LAiTH ALATTAR One Man Band from Washington, DC

I am an Arab American Oud player and Vocalist and perform a wide selection of Arabic, Middle Eastern & North African, and Global music and songs for all occasions, including Weddings, Birthdays, Corporate events, School and University workshops, TV & Film Scoring and Recording, as well as other collaborative projects in music, dance, and film. Reach out whether you are looking for Arabic music (Iraqi, Lebanese, Syrian, Jordanian, Palestinian, Saudi, Kuwaiti, Qatari, Emirati, Bahraini, Omani, Yemeni, Egyptian, Algerian, Tunisian, or Moroccan), Turkish music, Greek music, or even South Asian music and songs! :) While I often perform solo (playing oud/piano and singing), I also work with other musicians and can perform as a band for all your events. Depending on what you are looking for, I can include Violin, Guitar, Qanun, Ney (flute), Saxophone, Keyboard, and Percussion (Tabla, Dombak, or Cajon), in addition to Oud and Singing. Background: Arab American Composer, Singer, and Oud player, LAiTH ALATTAR performs a diverse repertoire of traditional and contemporary Arab, Middle Eastern, and world music across the U.S. and beyond. LAiTH grew up in the global music backdrop of cosmopolitan Baghdad—at the crossroads of the ancient Silk Road connecting Arab, Turkish, Persian, Indian, Greek, Sephardic, North African, and Andalusian traditions—and completed Western musical training in Composition and Voice at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre, & Dance in Ann Arbor while also studying Oud and Maqam Theory under the apprenticeship of renowned masters Abdul Karim Bader and Simon Shaheen. Bringing all that together, LAiTH’s music synthesizes the simplicity and nostalgia of folk music with the bold rudiments and audacity of classical music to create a style that transcends borders and sounds captivatingly familiar and new at the same time.