Other Minds Programming ➔ Hamza El Din, half length portrait, seated, playing the oud, San Francisco CA, (2000)
Still image
Identifier
IM.OM.FP.0006.008Dates
2000-03-01/2000-03-31 | createdWork Type
Photographic printImage Class
Composer & Performer PortraitsImage Series
OM06: Fago B&W PrintsDescription
Hamza El Din performing with the oud, during the 6th Other Minds Music Festival in San Francisco, in March of 2000. The Egyptian born Hamza El Din was an oud player and pioneering world music composer whose works have influenced everyone from Steve Reich, Terry Riley and the Grateful Dead. Throughout his life he endeavored to combine elements of the traditional music of Nubia, Egypt, and later in his life Japan, within more formal structures.Genres & Subjects
Portrait photographs--2000Men
Composers
Musicians
Ouds