Joseph Tawadros

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Joseph Tawadros, 2011

Joseph Tawadros (* 1983 in Cairo , Egypt ) is an Egyptian - Australian musician and composer . He plays the oriental short-necked lute, called oud .

Life

Tawadros is the nephew of the Egyptian trumpeter Yacoub Mansi and the grandson of the oud player and composer Mansi Habib. When he was three years old, his family immigrated from Egypt to Australia.

He was trained in the Western Classical Tradition and holds a BA in Music from the University of New South Wales .

The style of Tawadros is described as eclectic . According to The Sydney Morning Herald , he "took the oud out of the traditional Middle Eastern environment and introduced it into the field of classical music and jazz". He has worked with musicians such as John Abercrombie , Jack DeJohnette , Béla Fleck , Joey DeFrancesco , Jean-Louis Matinier and the Australian Chamber Orchestra . On his album World Music, Joseph Tawadros plays 52 different instruments and his brother James 11.

Tawadros won the ARIA Award (Australian Recording Industry Award) for the best world music album in 2012, 2013 and 2014.

Discography

Albums

  • 2004 - Storyteller (solo oud)
  • 2005 - Rouhani (with Bobby Singh)
  • 2006 - Visions
  • 2007 - Epiphany (with Ben Rodgers)
  • 2008 - Angel (with Matt McMahon and Dimitri Vouras)
  • 2009 - The Prophet: Music inspired by the poetry of Kahlil Gibran (solo)
  • 2010 - The Hour of Separation (with John Abercrombie (electric guitar), John Patitucci (electric bass), Jack DeJohnette (drums))
  • 2011 - The Tawadros Trilogy: Dawn of Awakening - with various musicians
  • 2012 - Concerto of The Greater Sea (with Richard Tognetti and the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Matt McMahon, Christopher Moore)
  • 2013 - Chameleons of the White Shadow (with Béla Fleck , Richard Bona , Joey DeFrancesco , and Jean-Louis Matinier )
  • 2014 - Permission to Evaporate (with Christian McBride , Matt MacMahon and Mike Stern )
  • 2015 - Truth Seekers Lovers and Warriors (with James Crabb, James Greening, Matt McMahon and James Tawadros)
  • 2016 - World Music (with James Tawadros)
  • 2017 - Live at Abbey Road (with James Tawadros)
  • 2018 - The Bluebird, the Mystic and the Fool

Film music

  • I Remember 1948 (documentary)
  • The Last Days of Yasser Arafat (documentary)
  • Haneen (short film)
  • Checkpoint (short film)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Joseph Tawadros - Gig Reviews . In: The Sydney Morning Herald , Fairfax Media , November 1, 2006. Retrieved April 17, 2010. 
  2. ^ From ancient strings, a new mood for the oud . In: The Sydney Morning Herald , Fairfax Media , October 27, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2013. 
  3. ↑ a b From ancient strings, a new mood for the oud . In: The Sydney Morning Herald , Fairfax Media , October 27, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2013. 
  4. ^ From ancient strings, a new mood for the oud . In: The Sydney Morning Herald , Fairfax Media , October 27, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2013. 
  5. ^ Joseph Tawadros review: Only eight instruments? he's not trying hard enough . In: The Sydney Morning Herald , Fairfax Media , April 15, 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2016. 
  6. ↑ Oud player keeps good company . In: The Sydney Morning Herald , Fairfax Media , March 28, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2013. 
  7. ↑ http://www.ariaawards.com.au/news/64/aria
  8. ↑ http://www.aria.com.au/documents/2014ARIAAwardsConnectedByTelstra-Nominatedartistsrevealed.pdf

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personal data
SURNAME Tawadros, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Cairo , Egypt