Ara Dinkjian Plays Oud via The Met

First Video: Keesher Bar (Night Dance), written and performed by Ara Dinkjian. Featured oud (ūd): Manol by Emmanuel Venios (Greek, active Turkey, 1838–1915/16), Ūd, 1916, Istanbul, Turkey. Spruce, mulberry, various woods, mother-of-pearl, mastic. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Amati Gifts, 2014 (2014.522a, b).

Second Video: Gurbet O Kadar by Yildirim Gürses performed by Tamer Pinarbasi (qānūn) on the left, Ara Dinkjian (ūd) in the middle, and Glen Velez (bodhrán) on the right.

These come via The Metropolitan Museum of Art and their YouTube channel. Organized by the Department of Musical Instruments. Filmed in the The Koç Family Galleries featuring Carpets, Textiles and the Greater Ottoman World and Arts of the Ottoman Court (14th–20th centuries), on August 1, 2018. Production support was provided by The Augustine Foundation.

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Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, musical ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 94,000 subscribers and 13 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced in Greater Victoria for 20 years and now dedicates much of his time curating content online and helping connect the classical guitar community. See more at his personal website.

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  1. This is really amazing music! Another one I love from this channel is Wu Man playing “White Snow in Spring” on the pipa. Definitely worth checking out!