11/16 Maqam Gathering - Arabic and Persian Musical Languages in Dialogue
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**Maqam Gathering: The Universe of Maqam**
The maqam is one of humanity's oldest and most expansive musical language systems — a shared tongue with shared and divergent histories, spoken across the Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Greek, Central Asian, and North African traditions, each with its own accent and its own emotional and spiritual geography.
At this gathering we will explore the universe of maqam one constellation at a time — diving into specific modes, regional traditions, and cross-cultural connections that reveal the depth and breadth of this living world.
Join hosts Dimitris Gkoulimaris and Hamid Reza Fallahi for an evening of live music, conversation, and communal exploration. Each gathering in this series focuses on a specific element of the maqam tradition — a particular mode, a regional style, an intersection between traditions — building, over time, a map of a universe that no single evening could contain.
Whether you come with an instrument or simply with open ears, you are welcome here.
**Date:** Monday, November 16, 2026\
**Location:** Riches Art Gallery, East Austin\
**Time:** 7:30–10pm\
*Community gathering 7–7:30pm and 9:30–10pm. Workshop 7:30–9:30pm.*
The maqam is one of humanity's oldest and most expansive musical language systems — a shared tongue with shared and divergent histories, spoken across the Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Greek, Central Asian, and North African traditions, each with its own accent and its own emotional and spiritual geography.
At this gathering we will explore the universe of maqam one constellation at a time — diving into specific modes, regional traditions, and cross-cultural connections that reveal the depth and breadth of this living world.
Join hosts Dimitris Gkoulimaris and Hamid Reza Fallahi for an evening of live music, conversation, and communal exploration. Each gathering in this series focuses on a specific element of the maqam tradition — a particular mode, a regional style, an intersection between traditions — building, over time, a map of a universe that no single evening could contain.
Whether you come with an instrument or simply with open ears, you are welcome here.
**Date:** Monday, November 16, 2026\
**Location:** Riches Art Gallery, East Austin\
**Time:** 7:30–10pm\
*Community gathering 7–7:30pm and 9:30–10pm. Workshop 7:30–9:30pm.*
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RichesArt Gallery, 2511 E 6th St unit A, Austin, United States
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