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ABOUT
Kenan Adnawi is a well-established oud virtuoso from Syria. He started playing the oud at the age of 7. Since then, he has perfected his performance, earning him a long list of awards and an impeccable reputation at an international level. Adnawi performs as a soloist and as part of ensembles and orchestras at some of the major international events and venues, and alongside some of the world-renowned artists such as Marcel Khalifa and Bryan Adams.
Adnawi's utmost interest in world music has led him to collaborate with a plethora of artists from around the world and from different musical backgrounds. His passion is creating new music and new ways of improvisation and composition for the oud by incorporating novel techniques, scales, and improvising ideas from other world music traditions.
Adnawi's concerts are famous for their experimental rhythms and sounds that engage the audience in new musical experiences every time. Adnawi receives a great deal of support to continue to perform and express new ideas for this kind of music improvisation. It is especially gratifying to introduce the oud, an instrument mostly known in the Middle East, the Arab world, and countries such as Turkey, Greece, and the Balkans, to audiences around the world.
Kenan Adnawi joined the High Music Institute of Damascus, Syria, in 2003, where he studied oud with Azerbaijani expert Askar Ali Akbar before he graduated in 2008. Adnawi has since accompanied Marcel Khalife in his Al-Mayadeen Ensemble in Morocco, United Arab Emirates, Austria, Lebanon, and many other places around the globe. He has also played with the Qatar Philharmonic, under the direction of world-renowned Maestro Lorin Maazel, for its inaugural concert in October 2008. He toured with the Qatar Philharmonic in 2009 and performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, La Scala in Milan, and Teatro Massimo in Palermo, where he performed the Arabian Concerto composed by Marcel Khalife. In 2009, he won first place in the International Oud Competition in Beirut, Lebanon. He has since participated in major festivals around the world.
Adnawi lives in the United States while touring at some major national and international festivals. Adnawi had a MA in Contemporary Music at the New England Conservatory.
1st award in the International Oud Competition in Lebanon 2022
Solo performances with many orchestras around the world and the Middle East
Oud player, improviser, and composer
Adnawi's utmost interest in world music has led him to collaborate with a plethora of artists from around the world and from different musical backgrounds. His passion is creating new music and new ways of improvisation and composition for the oud by incorporating novel techniques, scales, and improvising ideas from other world music traditions.
Adnawi's concerts are famous for their experimental rhythms and sounds that engage the audience in new musical experiences every time. Adnawi receives a great deal of support to continue to perform and express new ideas for this kind of music improvisation. It is especially gratifying to introduce the oud, an instrument mostly known in the Middle East, the Arab world, and countries such as Turkey, Greece, and the Balkans, to audiences around the world.
Kenan Adnawi joined the High Music Institute of Damascus, Syria, in 2003, where he studied oud with Azerbaijani expert Askar Ali Akbar before he graduated in 2008. Adnawi has since accompanied Marcel Khalife in his Al-Mayadeen Ensemble in Morocco, United Arab Emirates, Austria, Lebanon, and many other places around the globe. He has also played with the Qatar Philharmonic, under the direction of world-renowned Maestro Lorin Maazel, for its inaugural concert in October 2008. He toured with the Qatar Philharmonic in 2009 and performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, La Scala in Milan, and Teatro Massimo in Palermo, where he performed the Arabian Concerto composed by Marcel Khalife. In 2009, he won first place in the International Oud Competition in Beirut, Lebanon. He has since participated in major festivals around the world.
Adnawi lives in the United States while touring at some major national and international festivals. Adnawi had a MA in Contemporary Music at the New England Conservatory.
1st award in the International Oud Competition in Lebanon 2022
Solo performances with many orchestras around the world and the Middle East
Oud player, improviser, and composer
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