Upcoming Performances
Past Performances
2025
25th June 2025 – Arab Western Fusion with the Taqasim Ensemble. Part of the Taqasim Oud Club Concert series, London, UK
Musicians: Ruba Hillawi (oud), Ahmed Mukhtar (darbuka), Konstantinos Glynos (qanun) Camilla Saunders (Piano), and Sonia Hammond (cello)
28th May 2025 – Middle Eastern Music. Part of the Taqasim Oud Club Concert series, London, UK
Musicians: Ruba Hillawi (oud), Hend Zouari (qanun), Somayeh Abkar (santur), Kalia Lyraki (nay), and Elizabeth Nott (darbuka).
2024
25th May 2024 – Borderless: East meets West, Presteigne, Powys, Wales, UK
A culminating concert after a week of workshops in rural Welsh schools.
2023
27th September 2023 –
A night of Arabic Maqams & Taqasim with the Taqasim Music Foundation
Musicians: Ruba Hillawi (oud), Ahmed Mukhtar (oud), Ignacio L. Monteverde (flamenco guitar), Taim Saleh (qanun), and Elizabeth Nott (percussion)
2022
7th May 2022 – A concert of traditional and original compositions presented alongside the Ancient Iraq: New Discoveries exhibition, by the British Museum, exploring the forms, rhythms, and melodic structures of Iraqi classical music through oud and Arabic percussion.
The Babylon Ensemble: Ruba Hillawi (oud), Ahmed Mukhtar (oud leader), Konstantinos Glynos (qanun), and Muammer Saglam (percussion).
26th January 2022 – Arabic Music and the Oud, London, UK. A night of tradtional oud music from across the MENA region.
2019
25th November 2019 – The Taqasim Ensemble – a performane with the Taqasim Oud Club at The Poetry Café, Covent Garden, London, UK.
A night of classical Arabic repertoire
28th October 2019 – Poetry & Music from Iraq – Poetry Café, Covent Garden, London, UK
Opening for the poet Abdul Hamid alSayeh
2018
November 2018 – I am Ashurbanipal – The British Museum – Lunch-time lecture.
Maqam demonstration on the oud as part of a lecture with Professor Richard Dumbrill
2017
July 2017 – Oud Performance – The Taqasim Music School, at the 40th Anniversary Gala, celebrating the Arab British Centre, London UK
Ruba Hillawi 