Adnan Eloush

Al Hamra Theatre Concert Pt.1

• Yalawa Music
• Ya Ghusien Al Ban (O Branch of the Moringa)
• Hussien Allam - Solo on Qanun
• Layali Al Kharif Music (Nights of Autumn)
• Ziad Asfari - Taqasim Oud
• Al Naher Al Khaled Music (The Eternal River)
• Yamrru Oujban (It Passes Wonderfully)

• Ya Bahja Al Ruh (O Joy of the Soul)
• Khayal Music (Imagination)
• Qum Ya Nadimi (Arise, O My Companion)
• Zikrayat Music (Memories)
• Ahmad Abdo - Solo on Nai
• Essam Andura - Ya Saqi Kas Al Hana (O Server of the Cup of Pleasure)
• Al Dewanieh Music (The Majlis)

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A recording of a live concert by the Oriental Modern Oud Ensemble, led by musician Adnan Elosh, at the Al-Hamra Cinema Theatre in Damascus. In addition to Mushahat and Adwar, the evening's programme included many original Syrian works by Adnan, and this concert also featured two musicians from Japan: Naito Nakoa on violin and Toyosei Akada on qanun. Adnan Ayloush was born in Damascus in 1929 into a family of merchants, but he was drawn to the arts. He learned to play the oud at an early age and entered the Oriental Conservatory in 1947, graduating in 1955. He then worked as a teacher in Damascus high schools, middle schools, the Arab Music Institute and the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts until he retired in 1989. He contributed to the formation of many musical ensembles, especially the Arabic Music Ensemble of the Arab Music Institute. He has achieved successes in modifying the oud in terms of the number and type of its strings, and has produced a number of important works on Arab and Western music, including a book entitled Musical Excerpts, which was taught at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damascus. He is the author of several instrumental and vocal compositions, including the operetta Shuhadaa Al Aroube, Arba'oun Nashidan and La Tlumi Al Wardat, in addition to pieces such as Layali Al Reef, Khayal, Zikra Fi Ooslo and Qussati Ma' Malak. Adnan Ayloush taught a number of young Japanese men to play various Arabic musical instruments and then formed a quartet from the four outstanding students, which he called the Tokyo Quartet for Arabic music. The quartet gave many concerts in theatres in Damascus and Tokyo, which were well received by audiences.