Upcoming Performances
Past Performances
2026
Carassauga Mississauga (41st Annual cultural festival)
23rd & 24th May
Solo performance – Iraqi Pavilion.
2025
Arab Western Fusion with the Taqasim Ensemble
25th June 2025
Part of the Taqasim Oud Club Concert series.
Musicians: Ruba Hillawi (oud), Ahmed Mukhtar (darbuka), Konstantinos Glynos (qanun) Camilla Saunders (Piano), and Sonia Hammond (cello)
St. John’s Hoxton Church, London, UK
Middle Eastern Music – Women in Solo
28th May 2025
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).
St. John’s Hoxton Church, London, UK
2024
Borderless: East meets West
25th May 2024
A culminating concert after a week of workshops in rural Welsh schools.
Presteigne, Powys, Wales, UK
2023
Arabic Maqam & Taqasim
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)
St. John’s Hoxton Church, London, UK
2022
Ancient Iraq: New Discoveries exhibition, by the British Museum
7th May 2022
A concert of traditional and original compositions, exploring the forms, rhythms, and melodic structures of Iraqi classical music on the oud and Arabic percussion.
The Babylon Ensemble: Ruba Hillawi (oud), Ahmed Mukhtar (oud leader), Konstantinos Glynos (qanun), and Muammer Saglam (percussion).
Lakeside Arts, University of Nottingham, UK
Arabic Music and the Oud
26th January 2022
A night of traditional oud music from across the MENA region.
St John’s Hoxton Church, London, UK
2019
The Taqasim Ensemble
25th November 2019 –
A Performance with the Taqasim Oud Club at The Poetry Café, Covent Garden, London, UK.
A night of classical Arabic repertoire
Poetry & Music from Iraq
28th October 2019
Opening for the poet Abdul Hamid alSayeh
The Poetry Café, Covent Garden, London, UK
2018
I am Ashurbanipal – The British Museum
November 2018
Lunch-time lecture.
Maqam demonstration on the oud as part of a lecture with Professor Richard Dumbrill
2017
Arab British Centre 40th Anniversary
July 2017
Oud Performance – The Taqasim Music School, at the 40th Anniversary Gala, celebrating the Arab British Centre, London UK
