6th
edition
3-22 November  
2026

UD masters

Explore the ud masters around the world.

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Cinuçen Tanrıkorur

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George Mgrdichian

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Hamza Amrani

https://www.instagram.com/hvmr40/

Hamed Saeed

https://www.youtube.com/@hamedsaeed

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Nizar Rohana

.Nizar Rohana (Haifa, 1975) is a Palestinian oud player, composer and musicologist. He began playing the oud at a young age and has gone on to become one of the better-known contemporary Palestinian performers on the instrument. His music combines traditional Arabic and Middle Eastern influences with elements of jazz, improvisation and Western classical music. Together with Tony Overwater on double bass and Ruven Ruppik on percussion, he forms the Nizar Rohana Trio. He studied the oud, music and musicology at the Department of Arabic Music at the Jerusalem Academy for Music and Dance and at the Hebrew University. He later obtained a master’s degree and a PhD from Leiden University, where his research focused on improvisation and composition for the oud. Rohana has been living in the Netherlands since 2013. He has collaborated with musicians such as Tony Overwater and performed at international festivals in Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia. He has also taught at the Edward Said National Conservatory and as a visiting lecturer at various Dutch conservatoires and universities. Rohana serves as artistic coordinator for the UD Competition, in which young ud players aged between 16 and 35 compete for the Said Ghraibi Prize.

https://nizarrohana.com/
Nazih Borish

It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing Nazih Borish in February 2026. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his loved ones. https://constantinople.ca/en/musiciens/nazih-borish-2/

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Salman Shukur

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Shirieen Al Tohamy

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Said Chraibi

Said Chraibi liep voorop in een generatie muzikanten die de tradities van de Arabisch-Andalusische muziek in Marokko nieuw leven inblaast. Zijn spectaculaire techniek op de ud en zijn composities die traditie en hedendaags combineerde, maakten heb een icoon in Marokko, het Midden-Oosten, Europa en de Verenigde Staten. 

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Trio Qasyon

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U
Udi Nevres Bey

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25 October —
5 December