Peacebuilders

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 A...