Schubert Club Courtroom Concert Series

Gao Hong, pipa; Issam Rafea, oud
Schubert Club, St. Paul, MN, 2021

“The Return of Happy Days” - live composition/improvisation

NPR Tiny Desk Concert Top Shelf Selection by Phoebe Bridgers

Gao Hong, pipa; Issam Rafea, oud, 2021

“Musical Meetings on the Silk Road” - live composition/improvisation

Gao Hong, pipa; Issam Rafea, oud
Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art, Washington, DC, 2019

Bassekou Kouyaté (N'goni) and Seckou Keita (Kora) and are joined by The Syrian National Orchestra performing perform “Ala Ajaleh” (In a Hurry) composed and arranged by Issam Rafea

Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, London, UK, 2016

“Ala Ajaleh” (In a Hurry) - composed by Issam Rafea

performed by Ensemble Hewar (Syria) featuring Rony Barrak (Lebanon) & Andreas Mueller (Germany)

Dima Orsho, voice; Issam Rafea, oud; Kinan Azmeh, clarinet; Andreas Müller, bass; Rony Barrak, darbouka

Morgenland Festival Osnabrück, Germany, 2011