Moroccan violinist Salah Rhani specializes in the popular musical genres of North Africa, sha?abi and Rai. At the age of 10 he began playing kamanja (Arab violin), which he learned from his brothers, and accompanied his uncles and sisters who were trained on qanoun, nay and oud among other instruments. Rhani also studied Western and Arab violin playing for 7 years at the Conservatory of Casablanca. Rhani first came to the US on tour with a Moroccan Jewish sha?abi band in 1997. In addition to Moroccan music, Rhani performs a variety of Arab classics and contemporary music throughout the NYC metro area as an org player, violinist and vocalist. Rhani also performs Berber (or barbarie) music, a tradition maintained by the indigenous people of North Africa, with his partner Nourredine. Versed in numerous sha?abi styles from regions throughout Morocco, Rhani highlighted the unique sound of his native city, Casablanca, at Brooklyn Maqam.