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Concert Preview: The Omar Faruk Tekbilek Ensemble
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The Omar Faruk Tekbilek Ensemble
Date/Time:Thu., August 13, 8:00pm
Price: free
The Omar Faruk Tekbilek Ensemble
By John Payne
Turkish multi-instrumentalist Omar Faruk Tekbilek is a virtuoso interpreter of vast-ranging Middle Eastern traditional musics who sees it as his duty to draw conscious connections between artistic expression and spirituality. It's a calling that has found him renowned worldwide as a cultural ambassador of sorts, who uses the power and essential empathy of his music to build bridges between often quite disparate audiences. A scholarly authority on the deeply intertwined musical histories that span the Mediterranean and North African regions, Tekbilek pushes his ensemble in elaborately constructed compositions that explode with fiery technique on a fascinating variety of instruments, emanating even to the uninitiated a joyful and moving humanity. This show is free, but there's limited seating available, and it's on a first-come, first-served basis; no street parking permitted, but there's lots of on-site parking: a mere $5 per car (cash only). 08/10/09 >> go there
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