{"id":29870,"date":"2015-02-24T16:29:18","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T14:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sana.sy\/en\/?p=29870"},"modified":"2015-02-24T16:29:18","modified_gmt":"2015-02-24T14:29:18","slug":"safwan-al-abed-performs-classical-aleppo-music-at-damascus-opera-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/?p=29870","title":{"rendered":"Safwan al-Abed performs classical Aleppo music at Damascus Opera House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Damascus, SANA \u2013 Singer Safwan al-Abed performed a concert at the main hall of the Opera House at Al-Assad House for Culture and Arts on Monday evening, presenting a variety of Qudud Halabiya (a form of classical Syrian music native to Aleppo).<\/p>\n<p>Accompanied by his band, al-Abed performed for two hours, presenting pieces from Syria&#8217;s classical musical heritage, in addition to classic Arab music and old Andalusia-style music, concluding the concert by saluting the audience, Syria, and his hometown of Aleppo.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Abed was born in Aleppo in 1962, and he embraced sophist music and Aleppo&#8217;s musical heritage at a very young age, and later studied under skilled Aleppo singers like Abdelqader Hajjar, Abdelrahman Mdallal, and Nadim Darwish.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-29870 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Concert-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Concert-2-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Concert-2-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Concert-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Concert-2.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Concert-3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Concert-3-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Concert-3-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Concert-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Concert-3.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Concert-4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Concert-4-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Concert-4-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Concert-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Concert-4.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Hazem Sabbagh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damascus, SANA \u2013 Singer Safwan al-Abed performed a concert at the main hall of the Opera House at Al-Assad House for Culture and Arts on Monday evening, presenting a variety of Qudud Halabiya (a form of classical Syrian music native to Aleppo). 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