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This moment in Mayrig is precious to me: my mother’s voice accompanied by @charlberberian’s illustrations and followed by dear friend @layalechaker’s piece Before Bloom — shared histories, family homes, and friendship intersecting.

NYC folk, see you next at @kaufmanmusiccenter Merkin Hall this coming Tuesday Oct 27th at 7:30p ❤️

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Calling all friends in NYC — we're incredibly excited to announce a new multi-month series with Brooklyn's National Sawdust (@nationalsawdust), where you can experience Silkroad artists and special guests in an intimate setting from December 2026 to April 2027.

Silkroad Up-Close champions the individual voices of the musicians who make up the Silkroad Ensemble, giving audiences the opportunity to see them in new formations as soloists and in small ensembles. This first-ever collaboration with National Sawdust brings 10 Silkroad artists to the forefront, inviting them to curate and lead programs rooted in their own creativity, traditions, and collaborations.

Each night is unique, as they present works that cross generations, geographies, traditions, and disciplines to create something entirely new. Tickets are on sale now!

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Our show MAYRIG (“mother” in Armenian) is a musical picture of the twisting paths and fragments of history that make up the world of one family. Co-created by @lembitbeecher and myself, Mayrig travels across Anatolia, Lebanon and the present-day, weaving reimagined Armenian music, contemporary works by Lembit, @layalechaker, @niloufar.nourbakhsh and myself, Marin Marais and Charles Aznavour, and the voices of my mother and grandmother with the very moving artwork of Paris-based graphic author @charlberberian. We truly can’t wait to share MAYRIG with you!

OCT 18: LOS ANGELES @colburnschool
With @aradinkjianofficial, Maiya Papach, @maxwell.dbass

OCT 27: NEW YORK CITY @kaufmanmusiccenter

NOV 28: HAMBURG @elbphilharmonie

DEC 5: ESTONIA @arvopartcentre

MAR 21: SAN FRANCISCO @noemusicsf

MAR 25: BOSTON @globalartslive
With Ara Dinkjian, @papappach ,@shawnchristopherconley

APR 18: TORONTO @music.toronto.concerts

Stay tuned for more dates being announced soon!

Music: “Eghin Havasi,” as recorded by Kemany Minas and Harry Hasekian in 1917; live @raviniafestival

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Here’s the schedule but who cares? Camp out at starting at 11 and get comfy — everything you need is within a one-block radius so make yourself at home!!

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Learned from Karim Nagi (Egypt) Layale Chaler (Lebanon) and Mehdi Nassouli (Morocco) - Palestinian Folk Song, with My Darling Asleep from Pádraig Rynne (Ireland)…#saoirsedonphalaistín #freep@lest1ne🇵🇸

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🚨 New Artist Alert 🚨

✨Layale Chaker✨is an incredible violinist, vocalist, and composer who is starting her PhD in Music Composition at Princeton University this year! She will be presenting her music in a trio setting with Kyle Sanna on guitar and Aaron Edgcomb on drums, drawing on classical Arabic poetic meters, oral, and free forms through the lens of contemporary Maqam, jazz, and free improvisation.

💁🏻‍♀️ Learn more about her at layalechaker.com. @layalechaker @aaron.edgcomb

So so so excited to showcase her work at the 2026 Unruly Sounds Music Festival 🥳

🎼Saturday, 10.3.26 | starting at 11 am | Princeton Public Library | FREE

Supported generously by
🎵 Princeton Sound Kitchen
📚 Princeton Public Library
🪀 Jazams
☕️ Small World Coffee
💿 Princeton Record Exchange
📖 Labyrinth Books

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Syriac chant from our concert Prayer for Peace, sung by @layalechaker in Temple Church, London - a medieval church built to recall Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Watch the full video on YouTube, including a previously unrecorded Old Roman Alleluia.

Singers: @_helixzer0, @taymuzik1572, @henrytozer, @leoleoleomaa, @thomasfournil, @lucinemusaelian, @kerttu.music, @iisadorraa, @noum_._ , @elizaoakes_ , @vasileios.voulgaropoulos, @layalechaker, @dunja_botic

Production Director, Editor and Sound Mixing: @ignacio_lusardi_monteverde
Sound Recording Assistant: @ethan.lieber
Roving Camera Operator: @jivahousden
Additional Camera: @fin_rowland
Long Shot Camera: @hmwrfilm
Colour Grading: @haridas_stewart, @thomasfournil
Colour Grading Consultant: Hyunwoo Yoo

#syriacchant #sacredmusic #earlymusic #templechurch #livemusic

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Cannot BELIEVE that it’s the 10th anniversary of this ‘little festival that could’ (@janebrarian ) and what a funtastic lineup this year!!

Saturday 10.3.26 | starts at 11 am | Hinds Plaza
(🌧️ Community Room)

• @payton.macdonald.music
• @nldunk
• @annameadors
• @kenndix
• @tyler_creschendude
• @poemusicnyc
• @gladstonedeluxe
• @jujubi.wav
• @layalechaker
• @oliviertarpaga
• @poemusicnyc
• Briann Dixon
• @samb_in_princeton

COME AND DANCE

Thank you @princeton @musicprincetonu @princetonpl @jazamstoys @labyrinth.books @smallworldcoffee @princeton_record_exchange 💕

🎥: Briann Dixon

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Enjoy a clip of “Wedding,” from Nick & Friends 2024, featuring the incredible @kinan_azmeh!

This year marks the 5th annual Nick & Friends Benefit Concert, featuring jazz and world music legend Jamey Haddad, alongside Paul Halley, Nick Halley, Mike Murley, Tom Easley, and friends! More “friends” joining this all-star band will be announced soon. Stay tuned!

With the audience limited to just 100 guests, the evening will include Levant-inspired cocktails, Middle Eastern mezze, and conversation with the performers, making for an intimate and one-of-a-kind musical soirée.

Every dollar raised supports Capella Regalis’ free music programs for children.

🎟️ Tickets: $190, including a $140 charitable tax receipt.

Visit capellaregalis.com/nick-and-friends (link in bio) or call 902-703-3938.

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PROJECT HIGHLIGHT | SMOKE VEINS

Harpist Maeve Gilchrist and violinist/composer Layale Chaker come together in Smoke Veins, a newly developed project exploring the musical traditions and inherited stories of their Celtic and Levantine lineages.

Learn more at @reddogartists. Link in Bio.

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Welcome to @reddogartists

We represent artists whose work spans genres, disciplines, projects, scale, and forms of creative expression. We believe an artist’s voice is not fixed, but living - and we’ve built our agency around supporting artists as their work grows, evolves, and takes new forms.

Our roster: Anat Cohen, Terence Blanchard, Lara Downes, PUBLIQuartet, Turtle Island Quartet, Hermitage Piano Trio, Maeve Gilchrist, Magos Herrera, Llewellyn Sánchez-Werner, Layale Chaker, Joseph Conyers

Our mission is simple: to help every person we collaborate with discover their unique ability and support them in doing the work that only they can do.

We’re proud to introduce our artists and the team behind Red Dog, and we’re looking forward to sharing much more in the weeks ahead.

#RedDogArtists #BookingAgency #ClassicalMusic #JazzMusic #LiveMusic

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So great to be documenting the fantastic @kilkennyartsfestival 2026 - images from some of the incredible events so far!

#KAF2026 #kilkennyartsfestival #documentaryphotography #art #ireland

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