About
The International OUD ASSOCIATION (iOA) WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2018 to safeguard AND PROMOTE THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE OUD.
The Association will enable people to experience the music by setting up workshops and community activities, it will preserve and further develop the ancient art and skill of Oud making and its music and facilitate access to the unique cultural heritage of the Oud.
We aspire to create space(s), where musicians and instrument makers can exchange ideas and gain recognition through workshops, exhibitions, seminars, festival and concerts. The IOA will foster the relations between Oud musicians and Oud makers and other active partners to further develop this music.
The IOA is a non-profit organization registered in Paris, France and subjected to the French law of July 1st, 1901 and the decree of August 16th, 1901.
“It makes [people] weep when it sings, as though it / repeats to us what the doves have murmured in its ear.”
— Al-Hilli, early-14th-century poet