The Soul of Sound

Less Notes. More Soul.

Music, for me, is not about playing notes. It is about revealing the soul hidden within them.

I listen to the birth of every note, the silence before it, the resonance around it, and the echo that remains long after the sound has faded. Every echo opens the door to a new journey. Every silence has a purpose.

I don't simply play the oud or the guitar.

I let them sing with soulful longing.

Over the years, I have developed my own musical language by blending Arabic, Turkish, Eastern, Western, Classical, and World Music into one emotional experience. I follow feeling before tradition, and emotion before technique.

I believe music is not measured by the number of notes, but by what remains in the listener's heart after the last note has faded.

From the roots of a note...
To its echo.
From the echo...
To the soul.

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Performances

• - Music Meeting festival, global Roots festival
  - Centrum de Appel
  - Huis van Puck, Arnhem
  - Oosterlicht locatie theater, Nijmegen
  - Library cooperation with local poets, Nijmegen
  - Wintertuin festival, Nijmegen
  - Brebl jazz podium, Nijmegen
  - Sprookjesfestival, creative project with storyteller Ron Vervuurt
  - Global Arts, Lindenberg
  - Millinger theetuin, special diner concert
  - La Souk restaurant, Nijmegen
  - Orchestre Partout, Netherlands
  - Radboud universiteit, Nijmegen
  - Lux Art Centre, Nijmegen
  - Lindenberg, Partout festival, Nijmegen
  - Thiemenloods, Nijmegen
  - Duurzaamheidscafe
  - Gemeente Nijmegen, Dutch naturalisation ceremony
  - Valkof affaire festival, Nijmegen
  - Orientalis museum, Nijmegen
  - Cooperation with Dirk-Wim van 't Hof, musician Nijmegen
  - Provincie Gelderland, cultuurfonds
  - Cooperation with flutists Jacqueline Arts, video and performance project
  - Het verhaal van Gelderland festival
  - Mashed Culture festival
  - TV Friesland
  - Ghiatshow Salto tv Amsterdam
  - Liberty canon, stadhuis Nijmegen