For this special workshop, we welcome the award-winning qanun player Khalil Khoury and percussionist Ruven Ruppik. Currently touring with renowned singer Nai Barghouti, they will make a special stop at Sahba Academy as part of their Manchester concert at RNCM.

Khalil and Ruven will guide participants through a variety of lessons, from maqams to rhythmic cycles, improvisation and melodies. This workshop is for all ages and levels (although a basic understanding of music is encouraged) – and will serve to teach and strengthen your understanding of the cornerstones of Arabic music – and how you can use it in your craft.

There will also be an opportunity for Q&A, as well as a guest lesson by Nai Barghouti.

Doors – 18:30
Workshop – 19:00-20:30
Price – Free, but registration is required

About Khalil
Award-winning qanun player, composer and sound engineer, Khalil Khoury, has built a reputation as one of the new generation’s most versatile and creative Palestinian musicians, admired for his extraordinary sensibility and musicality. He also recently completed an advanced degree in sound engineering and music production, with distinction, at the Abbey Road Institute in Amsterdam.
Khalil plays the qanun with various international projects with recent engagements that include performances at the London Union Chapel, the Aga Khan Music Awards in Lisbon, The Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and the 2019 Prince Claus Awards ceremony at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam. He is also currently working as the sound engineer and technical manager of the Amsterdam’s Andalusian Orchestra.

About Ruven
Ruven Ruppik is an international percussionist, specialised in numerous traditional music styles. Learning since a young age, he studied classical percussion but soon fell in love with Balkan music.  He was immediately fascinated by this music, its rhythms and odd time signatures and he began to play traditional music from countries such as Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, Macedonia and Turkey in addition to western-classical and contemporary music. Ruven went on to study World Percussion and a Master in North Indian Classical Music in Rotterdam under the direction of the Tabla master Niti Ranjan Biswas and Bansuri legend Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia. Ruven expresses himself through different music styles such as Flamenco, Mediterranean, Ottoman and Latin/Brazilian music and currently teaches percussion at the University of the Arts in Zurich.