About Bashir Abdel Aal
Bashir Abdel 'Aal was born in Damascus, Syria, into a family of Musicians. His father was a virtuoso of the quanoon (Arabic zither) in Egypt and his brothers are all accomplished musicians: Aboud, Mounir and Fouad are virtuoso violinists and Nabil plays guitar and bass. At the age of ten Beshir began playing music - first on a bootle, trying to imitate the sounds of the nay (Arabic reed flute) and then he went on to learn the nay itself. After moving to Beirut
