First, I have endeavored to follow the path that allows us to consider, in a global and exhaustive way, the richness of Arabic music and its vast cultural path; the various influences to which it has been subjected from Andalusia to Iran, passing through the Middle East and the Gulf countries. Like a river carrying the history of men, marrying the emanations of religious currents from Christianity to Islam and the multiple facets of varied cultures, Arab music is a living testimony of the extreme complexity of its own origins. From the beginning of the XVII century, one can feel how much the West and Arab music receive a respective influence. This phenomenon of "Fusion" is characteristic of this need of unity, of meeting; Of this need to be open to the cultural difference.
First, I have endeavored to follow the path that allows us to consider, in a global and exhaustive way, the richness of Arabic music and its vast cultural path; the various influences to which it has been subjected from Andalusia to Iran, passing through the Middle East and the Gulf countries. Like a river carrying the history of men, marrying the emanations of religious currents from Christianity to Islam and the multiple facets of varied cultures, Arab music is a living testimony of the extreme complexity of its own origins. From the beginning of the XVII century, one can feel how much the West and Arab music receive a respective influence. This phenomenon of "Fusion" is characteristic of this need of unity, of meeting; Of this need to be open to the cultural difference.
