Arts for the Schools in Truckee is bringing Rahim AlHaj, a virtuoso oud musician and composer who was born in Baghdad, Iraq, and began playing the oud (the grandfather of all stringed instruments) at age 9, to town on Feb. 2.

In 1991, after the first Gulf War, AlHaj was forced to leave Iraq due to his activism against the Saddam Hussein regime and began his life in Jordan and Syria. He moved to the United States in 2000 as a political refugee and has resided in Albuquerque ever since.

In 2015 Rahim was awarded the National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship, the highest honor for traditional arts in the United States.

This show is for an audience of all ages. It will be from 7-9pm at the Community Arts Center, 10046 Church St., Truckee.

Purchase tickets online.