Joseph Tawadros
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Joseph Tawadros is an oud
virtuoso from Australia.
Joseph never ceases to amaze and at 28 has established himself as one the world’s leading oud performers and composers. A virtuoso of amazing diversity and sensitivity,Joseph continues to appear in concert halls worldwide dazzling audiences with his brilliant technique, his passionate musicianship and his joyous style of performance.
Always willing to push the boundaries and challenge traditional musical forms and rhythms, his efforts have led him to many unique collaborations, and he has recorded 8 albums to date: Storyteller, Rouhani, Visions, Epiphany, Angel, The Prophet: Music Inspired by the Poetry of Kahlil Gibran, The Hour of Separation and his latest offering, The Tawadros Trilogy: Dawn of Awakening. He has received 7 ARIA nominations, won 4 Limelight Awards and been nominated for young Australian of the year twice.
A resident of Australia since 1986, Joseph has been responsible for expanding the Oud’s notoriety in mainstream western culture and has also been recognized in the Arab world; recently being invited to appear on the judging panel of the Damascus International Oud
competition in 2009 and took part in Istanbul’s first Oud festival in 2010.
Joseph has toured extensively in Europe, America, Asia and the Middle East and has performed with artists such as tabla master Zakir Hussain, sarangi master Sultan Khan, John Abercrombie, John Patitucci, Jack DeJohnette, CamerataSalzburg, Mali band Tinariwen, Ivry Gitlis, Christian Lindberg, Neil Finn, Lior and Katie Noonan, amongst many others.
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...
virtuoso from Australia.
Joseph never ceases to amaze and at 28 has established himself as one the world’s leading oud performers and composers. A virtuoso of amazing diversity and sensitivity,Joseph continues to appear in concert halls worldwide dazzling audiences with his brilliant technique, his passionate musicianship and his joyous style of performance.
Always willing to push the boundaries and challenge traditional musical forms and rhythms, his efforts have led him to many unique collaborations, and he has recorded 8 albums to date: Storyteller, Rouhani, Visions, Epiphany, Angel, The Prophet: Music Inspired by the Poetry of Kahlil Gibran, The Hour of Separation and his latest offering, The Tawadros Trilogy: Dawn of Awakening. He has received 7 ARIA nominations, won 4 Limelight Awards and been nominated for young Australian of the year twice.
A resident of Australia since 1986, Joseph has been responsible for expanding the Oud’s notoriety in mainstream western culture and has also been recognized in the Arab world; recently being invited to appear on the judging panel of the Damascus International Oud
competition in 2009 and took part in Istanbul’s first Oud festival in 2010.
Joseph has toured extensively in Europe, America, Asia and the Middle East and has performed with artists such as tabla master Zakir Hussain, sarangi master Sultan Khan, John Abercrombie, John Patitucci, Jack DeJohnette, CamerataSalzburg, Mali band Tinariwen, Ivry Gitlis, Christian Lindberg, Neil Finn, Lior and Katie Noonan, amongst many others.
Albums
- 2004 - Storyteller (solo oudOudThe 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...
) - 2005 - Rouhani (with Bobby Singh)
- 2006 - Visions (with James Tawadros)
- 2007 - Epiphany (with James Tawadros & Ben Rodgers)
- 2008 - Angel (with James Tawadros, Matt McMahon & Dimitri Vouras)
- 2009 - The Prophet - Music inspired by the poetry of Kahlil Gibran (solo oud)
- 2010 - "The Hour of Separation" (with James Tawadros on req, John AbercombieJohn Abercrombie (guitarist)John Abercrombie is an American jazz guitarist, whose work often explores jazz fusion and post bop. Abercrombie has played with Billy Cobham, Jack DeJohnette, Michael Brecker and Randy Brecker...
on elec. guitar and John PatitucciJohn PatitucciJohn Patitucci is an American Grammy-winning jazz double bass and jazz fusion electric bass player.-Biography:Patitucci is of Italian descent and was born in Brooklyn, New York, where he began playing the electric bass at age ten, composing and performing at age 12, as well as the acoustic bass at...
on double bass, as well as Jack DeJohnetteJack DeJohnetteJack DeJohnette is an American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer. He is one of the most influential jazz drummers of the 20th century, due to extensive work as leader and sideman for musicians like Miles Davis, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Keith Jarrett and Sonny...
as "special guest" on drums on four tracks)
Musical scores
Music scores composed for the following films:- I Remember 1948 (documentary)
- The Last Days of Yasser Arafat (documentary)
- Haneen (short film)
- Checkpoint (short film)