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BBC WORLD SERVICE
The arts hour
25 January 2016
Leonardo DiCaprio talks about his role in the multi-Oscar-nominated film The Revenant. The BBC’s showbiz reporter Lizo Mzimba explores the reactions to the lack of diverse nominees in the Oscars this year. We also discuss all of the foreign film Oscar nominees with critic Philip Bergson: Embrace of the Serpent from Colombia; Mustang from France; Son of Saul from Hungary; Theeb from Jordan and A War from Denmark....
BBC WORLD SERVICE
The arts hour
01 January 2016
Suad Bushnaq is not Syrian - although her mother was born there - but she lived there for four years and the country has had a profound impact on her life and on the music she composes. One of her compositions even features strings recorded in Damascus during the war...
NY TIMES Women in the world
11 November 2015
WUNC / NPR THE STATE OF THINGS WITH FRANK STASio
23 November 2015
Suad Bushnaq was born and raised in Amman, Jordan. She composed her first piece of music, a simple birthday song for her brother, when she was just 9 years old. She is now one of a handful of Arab women composers in the world. Her compositions are featured in documentaries and films like “The Curve,” a feature film recently selected at the Dubai International Film Festival...
Baraka bits
13 February 2017
Whenever we hear the name Syria, all we can imagine is pictures of death and destruction. However, Syrian musicians, who fled their war-torn country and took refuge across Europe, have united under the Syrian Expat Philharmonic Orchestra to counteract these images and display a part of the Syrian and Arabic culture through music...
ARABOLOGY
26 November 2014
This 'Arabology' episode aired on November 29, 2014 and featured alternative/indie Arabic songs, poetry (translated) + instrumentals along with commentary, in English, by Dr. Ramzi Salti. Featured spotlight on Suad Bushnaq, segment by Imed Alibi highlighting his 'Safar' CD and a tribute to Sabah and Said Aql--both of whom passed away this month.
RADIO MONTE CARLO WITH ABEER NASRAOUI
(Improvisation)
03 December 2014
تتحدث عازفة البيانو والمؤلفة الموسيقية سعاد بشناق عن ذكرياتها مع معزوفة " ارتجال" وعن أهمية هذه الفترة في حياتها، وتتوقف في ذلك عند المكانة التي تحتلّها هذه القطعة في نفسها وارتباط ولادتها بشخصيتين موسيقيتين هما السوري مياس اليماني والأذربيدجانية عزيزة مصطفى زادة
RADIO MONTE CARLO WITH ABEER NASRAOUI
(Lamma Bada Yatathanna)
21 November 2014
تتحدث عازفة البيانو والمؤلفة الموسيقية سعاد بشناق عن ذكرياتها مع معزوفة " ارتجال" وعن أهمية هذه الفترة في حياتها، وتتوقف في ذلك عند المكانة التي تحتلّها هذه القطعة في نفسها وارتباط ولادتها بشخصيتين موسيقيتين هما السوري مياس اليماني والأذربيدجانية عزيزة مصطفى زادة
RADIO MONTE CARLO WITH ABEER NASRAOUI
(Paint My World, Muna)
17 September 2014
تتحدّث المؤلفة الموسيقية سعاد بُشناق عن القيمة المعنوية لمعزوفة " منى، املئي الدنيا ألوان " وارتباط الإطار السينمائي الذي وُلدت فيه بحياتها الخاصة، وتتوقف عند الرسالة التي أرادت إيصالها والثوب الموسيقي الذي اختارته للغرض
