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Iraqi female musical ensemble holds concert in Baghdad

STORY: Iraqi female musical ensemble holds concert in Baghdad SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 17, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 18, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:40 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the concert STORYLINE: An Iraqi female ensemble held its concert on Saturday evening at the Iraqi National Theater in Baghdad. The Sumeryat Musical Ensemble, led by Maestro Alaa Majeed, performed many pieces of Iraqi folk music and songs. The ensemble's 60 female musicians mainly use traditional musical instruments as well as some modern ones. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Baghdad. (XHTV)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-FEMALE MUSIC ENSEMBLE-PERFORMANCE

(240218) -- BAGHDAD, Feb. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Female musicians from Sumeryat Music Ensemble perform Iraqi folk music and songs at the Iraqi National Theater in Baghdad, Iraq, on Feb. 17, 2024. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-FEMALE MUSIC ENSEMBLE-PERFORMANCE

(240218) -- BAGHDAD, Feb. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Female musicians from Sumeryat Music Ensemble perform Iraqi folk music and songs at the Iraqi National Theater in Baghdad, Iraq, on Feb. 17, 2024. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-FEMALE MUSIC ENSEMBLE-PERFORMANCE

(240218) -- BAGHDAD, Feb. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Female musicians from Sumeryat Music Ensemble perform Iraqi folk music and songs at the Iraqi National Theater in Baghdad, Iraq, on Feb. 17, 2024. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-FEMALE MUSIC ENSEMBLE-PERFORMANCE

(240218) -- BAGHDAD, Feb. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Female musicians from Sumeryat Music Ensemble perform Iraqi folk music and songs at the Iraqi National Theater in Baghdad, Iraq, on Feb. 17, 2024. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-FEMALE MUSIC ENSEMBLE-PERFORMANCE

(240218) -- BAGHDAD, Feb. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Female musicians from Sumeryat Music Ensemble perform Iraqi folk music and songs at the Iraqi National Theater in Baghdad, Iraq, on Feb. 17, 2024. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-FEMALE MUSIC ENSEMBLE-PERFORMANCE

(240218) -- BAGHDAD, Feb. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Female musicians from Sumeryat Music Ensemble perform Iraqi folk music and songs at the Iraqi National Theater in Baghdad, Iraq, on Feb. 17, 2024. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-FEMALE MUSIC ENSEMBLE

(221223) -- BAGHDAD, Dec. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Female musicians from Sumeryat Music Ensemble perform at the Iraqi National Theater in Baghdad, Iraq, on Dec. 22, 2022. The Iraqi female ensemble held its first concert here on Thursday evening. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-FEMALE MUSIC ENSEMBLE

(221223) -- BAGHDAD, Dec. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Female musicians from Sumeryat Music Ensemble perform at the Iraqi National Theater in Baghdad, Iraq, on Dec. 22, 2022. The Iraqi female ensemble held its first concert here on Thursday evening. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-FEMALE MUSIC ENSEMBLE

(221223) -- BAGHDAD, Dec. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A female musician from Sumeryat Music Ensemble plays an Iraqi traditional instrument at the Iraqi National Theater in Baghdad, Iraq, on Dec. 22, 2022. The Iraqi female ensemble held its first concert here on Thursday evening. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-FEMALE MUSIC ENSEMBLE

(221223) -- BAGHDAD, Dec. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Female musicians from Sumeryat Music Ensemble perform at the Iraqi National Theater in Baghdad, Iraq, on Dec. 22, 2022. The Iraqi female ensemble held its first concert here on Thursday evening. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-FEMALE MUSIC ENSEMBLE

(221223) -- BAGHDAD, Dec. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Female musicians from Sumeryat Music Ensemble perform at the Iraqi National Theater in Baghdad, Iraq, on Dec. 22, 2022. The Iraqi female ensemble held its first concert here on Thursday evening. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-FEMALE MUSIC ENSEMBLE

(221223) -- BAGHDAD, Dec. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Female musicians from Sumeryat Music Ensemble perform at the Iraqi National Theater in Baghdad, Iraq, on Dec. 22, 2022. The Iraqi female ensemble held its first concert here on Thursday evening. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-FEMALE MUSIC ENSEMBLE

(221223) -- BAGHDAD, Dec. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Female musicians from Sumeryat Music Ensemble perform at the Iraqi National Theater in Baghdad, Iraq, on Dec. 22, 2022. The Iraqi female ensemble held its first concert here on Thursday evening. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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Iraqi female musical ensemble holds 1st concert in Baghdad

STORY: Iraqi female musical ensemble holds 1st concert in Baghdad DATELINE: Dec. 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:11 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Iraqi female ensemble holding first concert 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ALAA MAJEED, Maestro 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ZAHRAA, Ensemble member STORYLINE: An Iraqi female ensemble held its first concert on Thursday evening at the Iraqi National Theater in Baghdad. The newly formed ensemble of female musicians, named Sumeryat Musical Ensemble and led by Maestro Alaa Majeed, performed many pieces of Iraqi folk music and songs. The ensemble's 49-member female musicians mainly use traditional musical instruments and some modern instruments. The concert was attended by the Iraqi Minister of Culture, Ahmed Fakkak al-Badrani, and a large audience. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ALAA MAJEED, Maestro "The message that we want from forming this ensemble is a message of love and peace to all the world, and a message of reassurance to the whole world that Iraq