I moved my site to myspace.com/ziadelahmadie

Hello everyone.

I have moved to this new site:

www.myspace.com/ziadelahmadie

where you can hear some of my musical works in addition to updates and other goodies.

See you at MySpace.

Cheers :-)

Beyond Traditions

My new album "Beyond Traditions" is out.
I will be signing it on Thursday, June 1, between 6:30 and 9:00 at "La CD-Theque" Achrafieh, Independence street. See you there.

The new album is in its way to market very sooooon

Hi everyone, we went through a new project in October 2005. We were preparing for the "7th International Oud Festival" in Tatouan, Morocco. We were trying to participate in this festival and present the Oud in a new band sound.

We mixed the Oud with Piano, Bass and percussions. The experiment went to the extreme. People liked what we've done. When we got back to Beirut we thought of recording the project. We recorded the project in Dec. 2005 with an addition: The Drums.

The musicians put all their energy and experience in this project. They worked very hard to rearrange all the pieces. A new sound born. It is a fusion of Oriental melodies with Afro-Cuban, Flamenco and Funk rhythms and Background.

The musicians are my friends: Jean Madani on Bass, Tarek Yamani on Keyboard, Khaled Yassine on Percussions and Fouad Afra on Drums. We recorded the project in Forward Production Studio, Beirut. The sound engineer was Ghazi AbdelBaki.
We named the project "Beyond Traditions" and it is an Incognito production.

It will be in Market at the end of February.

I hope you will have the chance to listen to it and exchange with me your feedback.

Invitation to artists in the region

Pro Helvetia Residencies 2007

Pro Helvetia – Cairo Liaison office would like to invite artists from the region (Egypt, Jordan, Iran, Lebanon, Palestine, Tunisia) to apply to its residency program in Switzerland for 2007. These residencies are open to PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS working in the following fields: Video, Photography, Installation, New Media, Painting, Drawing, Theatre, Music, Dance and Literature. The artists will have the chance to explore the art scene in Switzerland and develop contacts with Swiss artists.

Duration of residencies is from 1 to 3 months. Pro Helvetia has an arrangement with the art institutions listed below. Applications for residency will be reviewed by a committee from Pro Helvetia – Zurich and representatives from these institutions. Main selection criterion will be the quality of submitted works as well as interest shown by, and vacancies available in, the hosting-galleries. The starting date of the residency is decided on by mutual agreement between the artist and the hosting gallery.

Aarau

Gästeatelier Krone

wenzelahaller@datacomm.ch

Basel

Internationales Austausch- und Atelierprogramm Region Basel (iaab)

http://www.iaab.ch

Scuol

Nairs / Art in Engiadina Bassa

nairs.art.gr@bluewin.ch

Sierre

Ecole cantonale d'Art du Valais

http://www.ecav.ch

Solothurn

Altes Spital Solothurn, Gästeatelier

http://www.altesspital.ch

Zurich

F+F Schule für Kunst und Mediendesign
www.ffzh.ch

Pro Helvetia provides the artists with a round-trip ticket, accommodation + studio space, per diem (CHF 1500/month), medical insurance, transportation card valid within Switzerland and limited production fee.

Deadline for application is July 1^st. Applicants shall receive an answer in October 2006

Please mail applications to the following address:

Pro Helvetia Liaison Office Cairo

C/o Embassy of Switzerland

10, Abdel Khaleq Sarwat Street, Downtown

11511 Cairo, Egypt

Tel. +202 57 74 100, Fax +202 57 92 267

E-mail: phcairo@link.net

Internet: www.pro-helvetia.ch/cairo

Kindly circulate

Best regards,

Pro Helvetia – Cairo Liaison Office

Artist in Residence Program

Application Form 2007

	Name
	Tel. Mob.
	Email
	Address
	Date of Birth
	Nationality
	Field of Art
	Languages
1. 2. 3.	Preferred dates for residency

Requirements:

1. CV
2. Documentation of work
3. Motivation Letter
4. Knowledge of a foreign language (English, French, German)

Staying Alive

I like this country-Lebanon-because inspite of all the political and economical circumstances, we are still producing films, plays, music and other artistic performances.

This was my first album 'Bil Bal' (2003)

Expect my new album 'Beyond Traditions' very soon.