The tabadoul orchestra, founded in summer 2010 by musicians from the world music collective Schäl Sick Brassband together with guests and the charismatic Egyptian singer Dina Gouda, presents their first live program at the same time as their debut CD: world wide wahab. The first of its kind in Europe, this program is dedicated to the most important composer of the 20th century Arabian world: the Egyptian Mohammed Abdel Wahab.

Mohammed Abdel Wahab, who died in 1991, was one of the most significant and innovative composers of the Arabian world. He is seen as the inventor of the Arabian film musical and introduced instruments such as electric guitars, electric pianos and electric organs to Arabian music, resulting in a completely new style. With the use of Latin American dance rhythms such as beguine, rumba or cha-cha coupled with the traditional sounds of an Egyptian string orchestra, his innovative orchestration and composition technique and a life's work of around 1,000 compositions, Mohammed Abdel Wahab stands head and shoulders above other Egyptian musicians. He like no other was able to combine the traditions of old Arabic music with the new, the oriental with the west, which not only led to fame amongst his own generation. Along with Sayed Darwish, Mohammed Abdel Wahab is considered to be the pioneer and innovator of Arabic art music. From today's perspective, he could even be classed as an early Frank Zappa of the Arabic music world...

Video taken from the TV-Broadcast of the award ceremony for the acclaimed german theater-award "der Faust".

Dina Gouda_vocals , Raimund Kroboth_guitar/arrangement , Nina Leonards_violin , Annette Maye_clarinet , Jura Wajda_cymbalon , Martin Kübert_accordeon , Fethi Ak_percussion , Mirek Pyschny_drums , Joachim Gellert_tuba , Tobias Wember_trombone , Udo Moll_trumpet