Arabesque Mondays and Club Passim Present
The PanEastern Showcase

November 15th 8pm 2003 @ Regent Theatre 7 Medford Street Arlington Ma.
$20 general admission / for advance tickets and info visit www.regenttheatre.com

Featuring Boston's top ethnic singers and musicians representing
India, Turkey, Iran, China, and the Arab World.

This revolutionary event seeks to present the great talents of Boston in the fields of traditional and classical Eastern Music. Every performer is a native of their Eastern country and a purist in their native musical tradition. Each performer will have a concise showcase of their traditional music, highlighting their authentic delivery and interpretational mastery. At the conclusion of the concert, the various singers and musicians will come together and perform one communal piece that illustrates the unity of all Eastern music.

Performers include..
FALGUNI and GHAURAV SHAH singing classical North Indian Raga
ZHENTIAN ZHANG and the LIU SISTERS performing selections for the Chinese "Yang-Qin" Dulcimer
THE SHARQ ENSEMBLE (with Karim Nagi Mohammed/riqq, Kareem Roustom/oud,
Eylem Basaldi/violin and singer Albert Agha) performing classical Arabic Tarab
MEHMET ALI SANLIKOL singing traditional Turkish Ghazal
THE HAFEZ ENSEMBLE (featuring Mohsen Abtahi/santour and Parisa Fallahi/Voice) performing Persian Dastgah


This concert is produced by Karim Nagi Mohammed / KMP Limited