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Poetry and Organ Meets
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Chicago Public Radio, Poetry and Organ Meets >>
"The group performing this is the Arabesque Music Ensemble, which were formerly known as the Chicago Classical Oriental Ensemble, led by a Moroccanqanun player named Hicham Chami who lives in the area; he's lived here forawhile. He's a real prodigy; I think he went to DePaul. It's a really meticulously-organized group that recreates this music with incredible precision and clarity; this is the second great record...
"The previous record focused on a composer named Sheikh Sayyed Darweesh, which was released last year, another great record, so they're looking pretty good. They tour all over the world; they don't play in town toooften, so it's kind of an event when they play...
"I'm looking forward to the gig. I missed them; they played at the Cultural Center last year to celebrate the last record, so I'm not going to miss thisone." 01/27/08 >> go there
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