Ahmed Mukhtar
Oud Master, Composer and Teacher
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Babylonian Fingers,Mukhtar Divertimento at The British Museum
Concert on 29th Of November 6.30 , and Lecture and playing on the 6th Decemberat 15.00
The 'ud in Iraq from earliest sources and Music in Sumer and after
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Mukhtar with 5 concerts in Switzerland from 16th till 22nd of October
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When we will be in Baghdad
Solo on Oud by the Master Ahmad Mukhtar -
In East Neik Festival on July the 4th
24 June 2009 -
Awards balance media’s distorted view of Britain’s Muslims
A panel of seven judges drew up the shortlists and chose the final winners. Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor presented the Alhambra Award for Excellence in the Arts to the Baghdad-born master of the oud Ahmed Mukhtar, who since 1990 has performed, toured and taught throughout the Middle East and Europe. He has composed music for theatre, film and TV, and four CDs of his performances have been released.14 April 2009 - By Susannah Tarbush -
The composer and player of Oud, won the Arts Award
The awards are an opportunity to show appreciation for the contribution of British Muslims in the society, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said.6 April 2009 - IslamOnline -
Music and Poetry in British Museum
renown Iraqi Oud Master on Friday th e27th of February 2009-18.30–21.0023 February 2009 -
Saleh Al-Kuwaity’s musical legacy is revived as his centenary is celebrated
the London-based Iraqi oud master Ahmed Mukhtar, paid tribute to “the genius of Saleh Al-Kuwaity” who “created new styles of Iraqi maqam music and freed the maqam from its restrictions and mixed some of it with urban music.”10 January 2009 - Susannah Tarbush -
Babylonian Fingers,Mukhtar Divertimento at The British Museum
Concert on 29th Of November 6.30 , and Lecture and playing on the 6th Decemberat 15.00
The 'ud in Iraq from earliest sources and Music in Sumer and after -
Institut du Monde Arabe - ParisIn Paris 31/5/2008 - Institute of the Arab World
De Baghdad a Cordoue -
IRAK :SOLO DE LUTH-AHMAD MUKHTAR
Sur les pas de Ziryab de Bagdad à Cordoue avec Ahmed Mukhtar - Solo de Luth. http://eventful.com/events/paris/irak-solo-de-luth-ahmad-mukhtar-/E0-001-005522729-9 -
Maud Hand meets an Iraqi Oud Master
It was the music of Jamil Bashir that first inspired Ahmed. Jamil, brother to the even more famous Munir Bashir, I realised that the Oud was as much about the instrument’s ancient history as its technical mastery, so read all I could about middle Eastern Music.Maud Hand -
THE SULTAN AND THE QUEEN - Lute music from Baghdad and Europe.
"Sweet is the music of Arabia.....
Hear her strange lutes on the green banks
Ring loud with the grief and delight
Of the dim - silked, dark haired musicians
In the brooding silence of night"
"Arabia" by De la Mare.19 February 2006 - HOLYWELL MUSIC -
Sound of Baghdad the Indepentent interview
Mukhtar plays in the style he learnt from Munir Bashir, which is itself derived from modes handed down through the centuries, and which is beautifully exemplified in Bashir's The Art of the Oud.Michael Church -
Global Rhythm Magazine with Ahmed Mukhtar
Mukhtar is a master of the oud, and a practitioner of the maqam, an ancient form whose very existence is like so much else in Iraq threatened today.Bruce Miller -
Mukhtar's blessed fingers
"His blessed fingers fashioning shades and shapes from his instrument that most people can only dream of. Veering from sprightly melodic segments to passages of innovative strokes and strums; the effect is a unique excursion to the heart and soul's sensual acoustics."Fatima Queti
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