ElSaffar recalls that during his intensive study of the traditional Arabic music, he had a gig playing trumpet in a 14-piece big band led by the composer and pianist Cecil Taylor.

Musician Fathy Salama started playing piano in Cairo jazz clubs at age 13, and has since been recognized for his combinations of traditional Arab music and jazz, winning a 2005 Grammy award for ...

Since 2019, Fuad and Fairouz Foty’s Arabic music school has created space to build community and decolonize music education.

The Syrian Music Preservation Initiative (SMPI) will present an evening featuring works by Syrian composers, Love and Loss: Classical Music of Syria to mark its fifth anniversary at Weill Recital ...