SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10th, 2022
Tickets: $25 Door: $30
General Admission: Doors: 7pm.
Dinner & Show: Limited Tickets available, Guaranteed front seating.
3 Courses: $114 Double Pass: 2 x Tickets + Charcuterie & Cheese sharing board $89
Dinner times Pre show: 6:30pm, 6:45pm, 7pm, 7:30pm.
Show: 8pm-10pm
Genre: Classic Arabic with a twist
"This event is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, and is proudly auspiced by Arts Access Victoria”
About: Tarab: The name. The journey.
Tarab is an Arabic word that, while difficult to translate, encapsulates the pleasure and joy one gets from great, often classical Arab music. In his book about music in the Arab world, Dr AJ Racy said, 'In Arab culture, the merger between music and emotional transformation is epitomized by the concept of Tarab, which may not have an exact equivalent in Western languages.
In 2019, Yousef Alreemawi; a Palestinian-Australian musician and intellectual, founded the ensemble after he realized instrumental classical Arabic music is under-represented in Victoria, and named it after the beautiful concept of Tarab.
While Tarab ensemble started at the hands of multi-faith Arabic speaking musicians (from Palestine, Lebanon, Syria and Egypt), the vision of the ensemble has expanded to encompass non-Arab musicians (from Australia, Iran, Armenia and Venezuela). This is a testimony of the beauty, richness and diversity of Tarab and its ability to attract people from different cultures around it.
Today, and thanks to the talent and tireless efforts of its members, Tarab Ensemble has evolved to be Australia's leading and largest music group that is totally dedicated to instrumental classical Arabic music, but don't forget, with a twist.
**Tarab Ensemble is part of Averroes Centre of Arab Culture (est. 2013); a not-for-profit organization that promotes mutual understanding between Arabic speaking communities of Victoria and wider Australia, and- on the other hand- between Australia and the Arab countries via music, knowledge and translation..
