Ramzi Aburedwan

Ramzi Aburedwan
Background information
Born 1979
Bethlehem
Genres classical, folk
Occupation(s) Musician, composer, educator
Instruments viola, violin, buzuq, oud
Years active 1998–present
Website www.ramziaburedwan.com

Ramzi Aburedwan (Arabic:رمزي أبو رضوان, born 1979) is a Palestinian composer, arranger, educator; and viola, violin, buzuq and oud player. He is the bandleader of Ensemble Dal’Ouna and the Palestine National Ensemble of Arabic Music. He founded the al Kamandjâti music centre and has collaborated with Simon Hewitt Jones and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra.[1][2] He studied at the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music. Several documentaries have been made of his life, including Its Not a Gun (2005).[3]

History

He was born in Bethlehem in 1979 and raised in the Am'ari refugee camp in Ramallah.[1][4]

As a nine-year-old he participated in the first intifada and became an inspiration due to a widely-circulated photograph showing him poised to throw a stone at a tank.[5] He lost a brother, a cousin and many of his friends during the intifada.[6]

In October 2002 he founded al Kamandjâti ("the violinist") centre, which aims to bring classical music to impoverished Palestinian children.[1][7]

In 2010 he founded the Palestine National Ensemble of Arabic Music, a 30 member ensemble which performs classical Arabic music and original compositions.[8]

In 2012 he released his solo album, Reflections of Palestine, described by David Maine as folk-inflected instrumental music.[5]

Discography

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Flood, Zoe (8 December 2008). "Palestine's secret oasis". New Statesman 137 (4926): 56–57.
  2. ↑ Belkind, Nili (2014). Music in Conflict: Palestine, Israel, and the Politics of Aesthetic Production (Columbia University thesis). p. 77.
  3. ↑ Belkind, Nili (2014). Music in Conflict: Palestine, Israel, and the Politics of Aesthetic Production (Columbia University thesis). p. 63.
  4. ↑ Gray, Louise (September 2012). "Reflections of Palestine". New Internationalist (455): 34.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Maine, David. "Ramzi Aburedwan: Reflections of Palestine". popmatters. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  6. ↑ Belkind, Nili (2014). Music in Conflict: Palestine, Israel, and the Politics of Aesthetic Production (Columbia University thesis). p. 61.
  7. ↑ Meredith, William; Keating, Corey (2009). "Beethoven Miscellanea". The Beethoven Journal 24 (1): 48–50.
  8. ↑ Belkind, Nili (2014). Music in Conflict: Palestine, Israel, and the Politics of Aesthetic Production (Columbia University thesis). p. 91.
  9. ↑ "Children of the Stone". Bloomsbury. Retrieved 28 March 2015.

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