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Abaji (The Kennedy Center)

Abaji

2009 was a decisive year for Abaji: A return to Lebanon after an exile of 33 years for his first concert, the release of his fifth album Origine Orients, and preparations for a show with Nawal Raad.Abaji was born to an Arméno-Greek Smyrna father and an Arméno-Syrian mother in Istanbul.  Both of his parents had been exiled from Lebanon. He arrived in France in 1976 shortly after the start of the war and developed a passion for Chinese medicine: Tai Chi Chuan, do-in, and dynamic releases.  As a therapist, he conducted Tai Chi in a psychiatric community for seven years.

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Abaji 1/11/10: Abaji

The guitarist synthesizes Indian, Eastern, and blues music, as heard on Origine Orients, on which he sings in French, Greek, Armenian, Turkish, and Arabic.

Abaji

The guitarist synthesizes Indian, Eastern, and blues music, as heard on Origine Orients, on which he sings in French, Greek, Armenian, Turkish, and Arabic.

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