Marimba or Xylophone is not an instrument that you would readily associate with Arabic music. But in fact its origins are African even though it has been adopted and extensively used in Latino music, becoming at all effects a Latin American instrument in people’s mind. The talented percussionist Nesma Abdel-Aziz is undoubtedly the star of the instrument in Egypt
She started her career performing Latin-inspired material but gradually moved to assimilate her instrument with Arabic music producing covers of songs from the most famous Egyptian singers and composers. She collaborated with Omar Khairat and Naseer Shamma, among others. She has performed in various festivals including last year’s Egyptian Festival in Canada
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