DESCRIPTION:
Percussionist Simona Abdallah was born 1979 in Germany, where her Palestinian parents escaped to from Lebanon. Later on the family moved to Denmark, where Simona spend her childhood in Denmark's second largest city, the windy port town of Aarhus.

Simona Abdallah plays Arabic percussion, primarily the Darbuka- a goblet-shaped drum.

She fuses her ancestral Arabic rhythms with House, Electronica an
d World music.

The Darbouka is considered solely a masculine instrument, and is traditionally always played by men.

That makes Simona the first female musician from an Arabic background to break the tradition with an internationally acclaimed success to follow.

Simona had to teach herself to play the percussion and has been playing since she was 15 years old. Because of her chosen instrument, she was often challenged, both in her choices and the pursuit of her career. Simona never lost sight of what she wanted and strongly believes in following your dreams and staying positive - even if the going sometimes gets tough.

She finds her inspiration all kinds of genres and her music revolves around House, Electronic, Pop Ambient, Oriental, and World Music.

Now Simona Abdallah is an internationally booked artist and has been touring Africa, the Netherlands, UK, Scandinavia and gigging in Cairo, Croatia, France and San Francisco.

She has worked with and supported acclaimed artists like Natacha Atlas, CHEB KHALED, Tamer Hosny, DJ Said Mrad, Middle East Peace Orchestra, Donna Cadogan, MAKADEM, Efterklang, DJ Mike Sheridan, Band Ane, Lis Sørensen, Aura Dione, Casper Christensen & Frank Hvam, Jenny Wilson, Anisette, DR Symphony Orchestra, Oriental Tahkt, and Danish rocklegends, SORT SOL.


Simona Abdallah produced and released her first single REACH OUT in 2010 and is currently in the studio recording her first album.

Simona Abdallah is a very accomplished artist, touring with her own solo show, but never hesitates to gig and explore new genres with other artists.

Beautiful music is to be found all over the world, lets share it together !

Simona Abdallah -- Reach Out (Single 2010)