The Royal Albert Hall Brings you Tarek Abdallah & Adel Shams El Din
Tarek Abdallah is an egyptian composer, lutenist and musicologist from Alexandria, born in 1975. He draws inspiration from the golden age of the art of Egyptian oud solo (1910-1930), which is at the center of his musicological research.He receives first of all the teaching of Hazem Shaheen with whom he founded the group ” Eskenderella ” in February, 2000. Then of the Iraqi Master, Naseer Shamma, at The Arab Oud House of Cairo which awarded him in January 2005 the diploma of Soloist and Professor with the prize of excellence. At the same time, he was formed by the Grand Master and the Egyptian composer Abdou Dagher as well as in the Moroccan singing with Saïd Chraïbi and in the Persian music with Dariush Talaï in the Abbey of Royaumont in France.
Adel Shams El Din is a traditional Egyptian-born percussionist residing in France. Considered one of the few players riqq who master the most complex Arabic rhythms, he has recorded over forty albums. Since 2013 he plays, among other, lutenists, composers and musicologists.
Tarek & Adel are both uniting in an unmissable Middle Eastern musical duo at The Royal Albert Hall.
