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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Marcel Khalife and Al-Mayadine Ensemble in concert!
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 ife_and_AlMayadine_Ensemble_in_concert_\nEvent Date Begin: 2012-05-05\nEve
 nt Date End: 2012-05-05\n\nLebanese Master Marcel Khalif&eacute\; will per
 form the prophetic poems of the Arab World's most renowned and beloved poe
 t Mahmoud Darwish\, and pays tribute to the Arab Spring.\n\nThe poetry of 
 Mahmoud Darwish (www.mahmouddarwish.com)\, the melodies of Marcel Khalife 
 (www.marcelkhalife.com)\, resonating across the Arab world from the Middle
  East to North Africa\, resounding above the din of conflict and poverty\,
  singing instead of the shade of grapevines\, the bright eyes of loved one
 s\, the heartache of divisions and decline that could be healed\, love tha
 t could be returned.\n\nMarcel Khalif&eacute\;\, Lebanese composer\, singe
 r and master of the oud (Arabic lute)\, evokes this world\, honoring the s
 pirit of his late friend and associate Mahmoud Darwish\, who passed away i
 n Houston\, TX on August 8\, 2008. Darwish is a strikingly original Palest
 inian poet born in Palestine whose poetry has been translated to more than
  25 languages worldwide and extensively published in the US. Khalif&eacute
 \;'s new concert program\, Fall of the Moon: An Homage to the Poet Mahmoud
  Darwish\, revisits and re-imagines the ties that bound these two powerful
  iconic advocates of Arab culture\, one that weaves the rich complexities 
 of its great history\, the diversity of its cultures with the humanity and
  longing of today and deeply expressed by the dawn of the current monument
 al events of the Arab spring sweeping the Arab world.\n\nMarcel Khalife wi
 ll be accompanied by his 12 member Al Mayadine ensemble.\n\n1- Marcel Khal
 ife- composer\, oud\, vocals\n2- Oumaima Khalil- vocals\n3- Yolla Khalife-
  vocals\n4- Rami Khalife- piano\n5- Anthony Millet- accordion\n6- Mark Hel
 ias- double bass\n7- Kinan Idnawi- oud\n8- Feras Sharestan: qanoun\n9- Oma
 r Guey: violin\n10- Ismail Lumanovski- clarinet\n11- Aleksandar Petrov- pe
 rcussion\n12- Bachar Khalife\n\nCo-sponsored by:\nBoston Palestine Film Fe
 stival\nThe Center for Arabic Culture\nPalestine Children Relief Fund\n\nS
 upported by:\nBerklee School of Music\nLenox Hotel (www.lenoxhotel.com)\n
 \nStart time: 8 pm
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SUMMARY:Marcel Khalife and Al-Mayadine Ensemble in concert!
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