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Avin Ahmadi Performs Gar Tīgh Bārad by Aghaei on Oud

Vienna-based Iranian oud player and vocalist Avin Ahmadi performs the Iranian piece Gar Tīgh Bārad by Siamak Aghaei on the Oud. This comes via Siccas Guitars and their YouTube (go subscribe). Beautiful performance by Ahmadi. Born in 2004, trained at Tehran’s music conservatory, she…

Ara Dinkjian Plays Oud via The Met

First Video: Keesher Bar (Night Dance), written and performed by Ara Dinkjian. Featured oud (ūd): Manol by Emmanuel Venios (Greek, active Turkey, 1838–1915/16), Ūd, 1916, Istanbul, Turkey. Spruce, mulberry, various woods, mother-of-pearl, mastic. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,…