Program Details and Personnel Marcel Khalife's program will consist of two parts: A - 60 minutes presentation from his new work Taqasim. (2006) An all instrumental performance. 1- Marcel Khalife: composer, oud. 2-Peter Herbert: double bass. 3- BacharKhalife: Near Eastern percussion. B - A 60 minute predominantly vocal presentation drawn primarily from the poetry of the Arab world's most eminent poet Mahmoud Darwish.** 1- Marcel Khalife: composer, oud and vocals. 2- Rami Khalife: piano. 3- Peter Herbert: double bass. 4- Bachar Khalife: percussion. -Personnel 1- Reinhard Buchta: sound engineer. 2- Mustafa Habib: manager. -Required instruments: 1- grand piano ( Steinway or Yamaha) 2- 1 set of congas. 3- 1 set of bongos. 4- vibraphone.
** Mahmoud Darwish poetry has been translated to more than 30 languages worldwide. He is also the 2001 recipient of the Lannan Foundation Cultural Freedom Award in the US.