Released June 2019 The Planet/MGM JT2020
Produced by Joseph Tawadros
All compositions by Joseph Tawadros
Betrayal of Sacred Sunflower is a reflective, meditative and emotional journey in music.
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BETRAYAL OF A SACRED SUNFLOWER by Joseph Tawadros
CATALOGUE NO: JT2020 | DISTRIBUTOR MGM | FORMAT: CD Album, Digital Album
“For this album I wanted to explore silences. It’s about restraint, surrounding myself with artists that know more about space than I do, exploring where could go in that context.”
Melancholic, spacious and dreamy, Joseph teams the oud with violin and 6-string violin (Veronique Serret), piano (Luke Howard), electric guitar (Damian de Boos-Smith), trombone (James Greening) and Egyptian percussion (James Tawadros) – in a move away from his usual high energy performances,
Betrayal of Sacred Sunflower is a reflective, meditative and emotional journey in music.
BIOGRAPHY
“One of the most impressive musicians to emerge in Australia … with a dazzling technique dispensing hair-raising tempos… His writing displays a real depth of emotion …revelling in a zest for life and celebration.” – The Australian
Joseph Tawadros AM, is a multi- award winning virtuoso player of the Oud – a Middle Eastern lute. He was born in Cairo, grew up in Sydney and currently lives in London.
Joseph’s music brings middle-eastern, classical and contemporary jazz together seamlessly and he is considered by peers and music critics to be a truly original performer and an innovative composer. Joseph takes the oud into new territory, smashing both genre boundaries and expectations while creating a unique fusion of traditional Arabic, jazz and contemporary music.
Joseph’s original works have been performed by BBC Symphony Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Melbourne and Sydney Symphony Orchestras and the Academy of Ancient Music in London. In 2017 Joseph performed at the BBC Proms in Dubai, in Ukraine, Poland, Vienna, London, Manchester, as well as several Australian cities including the premiere of his Concerto for Oud and Orchestra with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
July 2018: Joseph is the first world-music performer to present a solo concert of original compositions at the world-famous classical concert series, the BBC Proms.
June 2019: Joseph’s Concerto for Oud & Orchestra performed by Sydney Symphony Orchestra for three nights at Sydney Opera House