Naseer Shamma is an Iraqi Musician and Oud Artist. He was born in Kut, a city on the Tigris River, in 1963. Completed his diploma from the Bagdad Academy of Music in 1987 and has composed music for films, plays and television.
He has created a Oud school named “Arabic Oud House” in Cairo, Egypt in 1999. It is the first school completely dedicated to teaching Oud as a solo instrument.
Let us watch and listen to the “Cities of Daffodils” by Naseer Shamma and the Peacebuilders, performed at the historic Citadel of Erbil.
Artist Line-Up
Naseer Shamma – Oud and Composition
Karen Briggs aka “The Lady in Red” – Violin
Hussein Zahhawy – Kurdish Daf
Aytac Dogan – Kanun
Ashraf Sharif Khan – Sitar
Luis Robisco – Flamenco Guitar
Ali Ghamsary – Tar
Robin Vassey – Percussion
Manuel Sierra – Bass Guitar
Gautama del Pino – Saxophone
