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href="http://web.mit.edu/lebanon" target="_blank"><font color=black><span
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<i><span style='font-style:italic'>rami khalifé & kinan azmeh in<br>
</span></i></span></font><b><font size=5 face="Century Gothic"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";font-weight:bold'>Sonic
Dialogues</span></font></b><font face="Century Gothic"><span
style='font-family:"Century Gothic"'><br>
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>a fundraiser concert</span></i><br>
</span></font><font size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Century Gothic"'><br>
</span></font><b><font size=1 face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";font-weight:bold'>april 16 | 8pm | kresge
| mit | 48 mass ave (<a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=W16"
target="_blank">map</a>)<br>
$10 (students) | $25 (general public) | <a href="http://web.mit.edu/lebanon">buy
ticket(s)</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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“The coincidence of our musical pedigree and development,
being two Arab musicians with <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Juilliard</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> education, made it
inevitable that we meet on more than one plane. Personal friendship and
artistic affinity together led to a common creative vision and a joint
professional pursuit that we find ever enriching and refreshing.<br>
<br>
Our music tends to walk a fine line between the composed and the improvised,
and our musical vocabulary reflects this delicate posture. The music we love
to make is both broad and personal, anchored in tradition yet wide open to
the full sweep of the contemporary lexicon. As much as our music gravitates
towards the Syria-Lebanon region, our sails navigate the wider Arab musical
seascape as well as the world musical scene that we have been exploring,
relishing, and absorbing.<br>
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It has been said that music is the art of becoming. In our work, the struggle
of becoming is also a struggle for encompassing and embracing otherness and
difference, giving little heed to stylistic labels. Is our music Western or
Arabic, traditional or contemporary, classical or techno, Acoustic or
electronica? Are we a duo, or two soloists in a contest?<br>
<br>
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that is true to the constant becoming of our existence. In that, we find
infinite joy.”</span></font><font size=2 face=Garamond><span
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font-weight:bold'>Kinan Azmeh</span></font></b><font size=2
face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic"'>
(Clarinet) & <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Rami Khalifé</span></b>
(Piano)<br>
</span></font><font size=1 face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Century Gothic"'><a href="http://www.kinanazmeh.com/"
target="_blank">www.kinanazmeh.com</a> | <a href="http://www.ramikhalife.com/"
target="_blank">www.ramikhalife.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><font size=1
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font-style:italic'>all concert proceeds will support non-profits in <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:country-region> as part of the <a
href="http://www.bostontolebanon.com" target="_blank"
title="blocked::http://www.bostontolebanon.com/">'Boston to Lebanon'</a>
campaign<br>
</span></font></i><b><font size=1 face="Century Gothic"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";font-weight:bold'>Lebanese
Club at MIT © 2007| <a href="http://web.mit.edu/lebanon" target="_blank"
title="http://web.mit.edu/lebanon">http://web.mit.edu/lebanon</a></span></font></b><font
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