Faris Al Mazrui Senior Recital at Davidson College Part 1/5

1. Dawn in Hafeet Cynthia Lawing (b. 1948) 2. Arabesque, Op. 100, No. 2 Johann Friedrich Burgmüller (1810-36) 3. Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 ("Für Elise") Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)


Special thanks to: Kate Minogue for all her help with the recital preparation and management; Davidson College Music Department for publicity, the use of Tyler-Tallman Hall in Sloane Music Building; Jason Brewer for filming; Obaid Abdel-Rahman Al-Souaidy for cutting and pasting my video on the net.

Very special thanks to: Mrs. Cynthia Lawing for her coaching and inspiration; Tony Boon for informing me about Davidson and making my last week there a dream come true; George Guise for his strong support and for making my last week at Davidson an even better dream than the one I had wanted to come true. And lastly my wonderful parents Zeina and Sohail; and awesome siblings: Jawaher, Shamma and Ahmad.

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[lolosmall]

Hey .. that was a wonderfull performance. I thought i am the only UAE national who learned Piano professionally , hehehe :)

You were doing a great job mate. I have graduated ages ago from Ayr College (Scotland) with Master in Music, but honestly you can beat me so simply as my finger joints are gettin arthritis :(

Just keep the good work up .. Best of luck

[Falmazrui]

Dear lolosmall, I am equally happy to discover another UAE national who plays the piano, and I must say that I am much flattered by your complement, I am far, far from being a professional pianist, as the plethora of professional performers on Youtube can attest.

[jonnyboy126]

are you a piano performance major?

[Falmazrui]

No, I was an Econ major and took piano lessons on the side :)

[billisnowy]

I thought Piano is banned in Arabia, isn't it forbidden?

[Falmazrui]

The piano is not forbidden in Arabia. More generally, music is not forbidden either. It has been a part of the Arabian culture since before Islam; and it has thrived throughout the Islamic civilizations up to now (as evident by Arabian folk tunes and legions of modern Arab musicians). Islam does not prohibit music; extremists do. I find such views to be both an embarrassment to Islam and an offense to God's wonderful creation of our world. What sense lies in banning that which is good?

Faris

[BringMeDementia]

Beautiful. I've stumbled upon this video by accident somehow and have been listening to it non-stop for a few hours now it seems...

I admire you and your wonderful talent, masha'Allah.

[monsoroe]

Faris Al Mazrui,

i enjoyed listening to this piece, you play beautifully!

Vasili

[emidilemma]

I played the Arabesque years ago for a recital.

I think you played it better than I did. :) You play beautifully.

[kikita86]

yamil yamil! allah ieba´atlak el jer.

[binpaulie]

sheer brilliance Faris! keep it going boy!

[wildflowern986]

positively sublime!