Marouan Benabdallah: "Arabesque" [CONCERT]

"ARABESQUE" MAROUAN BENABDALLAH, PIANO ABOUT THIS CONCERT Pianist Marouan Benabdallah is one of the foremost representatives of his native Morocco on the international stage. For years he has been developing repertoire that goes beyond the canonic works of the literature he has performed to great acclaim, to include music from the Middle East and north Africa. Benabdallah will perform some of the remarkable finds from his explorations, with music by composers from Syria, Algeria, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Morocco on the program. These pieces are paired with his own solo piano arrangement of Saint-Saëns’ Africa, juxtaposing the exoticized European “Arabesque” with recent music by composers who offer their own take. Presented in cooperation with the Library’s African and Middle Eastern Division Near East Section, and with the generous support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco. ------------------------- PRE-CONCERT  Conversation with the Artist Whittall Pavilion, 12:30 pm ------------------------- PROGRAM DIA SUCCARI             The Night of Destiny SALIM DADA             Two Algerian Miniatures ZAD MOULTAKA             Two Mouwashahs MOHAMMED FAIROUZ             El Male Rachamim (excerpts) NABIL BENABDELJALIL             Nocturne no. 1 SAINT-SAËNS/MAROUAN BENABDALLAH            Africa, op. 89 ------------------------- _Additional Ticketing Information_ Reserved seats not claimed by five minutes before the scheduled start of the event will be distributed to waiting RUSH patrons. For more information about RUSH please visit www.loc.gov/concerts/tickets.html [http://www.loc.gov/concerts/tickets.html] For patrons unable to obtain a reservation, we strongly encourage attendance anyway—while there is no guarantee of seating due to the intimate size of some spaces, patrons are almost always accommodated, especially if they collect a RUSH Space Available pass two hours in advance of the show's start time. In over 99% of cases, all guests are able to be seated, and some seats are ALWAYS available for sold-out performances due to returns and no-shows. Please request ADA accommodations at least five business days in advance by contacting (202) 707-6362 or ada@loc.gov. ------------------------- Support free programming at the Library of Congress by joining the Friends of Music [http://www.loc.gov/concerts/supportus/].