Mohamed GOMAR

Mohammad GOMAR Iraki, born in Diala (Irak), he received his diploma of musicology from the University of Baghdad.For the past few years, he settled in Utrecht (Netherlands). Considered as the successor to the greats, and reveals his mastery of the jôza, a very difficult instrument to play. The jôza is a spiked fiddle, which has four strings played by a bow. The body is made from half a coconut, which its name come from (jôza means nut in dialect). The instrument has an acid and nasal sound that is inimitable in the maqâm, and helps the singer to always find his voice in the mode.

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