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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Maya_YoussefMaya Youssef - Wikipedia

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   Maya Youssef (born 1984) is a Syrian musician and composer based in the United Kingdom who plays the qanun. She has performed on the BBC Proms and WOMAD.

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3. mayayoussef.comMaya Youssef

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   Maya Youssef is a Syrian-British singer and qanun player who blends Arabic and Western music. Pre-order her second album ‘Finding Home’ on vinyl, check out her upcoming tour dates and join her mailing list.

4. mayayoussef.com › aboutMaya Youssef

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   Now based in the UK, Maya Youssef is hailed as ‘queen of the qanun,’ the 78-stringed Middle Eastern plucked zither. Maya’s intense and thoughtful music is rooted in the Arabic classical tradition but forges pathways into jazz, Western classical and Latin styles.

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     Maya Youssef - Kanun player performs Syrian Dreams

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     'The Seven Gates of Damascus' by Maya Youssef

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6. www.youtube.com › watchMaya Youssef - Kanun player performs Syrian Dreams - YouTube

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   Maya Youssef, a Syrian Kanun musician performs Syrian Dreams, a prayer for peace, for The Update.

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7. mayayoussefofficial.bandcamp.com › album › finding-homeFinding Home | Maya Youssef

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   Mar 25, 2022 · Maya Youssef is a Syrian qanun player and composer who explores the emotional and healing qualities of music. Her album Finding Home is a journey through memories and the essence of home in the search of peace and comfort.

8. www.youtube.com › user › kanunplayerMaya Youssef Music - YouTube

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   Welcome to my channel! I am the the world leading qanun & Maqam Mentor. I help Arabic music enthusiasts learn QANUN MAQAM and TAQSIM in as little as a few months without any music knowledge....

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   Who is Maya Youssef?

   • Maya Youssef was born in 1984 in Damascus, Syria, into a family of artists and writers. Her father is the writer and journalist Hassan M. Youssef, and her mother Rose Makhlouf is a translator. At the age of seven she started to study music at the Sulhi al-Wadi Institute of Music in Damascus.

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   What happened to Youssef?

   • Youssef moved to Dubai in 2007 to focus on her solo career. In 2009 she was offered a post to teach the qanun and Arabic music at the Department of Music and Musicology, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. She now lives in the UK, having moved to London in 2012 under the Arts Council England ’s Exceptional Talent scheme.

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   How old was Maya when she heard a qanun?

   • One day when she was nine years old, Maya was on her way to the music institute in her hometown of Damascus. She was reluctantly studying the violin, but a beautiful sound was drifting through the air from a nearby taxi, and it stopped her in the tracks – it was the sound of the qanun.

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   How old was Youssef when he won the Best Musician Award?

   • At the age of 12, Youssef won the Best Musician Award in Syria's National Music Competition for Youth.

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10. www.youtube.com › watchMaya Youssef: The Sound of Home. A Leighton House commission.

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    Feb 17, 2023 · This recording features Maya Youssef's 'The Sound of Home' premiere at Leighton House in October 2022. Leighton House commissioned 'The Sound of Home' in or...

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