Music In Homes: Victor Ghannam World Music Quartet

Crossing genres from Middle Eastern, to jazz, Flamenco, rock ’n roll, and exotic belly dancing music, Victor Ghannam’s dazzling command on the oud and qanoun has earned him worldwide recognition. He’s performed throughout the Americas, Europe and the Middle East, including appearances on NPR’s Prairie Home Companion, and with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s “Sounds of Babylon” series. A founder of the National Arab Orchestra, he’ll perform with fellow members, famed Iraqi-born violinist Qusay Al-Ali, Ons Boukraa, one of Tunisia’s premier percussionists, and Gursharan Yash Singh Sandhu. Born in India, Sandhu plays the riq, as well as the Hindustani tabla and Carnatic mridangam, percussion instruments of classical Indian music with ancient Hindu traditions. It will be an evening filled with hypnotic sounds and global magic.