Upcoming Performances

19-10-2025 Sounds of Places – Triennale, Milano, Italy. 
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Notable Past Performances

  • 2024-Pres.  Tareq Abboushi Trio (Buzuq, vocals, synthesizers, composition): Arabesque  Music Festival (France).

  • 2021-2022  The Arabic Orchestra (Buzuq, composition): Birzeit University, Convention Palace, Cultural Palace, Yabous Cultural Center (Palestine).

  • 2018  Nai Barghouti (Piano, Buzuq, Composition): Palestine International Festival

  • 2016  Suad Massi (Piano) and Ghalia Benali (Buzuq): Palestine International Festival.

  • 2015  Abeer Nehme & Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra (Buzuq): Kilden Performing Arts Center (Norway).

  • 2015-Pres. Rivers of Sound (Buzuq): NYU Abu Dhabi (UAE), Royal Opera House of Oman, Aperto Festival (Italy), DeBijloke (Belgium), Troy Music Hall, Merkin Hall (US).

  • 2014-Pres.  Sharaka (Buzuq, Mouth Harp, Vocals): Ramallah Cultural Palace (Palestine), Dokkhuset, Sodd Jazz Festival (Norway), Dar El Nimer (Lebanon).

  • 2014  Lotfi Bouchnak, Rima Khcheich, Sonia Mbarek, Charbel Rouhana, Ali AbdulSattar, Billy Drewes, Jamey Haddad, Simon Shaheen: Katara Cultural Village (Qatar).

  • 2013-15  National Arab Orchestra (Buzuq): Atlanta Symphony Hall, Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts (USA).

  • 2013-16  Sana Moussa (Buzuq): Festivals in Tunisia, Algeria, Palestine.

  • 2007-Pres.  Amir ElSaffar & Two Rivers (Buzuq, percussion, piano)- Iraqi Maqam and Jazz: Lincoln Center Outdoor Festival (USA), Painted Bride Arts Center, Festival of New Trumpet Music, NYC Winter Jazz Festival, Newport Jazz Festival  (USA), Bimhuis (Holland), Jazzahead! (Germany), Istanbul Jazz Festival (Turkey), Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (Greece), NYU Abu Dhabi Arts Center (Emirates).

  • 2006-12  Zikrayat (Buzuq, percussion, vocals, composition)- Music from the golden age of Egyptian cinema: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Brooklyn Maqam Festival at Joe’s Pub-The Public Theater, City University of New York, Lincoln Center out of Doors Festival, & globalFEST (USA).

  • 2004-10  Dan Zanes (Buzuq, Vocals, Percussion): Celebrate Brooklyn Festival, Montclair University, Herbst Theater, Moore Theater, New Victory Theater, Howard Gilman Opera House at BAM (USA), Spring of Culture Festival (Bahrain).

  • 2005  Simon Shaheen (Buzuq): Symphony Space (USA).

  • 2001-12  The New York Tarab Ensemble (Buzuq, percussion, vocals)- Traditional Arab & Sufi music: Symphony Space, New York University, Columbia University, live on WBAI radio (USA), York University (Canada).

  • 2000-Pres.  SHUSMO (Buzuq, percussion, vocals, composition) Founder & Director- Arabic, Funk, & Latin Music Fusion: National Public Radio, Sounds of the City Festival, Atlantic Antic Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Joe’s Pub-The Public Theater, United Nations, Arab American National Museum, Brooklyn Maqam Festival, NYU & Columbia University (USA), Festival du Monde Arabe de Montreal (Canada), the Jerusalem Festival (Palestine).