Tarik Hussein thinks there were only 10 kanuns in Australia when he began playing in 2006.
Mr Hussein says it is impossible to find kanuns in Australia, so when he started teaching the instrument, he needed to get them imported from Türkiye.
Mr Hussein said making a kanun was something of a close-guarded secret among the makers in Türkiye, so they reverse-engineered his favourite one.
Mr Hussein and his father-in-law's personal connection with kanuns features in a new film series launching with a festival marking the opening of Powerhouse Parramatta on November 7.
The recently announced festival spans 179 events across four weekends in November, including a talk by astronaut Charles F Bolden Jr, a performance by a Torres Strait Island group for the first time outside of the islands, and a Diwali day party.
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Tarik Hussein thinks there were only 10 kanuns in Australia when he began playing in 2006.
The Sydney musician and engineer says he grew up playing the piano and guitar, and discovered the kanun when he was 17 years old.
The kanun is a precursor to the piano, played by plucking 78 strings with the fingers while it lays across the player's lap.
Mr Hussein says it is impossible to find kanuns in Australia, so when he started teaching the instrument, he needed to get them imported from Türkiye.
To avoid this, Mr Hussein resolved to become the only maker of kanuns in Australia, enlisting the help of his father-in-law, who had a functioning home workshop and a passion for challenging craft projects.
Mr Hussein said making a kanun was something of a close-guarded secret among the makers in Türkiye, so they reverse-engineered his favourite one.
"We came up with something to say is unique."
Mr Hussein and his father-in-law's personal connection with kanuns features in a new film series launching with a festival marking the opening of Powerhouse Parramatta on November 7.
The series of short films, called Moments in Waiting, is by western Sydney artist Khaled Sabsabi and focuses on objects from the Islamic world found in Sydney's suburbs.
The recently announced festival spans 179 events across four weekends in November, including a talk by astronaut Charles F Bolden Jr, a performance by a Torres Strait Island group for the first time outside of the islands, and a Diwali day party.
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