BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:32265@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240307T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240307T213000 DTSTAMP:20240219T184847Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/adam-maalouf-live-at-sigal-music-mu seum-3/ SUMMARY:Adam Maalouf LIVE at Sigal Music Museum DESCRIPTION:[caption id="attachment_245146" align="alignnone" width="300"] Sigal Music Museum's Adam Maalouf presentation promotional image.[/caption ]\n\n \;\n\nGREENVILLE\, SOUTH CAROLINA\n\nAdam Maalouf is a Lebanese- American multi-instrumentalist and composer. His cross-genre style of musi c forms a common thread between the cultures of the East and West. Maalouf ’s playing style on the pantam represents the cross-pollination of diver se influences\, including western classical\, Jazz\, Arabic\, and Indian c lassical music and electronica. Pan-tam is the name of the "flying saucer" instrument invented in the year 2000\, and the word stems from the combin ation of the Pan from Trinidad\, and the Ghatam (clay pot drum) from South India.\n\nAdam has shared his music in venues across the world including Carnegie Hall\, Lincoln Center\, MoMA\, St. Basil's Cathedral\, Tanglewood \, The BANFF Center and Austin City Limits\, Gospel\, National Sawdust\, P ioneer Works\, The Stone\, Asheville Percussion Festival\, Gratitude Migra tion Festival\, Griasdi Festival\, Elements Music Festival. As a collabora tor\, Adam has performed with ensembles such as The Brooklyn Raga Massive\ , Pink Martini\, Ensemble Signal\, The Atlanta Symphony\, The National Ara bic Orchestra\, The Gil Evan's Centennial Project\, and with artists such as Steve Reich\, K’naan\, Kygo\, Drukmo Gyal Dakini\, Lizz Wright\, Euge ne Frisen\, Jamey Haddad\, Farah Siraj\, Morley and many others. Adam perf orms regularly as a solo artist and with his world music collaboration "Ea st River".\n\nAdam holds a BA in Percussion Performance from the Eastman S chool of Music in Rochester\, NY and MBA in Music Business from Berklee Sc hool of Music. After school\, curiosity drew Adam to India and the Middle East to study under renowned hand-percussion masters Anindo Chatterjee\, R ohan Krishnamurthy\, River Guerguerian\, Glen Velez.\n\nAdam approaches te aching music through a diverse and well-rounded rhythmic and musical vocab ulary that will take students on a global journey around the Middle East\, India\, Cuba\, Brazil\, and beyond. In 2012 co-created the Asheville Perc ussion Festival in North Carolina with teacher and mentor River Guergueria n. This is a current and annual event where top percussionists from around the world descend on the peaceful mountain city for one week in June. As a teacher\, Adam has led workshops at the Asheville Percussion Festival\, Hang Out(USA)\, Griasdi Festival(Austria) and regularly holds workshops th ough the Pantam Collective in his hometown of Brooklyn\, NY. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/02/Sigal-Music-Museums-Adam-Maalouf-presentation-promotional-image.-.p ng LOCATION:Sigal Music Museum\, 516 Buncombe Street\, Greenville\, SC\, 29601 \, United States GEO:34.856462;-82.402767 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=516 Buncombe Street\, Green ville\, SC\, 29601\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Sigal Music Museum:geo:34.856462,-82.402767 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR