S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Musician Sami Bordokan and his group is going to present a show to rescue the Arab roots in Brazilian music on the stage of Sesc Santana, on September 7. Apart from singing, Bordokan will play the lute, a string instrument similar to the guitar, but with an exclusive sound and shape. He said that the songs will \u201cspeak\u201d. Thus, it will be possible to observe the characteristics of Brazilian music.<\/p>\n
Those attending the event will see more than a musical presentation. They will see the history of music and of the rhythms, told in the strings of the lute and seven-string guitar, so appreciated by lovers of chorinho music.<\/p>\n
Bordokan\u2019s idea is to show how Brazilian music is influenced by Arab music to this day. \u201cWe are going to present an Arab play from the 19th Century and to improvise dialogues between the lute and its great-grandson, the seven-string guitar. We want to show how many Arab characteristics Brazilian music has,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The artists will also promote \u201cdialogue\u201d between folk music in both cultures. This is the case with \u201cBint Chalabie\u201d and song \u201cSe essa rua fosse minha\u201d. During the show, there will also be instrument duets: the Brazilian repique drum and the Arab derbaki, as well as Brazilian and Arab tambourines.<\/p>\n
Sami, aged 38, started playing lute at age six. He then spent his childhood in Lebanon and studied Classical Arab Music there. Back to Brazil, he returned to making presentations. Currently, he lives in Brazil and Lebanon.<\/p>\n
The Sesc Santana show will be the first of this new tour. But Bordokan already imagines that the project may be long-lived. \u201cOur idea is to take it to the Middle East. To Lebanon, Syria and to the countries of the Gulf, like the United Arab Emirates, as well as to Egypt. For the Arabs to know that their culture is also in Brazil,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The presentation will include Sami Bordokan (voice and lute), Al\u00ea Cueva (seven-string guitar), Willian Bordokan (derbaki), Claudio Kairouz (kanum, a string instrument), Maurcio Mozayek (daff, an instrument similar to the tambourine) and Bruno Mamsini (percussion).<\/p>\n
Service<\/b><\/p>\n
Sami Bordokan \u2013 Brazilian lute<\/p>\n
Sesc Santana, Avenida Luiz Dumont Villares, 579, Santana. Tel.: 2971-8700. Wednesday, September 7, 6:00 pm.<\/p>\n
*Translated by Mark Ament<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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