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Nadim Dlaikan (The Kennedy Center)

Nadim Dlaikan

Nadim Dlaikan was born in Alai, Lebanon, in 1941, and began playing the nye (a reed flute) when he was just a child.  Although his family discouraged him from playing this instrument because it was associated with lowly shepherds, he persisted and even found ways to make his own flutes out of locally-grown reeds.Mr. Dlaikan began studying after school with Naim Bitar, the country’s premiere flutist at the Lebanese Conservatory.  Upon graduation he moved to Beirut, and traveled frequently throughout the Middle East as part of Lebanon’s best-known folk troupe.

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Nadim Dlaikan 9/16/08: Nadim Dlaikan

Recognized nationwide as a premier maker of flutes, Michigan’s NEA Heritage Award winner performs on his Lebanese nye (reed flute). Part of Masters of Tradition.

Nadim Dlaikan

Recognized nationwide as a premier maker of flutes, Michigan’s NEA Heritage Award winner performs on his Lebanese nye (reed flute). Part of Masters of Tradition.
Nadim Dlaikan 10/20/04: Nadim Dlaikan

2002 NEA National Heritage Fellow Nadim Dlaikan of Lebanon performs on the nye, a reed flute, and is recognized nationwide as a premiere maker of flutes.

Nadim Dlaikan

2002 NEA National Heritage Fellow Nadim Dlaikan of Lebanon performs on the nye, a reed flute, and is recognized nationwide as a premiere maker of flutes.

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