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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Lebanon
- Active from
- 1937
- Active to
- 2017-02-21
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- Listeners
- 2,124
- Total plays
- 9,474
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percussion
There are many master players of the Tabla, the Arabic goblet-shaped drum, but any discussion of the best of these drummers will surely mention Setrak Sarkissian. For decades he has been widely regarded as one of the finest percussionists in the Middle East, winning numerous awards there and in Europe for his prodigious, unique technique, his brilliant musicianship, and his important contributions to both traditional and modern Arabic music. His compositions and arrangements have been featured o
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Lebanon
- Place of birth
- Beirut
- Place of death
- Beirut
- Occupation
- actor
- Award
- Order of Merit
- Genre
- Arabic music
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- date of death
- 2017-02-21
- date of birth
- 1937-00-00
- start of work period
- 1958-00-00
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