L’Oud whispers” is an attempt to translate that unending contradiction of war and peace, love and hate, loud and whispers into original compositions. To prove again that every musician facing the war’s noise is a loud whisper.
Mohannad Nasser
will be joined by special guest Oumi Ensemble members featuring Nobuko Miyazaki (Flute/Shinobue) and Ruedi Felder (Double Bass).
Production: Ettijahat-Independent Culture, Goethe-Institut Libanon
Syrian Oudist, composer and educator,
Mohannad Nasser, has emerged as an innovative and creative musician with expertise in many fields: performing, music production and education. His compositions have been described by audiences as “delicate, serene and magical”. Mohannad graduated from the Higher Institute of Music in Damascus in 2015 and is currently completing a Master Degree in Contemporary Performance Production at the Berklee College of Music in Spain. He was previously based in Lebanon where he used to provide music classes for children in refugee camps and recorded an album with OUMI ensemble released in October 2017. Mohannad received the first prize at the Solhi al-Wadi Institute of Music in Damascus (2008), the third prize at Al-Kaslik University in Lebanon (2009) and the Silver prize at Carthage Festival in Tunisia (2010). “L’Oud whispers” is his first solo oud project.
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