Enzo Rao
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Enzo Rao is an Italian
musician who plays a number of instruments, including bass guitar
, oud
, saz
, jaw harp and violin
, in a variety of folk and popular styles. He has performed with artists like Rakali, Glen Velez
and Claudio Lo Cascio. In 1988 he founded the project SHAMAL which combines music from across the Mediterranean region. Rao has won the first praise in the National Composer Contest held by Radio RAI for his song "In viaggio!". Rao has also worked in composition for film scores.
Italy
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musician who plays a number of instruments, including bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, oud
Oud
The oud is a pear-shaped stringed instrument commonly used in North African and Middle Eastern music. The modern oud and the European lute both descend from a common ancestor via diverging paths...
, saz
Baglama
thumb|180px|Cura and bağlamaThe bağlama is a stringed musical instrument shared by various cultures in the Eastern Mediterranean, Near East, and Central Asia....
, jaw harp and violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
, in a variety of folk and popular styles. He has performed with artists like Rakali, Glen Velez
Glen Velez
Glen Velez is an American percussionist, vocalist, and composer, specializing in frame drums from around the world. He is largely responsible for the increasing popularity of frame drums in the United States and around the world....
and Claudio Lo Cascio. In 1988 he founded the project SHAMAL which combines music from across the Mediterranean region. Rao has won the first praise in the National Composer Contest held by Radio RAI for his song "In viaggio!". Rao has also worked in composition for film scores.