In 1982, Shaheen formed the Near Eastern Music Ensemble in New York, establishing a group that would perform the highest standard of traditional Arab music. His numerous concert credits include ...

Simon Shaheen Ensemble is coming to Corpus Christi Church on March 2. Palestinian oud virtuoso Simon Shaheen's technique has dazzled audiences for decades, performing traditional Palestinian music ...

Simon Shaheen, the much-admired Palestinian violin and oud virtuoso, brought his ensemble to the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue on Saturday night for a concert that fused traditional Middle Eastern ...

Shaheen building bridges through musicSince he founded the Near Eastern Music Ensemble in New York in 1982, the combo has become one of the world’s most acclaimed groups dedicated to the ...

With the Cuban son boom of the late '90s finally fished out, label execs are casting about feverishly for the next world-music prize catch. Former Police producer Miles Copeland insisted in a ...

Shaheen also hopes that his current music-and-dance project, The Call: Songs of Liberation, will prompt another transformation, both in North America and back in the Middle East.

When you listen to art, it\'s like you\'re looking at your baby — it gives you so much hope."Shaheen will bring the power and artistry of his music to Bloomington tonight as one of more ...

Shaheen is the celebrated Palestinian master of the ‘oud and violin, renowned for his performances of traditional Arab music. But his work with Qantara (“arch” in Arabic) is something different.

Shaheen has toured much of the country, exposing Americans to a brand of music they are not accustomed to hearing. This hour, Simone Shaheen takes us on a guided tour of the music of the Middle East.

Renowned violinist, oud player, composer and bandleader Simon Shaheen brings his Near East Music Ensemble to Brooklyn for a concert of Arabic classical music, followed by a Middle Eastern bazaar ...