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Performance: Rahim AlHaj, oud

Location
National Museum of Asian Art
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Free
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Join master musician Rahim AlHaj for an intimate solo performance on the oud (the grandfather of all stringed instruments). This performance celebrates our exhibition From the Louvre: Masterpieces of Islamic Art.

AlHaj and his trio also accompany our screening of The Adventures of Prince Achmed.
Rahim AlHaj has performed around the globe and is considered one of the finest oud players in the world. Born in Baghdad, Iraq, he moved to the US as a political refugee in 2000 and later became a US citizen. Since he began playing oud at age nine, he has studied under Munir Bashir (considered by many to be the greatest oud player of the twentieth century) and Salim Abdul Kareem at the Institute of Music in Baghdad, Iraq. AlHaj has won many accolades and awards, including two Grammy nominations and the National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship. He has recorded and performed with various master musicians such as genre-busting American guitarist Bill Frisell, Indian sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan, and indie-rock pioneers REM. He has composed pieces for solo oud, string quartet, symphony, and beyond. Bio adapted from Avokado Artists.
Image courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways

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Side-by-side view of the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, each with banners at the entrance and surrounded by greenery
National Museum of Asian Art
The Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art is made up of two buildings—the West Building (Freer Gallery of Art) and the adjoining East Building (Arthur M. Sackler Gallery).
Location
Washington, DC
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily
Museum

What's on View

From the Louvre: Masterpieces of Islamic Art
The Louvre Museum in Paris, France, is famous for holding iconic works of art, like Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. Did you know it also houses one of the richest and most comprehensive collections of Islamic art in the world? For the first time. Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
National Museum of Asian Art
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