Mohamad Zatari (Oud - Syria) Bogdana Dima (Accordeon - Romania) Avadhut Kasinadhuni (Tabla - India/Romania) Al-Ehtifal Project is a musical ensemble based on the idea of integrating spontaneous thoughts into performance moments, as a way of communication. The word Al-Ehtifal comes from Arabic and it means The Celebration. In a musical landscape dominated by polished narratives, Al Ehtifal Project stands as a form of unapologetic authenticity. We learn together through a continuous exploration of experimental sounds and a stubborn dismissal of established norms. The project has a flexible body of musicians. The core members are based in Bucharest, Romania. Sound: Horațiu Șerbănescu Video: Ralph Marcu Tracklist: 00:01 Eves Chatters 05:09 Impro 01 11:47 A school burnt down / Kaike Ki Ena Sholio 18:45 Impro 02 26:15 Solo oud 32:50 Black Tea 36:12 Three seeds on the white table 42:47 Impro 03

Al-Ehtifal Project/الاحتفال پروجكت is a musical ensemble based on the idea of integrating spontaneous thoughts into performance moments, as a way of communication. The word Al-Ehtifal comes from Arabic and it means The Celebration. In a musical landscape dominated by polished narratives, Al Ehtifal Project stands as a form of unapologetic authenticity. We learn together through a continuous exploration of experimental sounds and a stubborn dismissal of established norms. The project has a flexible body of musicians. The core members are based in Bucharest, Romania: Sara Eslami | Tar Bogdana Dima | Accordion Ariadna Ene Iliescu | Piano\Keyboard Mohamad Zatari | Oud Lehel Vitályos | Double Bass Avadhut Kasinadhuni | Tabla Andrei Raicu | Noise Creator, Sound Designer Sound: Andrei Raicu Video: Ralph Marcu For more Info visit: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/alehtifalproject?igsh=MWR2ZnBsa2Q5dGJteQ== FB https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554373288833 Website https://www.mohamadzatari.com/alehtifalproject Related links: https://on.soundcloud.com/4JMgcu24q2428RC68 https://zehra.bandcamp.com/album/istehlal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N-XhBBESwM&t=104s

Umbre Sonore/01 Viktoriya Medviedieva (UKR) - Dans contemporan Mohamad Zatari (SYR) - Oud Ariadna Iliescu (RO) - Pian Casa Lolo 05.06.2022 Ceva ce a început mai demult ca o comunicare organică prin improvizație între doi muzicieni, într-o perioadă de izolare și de lipsă de contact uman, se concretizează printr-o nouă explorare vie prin dans și mișcare. S-au mai infiltrat în muzică, pe parcurs, atmosfera de casă bucureșteană veche, prezența pisicii Matilda și repetiția obsesivă a unor fragmente melodice scurte.

Dawn - فجر: A theme composed by Mohamad Zatari that offers a suggestive space and freedom to build up & improvise. In a permanent search for common rhythms and dialogues between traditional repertoires from different regions of the world, a project / a journey between Ferenc Segercz, Mohamad Zatari and Lehel Vitalyos starts from a workshop in a small village in Transylvania. With deeply rooted timbres and improvisational concepts, the three musicians are building up a new, organic and coherent sound textures. Ferenc Segercz: Wind instruments / Gardon Mohamad Zatari: Oud Lehel Vitalyos: Contrabass Sound: Alexandru Zaharencu Video: Magda Zatari

November 29, 2020 Mohamad Zatari Trio Virtual Concert Sara Eslami (Tar & Composer - Iran) Avadhut Kasinadhuni (Tabla - India) Mohamad Zatari (Oud & Composer - Syria) Sound: Alexandru Zaharencu Video: Magda Zatari Photo: Adrian Danciu Program: 0:05 "Desire" Composed by Mohamad Zatari 4:26 "The Road" Composed by Mohamad Zatari To those who are still struggling to reconnect with their beginnings. 9:56 "Oud Solo " Mohamad Zatari 11:00 "Black Tea" Composed by Mohamad Zatari 14:05 "Tar Solo" Sara Eslami 16:36 "Zarbi Mokhalef" A composition of Hossein Alizadeh rearranged for trio by Sara Eslami & Mohamad Zatari. 22:26 "Eves Chatters" Composed by Mohamad Zatari 26:42 "Quasi-Hora" A composition of Mohamad Zatari inspired by the relationship between this dance from Balkan & Dabke, a Levantine folk dance. 31:30 "Sefid-Rud/White River" Composed by Sara Eslami 36:27 "Longa Farahfeza" A composition of Riad Al-Sunbati rearranged by Mohamad Zatari. Longa is a Turkish & Eastern European dance that was introduced to Arab music. Mohamad Zatari Trio was founded in 2019, based on the desire to transcend the boundaries between the sound worlds. The group's first appearance took place at the Outernational Days Festival, in 2020. The trio consists of performers Sara Eslami (Iran) on Tar, Avadhut Kasinadhuni (India / Romania) on Tabla and the ensemble's founder, Mohamad Zatari (Syria) on Oud. The approached repertoire includes original compositions signed by the group members, Sara Eslami and Mohamad Zatari, but also rearranged traditional pieces from West Asia and North Africa, which combine timbers, techniques, and aesthetics in a lively and original form. https://www.mohamadzatari.com/ The event was hosted in collaboration with the Romanian Peace Institute – PATRIR as part of the STIRE Cultural Market. The Syrian cultural market is designed as a social interaction three-day event for bringing together the resettled people of Syrian origin with established diaspora and/or refugee organizations in the region from the same/similar origin. We are thankful to: Ramona Iacob Andrei Gamart

Eves Chatters A composition of Mohamad Zatari performed by Mehdi Aminians' Roots Revival in Austria, in the oldest Church of Vienna, the Ruprechtskirche (English: St. Rupert's Church). This is the first Roots Revival's event after the transfer of the association to Austria. https://www.mohamadzatari.com/ 25th November 2019 The musicians performing in this evening are: Leïla Soldevila: Double bass Amir Wahba: Percussion ​Mehdi Aminian: Ney, Setar, Vocals Pouyan Kheradmand: Santur, Setar Emmanuel Hovhannisyan: Duduk To find out more of Roots Revival projects visit: https://www.facebook.com/Roots.Reviva...​ Video by Amin Ebrahimi © Roots Revival November 2019 This event was financially supported by Stadt Wien Kultur.

Hal Asmar هالأسمر اللون Traditional folkloric Syrian song. Abeer Nehme: Vocals Mohamad Zatari: Oud -------------------------------------------------------------- Aramaic and Sufi experience This project aims at showing the richness of our heritage and promoting dialogue among different faiths in the Middle East. This performance is an approach to have a dialogue between these two sources of oriental mysticism and a hint to promote peace and harmony between different cultures and religions Full Concert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ie639ilKW8&t=0s Musicians: Abeer Nehme: Vocals (Lebanon) Imad Morcos: Qanun (Lebanon) Zabih Vahid: Kamancheh (Iran) Leila Renault: Double Bass (France) Akash Bhatt: Tabla and Percussion (India) Mehdi Aminian: Ney, Setar and vocals (Iran) Guest musician: Mohammad Zatari: Oud (Syria) https://www.mohamadzatari.com/ This concept is initiated by Mehdi Aminian and been developed together with Abeer Nehme

Quieter Than Silence - A Roots Revival Project in collaboration with creative arts November 11, 2017 tour & Album launching - Bucharest, Romania Mehdi Aminian: Ney, Setar, Vocals (Iran) Mohamad Zatari: Oud (Syria) Leila Soldevila: Double Bass (France) Behnam Masoumi: Tombak & Percussion (Iran) Roots Revival respects your right to an uninterrupted viewing and listening experience. However, we count on your kind support and donations to make next projects possible. To donate, click on the link bellow: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=XRPUKGC88NTDE The line up of this performance is: 00:00 - Intro 0:42 - "Hezar Pareh" - A composition by Mehdi Aminian inspired by Persian Chahar Pareh (A division in Persian Dastgah System) Words by Hatef Esfahani (Year 1783)" “You're lurking and have your arrow ready to shoot me, and I am anxious and sorrowful. And all my anxiety is caused by the possibility of you missing the target!” 6:22 - "Don't Go", Composed by Mohamad Zatari, Arranged by Both musicians words by Rumi: “Hidden as a soul, you enter through my heart! O luster of my garden, you are my gracefully dancing cypress. If you go, Don't go without me; soul of my soul, Don't go without body, Do not depart out of my sight, O my blazing torch.” 13:46 - "Falling Star" - Composed by Mohamad Zatari followed by Ney and Double Bass duo Improvisation 20:00 - "Chahar mezrab Dashti" - A piece by Maestro Jalil Shahnaz - Arranged by Mehdi Aminian (Inspired by Kayhan Kalhor's interpretation) 24:07 - "Oud Solo" - Mohamad Zatari 28:10 - "Madness before Silence" - A piece composed by Mehdi Aminian where the madness of rhythms struggles to find its peace and silence. 33:40 - "A Shattered Beauty" - An Old Syrian song (Hal'Asmar-ellon") reinterpreted and rearranged by Mehdi Aminian & Mohamad Zatari 38:14 - Percussion Solo - Behnam Masoumi 44:06 - "How long?" - A composition by Mehdi Aminian inspired by Ommar Khayam poem (1048 -1131): "How long to spend in sorrow wondering if I have enough or not...? And a life time wondering if I spend my living euphorically or not... Fill up the goblet since It's not clear to me This breath that I take in I take out or not... " Ommar Khayam 57:40 - "Lullaby for the travelling child" - Composed by Mehdi Aminian - Arranged by both musicians “My love, remain a kid, The world will force you to grow. My love remain a kid, you will be sick and tired of the world if you grow up. It is so cruel that the moment you forget your childhood it turns you into a stone!” Ahmad Shamloo 1:04:26 - "October" - Composed by Mehdi Aminian "Quieter than Silence” is a project of the Roots Revival Cultural Association based in Vienna. "What is this metaphor we call silence? In our music, silence does not want to abstain from utterance. On the contrary, it wants to render the intentional or imposed state of muteness on the way to universal consciousness and to sublime awareness. This music intends to create a space beyond silence (“Quieter than silence”), of the complete dissolution of speech. Speech that has been emptied of meaning in an ever noisier and aggressive world. A world where less than ever is being done to revive the human dignity trampled under never ending consumerism, wars, conflicts, nationalism and their consequences. This is an era where words and communication have lost their primary function. This project makes the symbolic journey of returning to nothingness, a tabula rasa of existence in order to invest sounds with a new creative power, worthy of dialogue. “Quieter than Silence” is rooted in Persian, Syrian and Sufi music cultures, applying various rhythmical and timbral elements throughout the process, which makes it a unique artistic repertoire hard to attribute it to particular geographical identity. "Quieter than Silence” is a dedication to the wandering Syrians in distress and grief. It is a form of compassion and a protest against all the noise in the world." Video: Liri Alienor Chapelan To find out more of Roots Revival projects visit: https://www.facebook.com/Roots.Revival.Association/ For more Info visit: https://www.roots-revival.com/quieterthansilence You can find the album here: https://www.roots-revival.com/soft-copy Spotify: http://bit.ly/2rAel8d Amazon: http://a.co/glUIpdR Deezer: http://www.deezer.com/album/42570441 Google Play: https://goo.gl/qAyHPs Tidal: https://tidal.com/album/74742366 iTunes: http://apple.co/2s5rx8J مهدی امینیان: نی, سه تار و آواز محمد زعتری

Ya Mahla'l Fus'ha Mohamad Zatari (feat. the Romanian Radio Children's Choir/Corul de Copii Radio) MERIDIAN Concert Romanian Radio Hall, Bucharest / Sala Radio Conductor: Răzvan Rădos 05-05-2019 Mohamad Zatari - Oud Avadhut Kasinadhuni – Tabla Arrangement: Mohamad Zatari & Răzvan Rădos For more information https://mohamadzatari.com يا محلى الفسحة محمد زعتري – جوقة أطفال راديو رومانيا من حفل MERIDIAN مسرح راديو رومانيا قيادة الجوقة: رزڤان رَدوس 05-05-2019 محمد زعتري – عود آڤادوت كاسِنادوني – طبلة توزيع: محمد زعتري و رزڤان رَدوس Lyrics: Oh how beautiful is sitting here on *Ras el-Bar As the moon shines on the waves of the sea *** He said to me, “Come, you whose always on my mind” “Be the one for me forever and always” As the moon shines on the waves of the sea *** The origin of love is a laugh and playfulness May we be in each other’s company forever and always As the moon shines on the waves of the sea “*-Beach on the Nile river”