Ibn Báya Ensemble Explained

The Ibn Báya Ensemble (Arabic: مجموعة ابن باجة) is a Spanish-Moroccan early music ensemble formed in 1994.^[1]

The ensemble takes its name from Avempace - Abū-Bakr Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn al-Sāyigh (Arabic أبو بكر محمد بن يحيى بن الصائغ), also known as Ibn Baya (Arabic: ابن باجة), the Arab Andalusian polymath who was also a musician, and is dedicated to the music of medieval Arab Spain. The founding members were Eduardo Paniagua and Omar Metioui.

Selected discography

• Ibn 'Arabi: El intérprete de los deseos . Ensemble Ibn Bàya PN 360
• Jardín de Al-Andalus
• Walladah (Córdoba 994-1077) and Ibn Zaygun (Córdoba 1003-1071)
• La Llamada de Al-Andalus
• Núba Al-Maya
• El Agua de la Alhambra
• La Felicidad Cumplida
• Nuba Al-Istihlal'
• Poemas de la Alhambra
• Alarifes Mudéjares

See also

• Mohammed El-Arabi Serghini, Moroccan classical musician
• Salim Fergani, Algerian oud player and classical singer

Notes and References

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