35 min

Episode 3: in conversation with Qais Essar Generation 21

    • Performing Arts

This week we sit down with award winning composer and rabab player, Qais Essar. We talk about the origins of the rabab, the difference in performance technique between the rabab and sarod, winning the Canadian Screen Award for his original song ‘The Crown Sleeps’, and the Eastern and Western influences on his latest EP, Letters to my Best Friend.

This week we sit down with award winning composer and rabab player, Qais Essar. We talk about the origins of the rabab, the difference in performance technique between the rabab and sarod, winning the Canadian Screen Award for his original song ‘The Crown Sleeps’, and the Eastern and Western influences on his latest EP, Letters to my Best Friend.

35 min