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SUMMARY:: Liverpool Philharmonic Music Room: LAAF: Maya Youssef
DESCRIPTION:\nMaya Youssef\n\n\n\n\nFriday 14 July\, 7:30 pm - 11:00 pmLive
 rpool Philharmonic Music Room\n£10 / £12 Book Tickets\n\nThe award-winn
 ing Syrian composer and musician\, Maya Youssef brings her globally accl
 aimed album\, Finding Home\, to Liverpool Arab Arts Festival in what wil
 l be a stunning and intimate performance with the Maya Youssef Ensemble an
 d the Ensemble of St Luke’s.\n\nThe ‘Queen of the Qanun’ is an artis
 t who crosses boundaries in music and culture. Born in Damascus\, she came
  to the UK in 2012 and her performances at London’s Southbank\, Womad\, 
 BBC Proms\, Royal Albert Hall and The Barbican have revealed why she was d
 escribed as an ‘exceptional talent’. Maya pushes the boundaries of the
  Qanun\, a 78 stringed plucked zither traditionally played by men\, leavin
 g many to describe her as a virtuoso.  \n\nMaya’s intense and thoughtf
 ul music is rooted in the Arabic classical tradition but forges pathways i
 nto jazz\, Western classical and Latin styles. It explores the emotional a
 nd healing qualities of music. For her\, the act of playing music is the o
 pposite of death and destruction\; it is a life- and hope-affirming act an
 d an antidote to what is happening\, not only in Syria\, but in the whole 
 world. \n\nThis performance in Liverpool will see Maya bring ‘Finding H
 ome’ to the city for the first time since its release. Exploring the los
 s and grief in leaving Syria\, the album depicts the discovery of  a plac
 e that gives a state of calm and how we can find a sense of home\, even wh
 en we are far from the place of our birth.  \n\nThe Ensemble of St Luke
 ’s was formed in 1992 when a group of friends from the Royal Liverpool P
 hilharmonic Orchestra got together informally to raise money for St Luke
 ’s Church in Crosby. In 2014 they were the first chamber group to featur
 e at the Liverpool International Music Festival. The Ensemble includes\, 
 Alexander Marks – violin\, Elizabeth Lamberton – violin\, Robert She
 pley – viola\, Gethyn Jones – cello.\n\nhttps://mayayoussef.com/  \
 n\nhttps://www.instagram.com/mayayoussefmusic/?hl=en \n\nhttps://www.yout
 ube.com/user/kanunplayer \n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/MayaYoussefmusic/ 
  \n\nhttps://twitter.com/Mayaqanun  \n\nVenue address: Liverpool Philha
 rmonic Hall Music Room\, Sugnall Street\, Liverpool\, L1 9BP\n\n\n\n
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