“Music In-Takht is an instrumental ensemble dedicated to sharing and preserving Egyptian musical heritage within the San Francisco Bay Area. Music In-Takht is committed to serving the San Francisco Bay Area community with the highest professional standard of musical performance. The ensemble members are devoted musicians who value the mission of this ensemble and with humility, hard work, and confidence in their abilities they take the responsibility of being among the “Keepers” of Egyptian musical culture within the San Francisco Bay Area.

Basma Edrees is the founder of Music In-Takht. She is a violinist, performer, and educator based in the SF Bay Area. Passionate about introducing the world to the rich music of her native country, Egypt, Edrees has given Arabic music workshops at UC Berkeley and Stanford. She also taught Arabic music and European counterpoint at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and is currently on the violin faculty of Santa Clara University’s Department of Music. A graduate of the Mannes School of Music and The Juilliard School in New York, Edrees also enjoys a career playing and teaching European classical music.

Moe is a self-taught oudist who started his musical journey in 2006 as a guitarist in Cairo’s progressive rock scene. After releasing an album as part of the duo “Auburn Mary”, Moe developed a strong interest in modal improvisation and jazz fusion. He found his way to Arabic music through early 20th-century influences of Abdel Wahab and El-Qasabgi, as well as the improvisation-oriented folk traditions around the Mediterranean. Moe pursued his studies in Maqam theory at the Canadian Arabic Conservatory of Music and is committed to serving local music.

Mohamed Abdelradi is one of Egypt’s prominent percussionists. He performed and continues to perform with some of the most renowned singers of Egypt and the Arab world, most notably Hamid El Shaeri, as well as Mohamed Mounir; who pioneered the spread of Nubian music and its influence into the musical language of Egypt as a whole, making it an intrinsic part of all Egyptians’ musical identity.

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