Syrian National Symphony Orchestra holds musical evening at the Opera House with the participation of international Syrian musicians

The Syrian National Symphony Orchestra, led by Maestro Misak Bagbodrian, held a musical evening on Tuesday at the Opera House in Damascus with the participation of outstanding international Syrian musicians living abroad.

The operatic musical evening witnessed the participation of Baritone singer Nabil Suliman, who is a Syrian expatriate in Belgium and solo violinist Bassam Nashawati, a Syrian expatriate in the United States, besides Syrian Oud player Maestro Adnan Fathallah and Organist Aghid Mansour.

Excerpts from the masterpieces of international musicians as well as several melodies, songs and musical compositions were presented in this musical evening, which was started by a piece from a symphony by French organist and composer Charles Marie Widor performed as solo music by Syrian organist Aghid Mansour.

 Aghid is one of the few musical experts who masters playing the piano, organ and harpsichord at the Arab level.

The international Syrian solo violinist Bassam Nashawati, on his part, skillfully played two solo music pieces for Beethoven and Pablo de Sarasate.

Nashawati graduated from Sulhi Al-Wadi Arab Institute for Music in Syria in 1987 and obtained higher musical education at US institutes. He took part in international Orchestras as a prime violist.

The second part of the musical evening presented contemporary and traditional music performed by the National Symphony Orchestra, including some of the musical works of Maestro Adnan Fathallah and young composers Suheib Al-Samman and Asem Makarem. 

The Baritone singer Nabil Suliman, with his great singing abilities that match those of most outstanding opera singers, sang western classic masterpieces including opera “Aria Rigoletto” by Verdi and “The Bullfighter” from the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet.

Hamda Mustafa