Rihab Azar Quartet - Dandelion Debut Album Launch

***Aga Khan Music Award finalist (2025) Rihab Azar is one of the few women oud players/composers taking the oud to new expressive, daring and unconventional horizons. She was the first woman oudist to play accompanied by the Syrian National Orchestra for Arabic Music (2014) and was recognised by Arts Council England as a musician of exceptional promise (2016).***

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While deeply rooted in the authentically Middle-Eastern character of the Oud, **Rihab Azar**’s music possesses a uniquely rich, intimate and daring identity of its own. Virtuosity, imagery, storytelling, and philosophical reflection infuse this programme with layers of uniqueness inviting the audience to a rich experience across genres, time and geography.

The quartet will play the original works of Rihab’s debut album Dandelion, alongside pieces by renowned composers M. AbdulWahab, Hamza El Din, Ahmad Alkhatib, Feras Charestan & Adnan Abushamat.

The audience is invited to immerse itself in an unconventional yet accessible, daring and intimate chamber music experience that is genre-defying and full of mastery, imagination and curiosity.

This programme was premiered in Stratford, Canada, in Spring 2025 with INNERchamber.

**This event is suitable for audiences aged 12 and over.**

***This event will last for approximately 110 minutes including an interval.***

Presented by Kings Place.

This is a 14+ event