Maya Youssef مايا يوسف
Female Instrument Pioneers Talk
Apr 25, 2024
7:00 PM GMT+2
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What does it mean for a musician to break new ground as one of the first female practitioners of an instrument that has been strongly male-coded? What obstacles do you encounter? At tonight's Thursday Talk, we get to meet three prominent female musicians who all have in common that they were pioneers on their respective instruments within their tradition. An exciting conversation with, of course, live music!
Maya Yousef, originally from Syria, now living in the UK, and one of the very few female professional practitioners of Arabic qanoun.
Jyotsna Srikanth, from Bangalore in South India, one of the world's foremost violinists in the South Indian Carnatic music tradition, and one of the few women to play the violin professionally in this tradition.
Tina Quartey, percussionist based in Malmö, with her foundation in the Afro-Cuban percussion tradition, but who has been a strong driving force when it comes to introducing percussion as an integral part of Swedish and Nordic folk music. One of the few female percussionists in this tradition.
Also participating as fellow musicians are Pär Moberg and Mats Edén, fiddler and teacher at the Malmö Academy of Music.
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Maya Youssef مايا يوسف Biography
Hailed as ‘queen of the qanun’, Maya Youssef is a globally renowned, and award-winning qanun player and composer from Syria. In 2012, Maya arrived in the UK under Tier 1 visa and was endorsed by Arts Council of England as an Exceptional Talent. Since then, Maya have pushed the boundaries of the qanun (a 78 stringed plucked zither traditionally played by men) and performed in South Bank, BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, The Barbican, Shakespeare Globe and WOMAD. She collaborated with British cultural Icons like Damon Albarn (Blur/Gorillaz) and recorded for ‘The Beatles & India' documentary in Abbey Road Studios. Her debut album Syrian Dreams (a prayer for peace) was produced by the esteemed Joe Boyd (Nick Drake) and released by Harmonia Mundi. The album received critical acclaim from the media. “Exquisite...a powerful homage, twists Arabic music cliches'', The Guardian. “An album of skill and power...a dizzying sweep of genres from flamenco to jazz. A transportive cinematic listen” The Musician Magazine (The MU). Syrian Dreams won the German Record Critics' Award and Songlines Music Award. This led to many UK and international sold-out concerts. Maya has recently won the PRS Women Make Music Grant and Arts Council Project for the Arts funding towards recording her second album ‘Finding Home’.
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Acoustic Instrumental Music
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Arabic Music
Chamber Music
Middle Eastern Music
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