Qanun player, Composer, Producer  
 
 

Osama Abdulrasol Bio

 

0sama is a composer, producer and Qanun & Guitar player. He was born in Babylon (Iraq) 1968 and he studied western music (classical guitar) in the UK and eastern music (oud – lute – and qanun – an Arabic lapharp) in Iraq.

He performed and toured all over the world with different groups like Osama Abdulrasol & Ensemble, the symphonic orchestra of  Antwerpen ( de filharmonie) with Dirk brosse, Olla vogalla, Melike, Wenes vande velde, Luc de Vos, Oblomow, Djamel, Nahdha, Mesopotamia, Weshm, Lula Pena, Elftwelvtrio, Jahida Wehbe, Woestijn 93, Les ballets and several other groups and theatre productions.   

In his own project Osama is trying to open a new approach by mixing original ideas and classical- traditional music to put it a spiritual flavors by playing them in a very old form of harp around 3500 B.C. the Qanun and it means the law of music and also just the law.

The instrument looks like citer or santuri or cimbalom but the logic is totally different its horizontal harp. This instrument plays in many countries starting in Iraq and the most of the Arab countries, Iran, Turkey, and Greece

He participated in several Arab and international
festivals including in Belgium, Holland, Germany,
France, Portugal, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq.
He also performs with other groups of different musical styles such as Jazz, Flamenco, Indian, Turkish and Greek music.

 


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