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This book is about the fascinating world of Violin in Syria and Middle-east. It is an attempt to explore the unique combination of Western Violin instrument and arabic music. When I began to write this book, I started to search for informations about violin performing and performers in Syria and other arabic countries. It was surprising for me that I could hardly find any written and comprehensive source on this subject. That´s why the following work is the result of personal interviews and my own knowledge of arabic music. As I had the honour to personally know the mentioned prominent personalities in this book, most of biographical information is based on original sources.

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MAias Alyamani is a Violinist and Composer from Syria.He is considered as one of the leading Arab artists around the world.MAias has performed and shared his music with many top artists like Gidon Kremer and Daniel Barenboim, and he is regularly invited to the major music scenes as a lecturer and expert in Arabic music.www.maiasalyamani.com

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