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About the Album

Beyond the Stars is an unprecedented celebration of the vibrant traditions of many lands by acclaimed British composer Sami Yusuf. His new album features eight new compositions that are among his strongest works to date as well as new arrangements of previous works. Rarely has a composer turned a singular vision into such a beautiful multi-layered performance as is found in this album.

Performed and recorded live at the Dubai EXPO iconic Al Wasl Plaza, Sami Yusuf has created a living soundscape of the Silk Road through his brilliant use of Gregorian chant, Andalusian mawwals, Azerbaijani mugham, qawwali, the poignant sound of the Chinese erhu, and Sufi music from North Africa to India. Lyrics are drawn from beloved mystical poets – Rumi, Yunus Emre, Nasimi, Mansur al-Hallaj, Amir Khusro, Bulleh Shah, and Hildegard von Bingen. The entire concert is performed by international vocalists and master musicians on traditional instruments – sitar, rabab, erhu, tar, santur, qanun, ney, kemanche, balaban, oud, tabla, and daf.

‘Beyond the Stars’ draws upon the music and poetry of lands that have given the world some of its greatest artistic traditions. In this meeting place of cultures, they enter into a unique musical dialogue that both reveals each tradition’s distinct beauty and arrives at an understanding of the transcendent unity underlying each one.


The full concert can be heard here: https://sy.lnk.to/BeyondtheStars


Credits:

Composer and Musical Director: Sami Yusuf

The Instrumentalists:

Eyüpcan Açıkpazu: ney
Togrul Asadullayev: kemanche
Omer Avci: percussion
Selim Boyaci: oud
Onur Cicin: qanun
Shirzad Fataliyev: balaban
Guo Gan: erhu
Fariz Huseynov: kemanche
Mohammad Jaberi: daf
Seyed Ali Jaberi: tanbur
Asad Khan: sitar
Jon Lawton: classical guitar, tanbur
Khalil Masimov: kemanche
Farshad Mohammadi: santur
Lyudmila Naumova: orchestral percussion
Kutay Ozcan: baglama
Rufat Xalilov: kemanche
Manoj Kumar Moothedath: Dholak
Sudheesh Kakkur: Tabla

Choir:

Narmin Abdullayeva
Nigar Asgarova
Nancy Al Baltaji
Abdulrazzak Barma
Mahsati Jabbarova
Rufat Khalilov
Nazim Mahmudov
Karim Hodroj-Remmel
Abeer El Sayed
Ismayil Yunusov

Music Production Supervisor: Ruslan Salimov

Mixed & Mastered by Vishnu Rajan @ Andante Studios

Video editing and post-production by Omar Al-Balushi @ Andante Studios

Graphic Design & Artwork: Mahdi Jahangir

ASTIANA:
Christine Höchstötter
Katherine O’Brien
Claire Mcrandal
Vishnu Rajan
Omar Al Balushi

Show and Content Producers: Artists In Motion

For further information on the compositions: https://samiyusufofficial.com/sami-yu...

Published by Andante Records and Administered by Fairwood Music (UK) Ltd for the World.