Ahmad Al Khatib أحمد الخطيب

Ahmad Al Khatib was born in Jordan in 1974 into a family of Palestinian refugees. He began to learn the oud from an early age, taking lessons with the Palestinian master Ahmad Abdel Qasem, and went on to study music and cello at Yarmouk University in Jordan. After graduating in 1997 he moved to Ramallah in Palestine, where he taught in the Oriental Music Department at the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music. He later went on to head the Department and in 1999 he joined several other Conservatory teachers to form the Karloma ensemble to "explore and experiment with arranging and performing Eastern music styles in different ways". Forced to leave Palestine in 2002 due to the political situation, Ahmad continued to promote the work of the Conservatory overseas and also produced a series of oud instruction books and transcriptions of Arab classical works. In 2004 he settled in Sweden, where began to study for a Master's degree in Musical Eduation Methodology at the University of Gothenburg, and the following year saw the release of his first solo oud CD, 'Sada'. Ahmad is currently a lecturer at the University's Academy of Music and Drama, where he teaches modal music, composition theory and ensemble music. He also performs regularly in Europe and the Middle East, and his latest project is Double Duo with UK-based oud player Khyam Allami and percussionists Youssef Hbeisch and Andrea Piccioni.

Ahmad Al Khatib أحمد الخطيب -  Sada صدى

01 – Furatayn (From Jerusalem to Bafhdad)
فراتين
02 – Hikaya Sharqiyya (Oriental Tale)
حكاية شرقية
03 – Sada (Echo)
صدى
04 – Al-Nil Al-Abyad (The White Nile)
النيل الأبيض
05 – Sama’i Ghofran
سماعي غفران
06 – Ghurbah (Diaspora)  
غربة
07 – Ta’ammul (Reflection)
تأمل
08 – Farahafaza
فرحفزا
09 – Nawa Athar Etude
تمرين نوا أثر

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Ahmad al khatib & Youssef Hbeisch أحمد الخطيب & يوسف حبيش – Sabil سبيل

01 Take Me Along (خدني معاك (07:20
02 Exode I Moses (سفر الخروج 1 موسى (04:19
03 Exode II Canaan (سفر الخروج 2 كنعان (01:52
04 Exode III Two Rivers (سفر الخروج 3 نهرين (04:28
05 The Rose Vendor (بيّاع الورد (05:50
06 For Alix (لألكس (05:13
07 Maqam for Gaza (مقام لغزّة (04:42
08 On the Way (سبيل (04:41
09 Wedding (عرس (04:41
10 Fragrance (شذى (04:38
11 Their Palestine (ياحلالي يامالي (05:38

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Karloma - Music From Palestine (2001)

Karloma is a trial of musical outlooks. Its members belong to different musical cultures, but meet spiritually in Palestine , the place of our beginning and a country of such magnetism that we all find ourselves inextricably tied to it, no matter where we are in the world. The first CD, Karloma, was a combination of original compositions by Ahmad Al-Khatib, and pieces taken from the repertoire of classical Arabic music, but with the ethos of Karloma running like a thread throughout. Twisting and turning, delicate calligraphic ornamentation and improvised moments of truth arise from solid musical ideas and forms. These days they continue to find voice and inspiration in the older repertoire, but they are focusing more and more on playing original pieces by members of the group.

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Karloma - Music From Palestine (2001)

Each piece in this CD is a well-furnished musical experience based on a simple melody. Around this basic line is a plethora of images, intertwining sounds and playful ornamentations, which can be interpreted by the listener in many ways.

01. Sama'i Shat araban : Tanbouri
02. Longa HijazKar : Saboukh Efendi
03. Zawalif : Ahmad Al Khatib
04. Silk Road : Ahmad Al Khatib
05. Sama'i Muhhayer Kurdi : Sai’di Ishillay
06. Zeina : Mohammad Abdul Wahhab
07. Once upon a time : Jamil Bashir
08. Zar : Ahmad Al Khatib
09. Kelmet Atab : Ahmad Al Khatib
10. The Flying Bird : Mounir Bashir

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