Music from Iraq

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Label
ARC Music
Release Date
October 26, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Ahmed Mukhtar
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 26, 2018
    • UPC
      5019396281721
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      EUCD2817
    • LABEL
      ARC Music
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      World & International
    Works ⌄

    1. Doulab Mukhtar

      Composer: Ahmed Mukhtar

      Performer: Ahmed Mukhtar, Hassan Falih, Shaker Hassan

    2. Souq Baghdadi

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Ahmed Mukhtar, Sattar Al-Saadi

    3. Sama'ai Baghdad

      Composer: Ahmed Mukhtar

      Performer: Ahmed Mukhtar, Hassan Falih, Alaa Majeed, Shaker Hassan

    4. Kasor

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Sattar Al-Saadi

    5. The 2 Rivers

      Composer: Ahmed Mukhtar

      Performer: Ahmed Mukhtar, Shaker Hassan, Alaa Majeed, Hassan Falih, Waseem Faris

    6. The Road to Baghdad

      Composer: Ahmed Mukhtar

      Performer: Ahmed Mukhtar

    7. Motherly

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Ahmed Mukhtar, Waseem Faris

    8. Espania

      Composer: Ahmed Mukhtar

      Performer: Ahmed Mukhtar, Sattar Al-Saadi

    9. Raqsat albedoi

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Ahmed Mukhtar, Sattar Al-Saadi

    10. Moments in the Mosque

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Hassan Falih

    11. Raqsat al shara

      Composer: Ahmed Mukhtar

      Performer: Ahmed Mukhtar, Sattar Al-Saadi

    12. Horizon

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Ahmed Mukhtar

    13. Fingers and Sambales

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Sattar Al-Saadi

    14. Iraqi Cafe

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Ahmed Mukhtar, Alaa Majeed, Shaker Hassan

    15. Iraqi Kurdish Dance

      Composer: Ahmed Mukhtar

      Performer: Ahmed Mukhtar, Shaker Hassan


Ahmed Mukhtar is a master composer and virtuoso oud player known for his prolific discography and international performances. This album showcases his best work, presenting new visions rooted in the rich and complex Iraqi tradition and Middle Eastern music. Born in Baghdad, Mukhtar has been playing the oud and Arabic percussions since 1979. In 1983, he began studying both the oud and percussion at the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad. A few years later, in 1990 he attended the High Institute of Music in Damascus where he continued his studies of the oud and Western percussions. In 1999, Mukhtar earned an MA from the London College of Music, and in 203, he received a Masters Degree in Performance with a focus on Middle-Eastern and Arabic music from SOAS (the School of Oriental and African Studies), London.