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Maya Youssef

SY, Damascus
World

"What makes an instrumentalist a virtuoso? I’d say it was a mystical symbiosis that takes place before your very ears and eyes, so that, for you, they define their instrument and their instrument defines them. Which is why audiences discover that Maya is both possessed by the Kanun and at the same time to personifiesy it. Every time I hear her play it's a revelation...she seems to reach another level of dextrous skill, to make the room resound with yet more passionate and beautiful music, to draw you further into her flamboyant and intricate maquam labyrinth. And she combines her extraordinary musical gifts with a generosity of outlook, warmth, humour and optimism which has legendarily accompanied virtuosos such as Ravi Shankar, Yehudi Menhuin or Meredith Monk through their lives." - Max Reinhardt, BBC

     
Popular Tracks   
Bombs turn into roses on Syrian Dreams by Maya Youssef
Jasmin Bayati: To An Earth Angel on Jasmine Bayati: To An Earth Angel by Maya Youssef & Al MacSween
An Invitation To Day Dream on Finding Home by Maya Youssef
In My Mother's Sweet Embrace on Finding Home by Maya Youssef
Soul Fever on Finding Home by Maya Youssef
My Homeland on Finding Home by Maya Youssef
Samai of Trees on Finding Home by Maya Youssef
Silver Lining - Ensemble version on Finding Home by Maya Youssef
Queen of the night on Syrian Dreams by Maya Youssef
Lullaby A Promise of a Rainbow on Finding Home by Maya Youssef

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Title Artist Year Type
Syrian DreamsMaya Youssef2017Album
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