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Updated 2/10/2022

Naseem Alatrash

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    MA

Institution/Business Type: Performing Group

Naseem Alatrash is a Palestinian cellist, composer. Naseem's performances include a mix of improvisation and traditional melodies, with a focus on traditional Arabic music,  and contemporary classical music influence.

 

 He has appeared at numerous international festivals, including the Newport Jazz Festival, the Dominican Republic Jazz Festival, Abu Dhabi Music Festival, Lebanon’s Zouk Mikael International Festival, Lebanon’s Beit Aldeen Festival, Aix-en-Provence Festival, and Jerash Festival. He has performed at such notable venues as the Kennedy Center, the Lincoln Center, the Lincoln Theater, Wigmore Hall, Koerner Hall, University of Michigan Ann Arbor Music Series, NYU Abu Dhabi Arts Center, the Royal Opera of Oman, The Royal Albert Hall, and Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw. He has performed alongside world-renowned musicians, including Ron Carter, Roger Waters, Terri Lyne Carrington, Eugene Friesen, Kenny Aronoff, Rami Jaffee, Luis Conte, Javier Limon, Jorge Drexler, Alejandro Sanz, Scott Page of Pink Floyd, Carmine Rojas of David Bowie, Mike Garson of David Bowie, and many others.

 

 Alatrash has been awarded String Player of the Year twice from The National Music Competition of Palestine. In addition to his solo career, Alatrash performs with the Global Messengers ensemble with pianist Danilo Pérez and with Amir ElSaffar's Rivers of Sound ensemble as the cellist. Naseem is the director of the Arab Music Ensemble at Tufts University in Massachusetts.

Alatrash received a first prize Mass Cultural Council’s composition fellowship award of 2021 for his exceptional composition work. Alatrash received grants from the Boston Foundation  Live Arts Boston and the Arab fund for Arts and Culture “AFAC”. Alatrash received international acclaim from media around the world, for his musical arrangement/producing a cover of the Beatles song “Drive My Car.” As a collaboration with Public Radio International’s radio show The World and the Berklee College of Music, he arranged/adapted the Beatles song with an Arabic twist.

 

 Alatrash studied at The Edward Said National Conservatory of Music in Palestine. He has both a Bachelor of Music and Master of Music in Cello Performance and a post-master’s fellowship from the Berklee College of Music where he received a full presidential merit-based scholarship to attend.

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Naseem Alatrash
Job Title: Cellist/Composer
Phone: 18578918217
Address:
6 Irma Avenue
Watertown, MA 02472

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About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Performing Group

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Cooperative

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Performing Group

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Cooperative

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Music - Ethnic / World

Additional Disciplines:

  • Music - Traditional

Communities

Languages Available:

  • Arabic

Geographic Reach:

  • International

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Awards

Awards:

  • Mass Cultural Council Composition Fellowship 2021
  • Palestine National Music competition first award winner

Awards

Awards:

  • Mass Cultural Council Composition Fellowship 2021
  • Palestine National Music competition first award winner

Artist Info

Touring Artist

Technical Requirements:

  • Live sound equipment

Fee Range:

$1,500 - $10,000

State of Residence:

Massachusetts

Minimum Number of Performers:

1

Maximum Number of Performers:

17

Touring Artist

Technical Requirements:

  • Live sound equipment

Fee Range:

$1,500 - $10,000

State of Residence:

Massachusetts

Minimum Number of Performers:

1

Maximum Number of Performers:

17