Qusai al Bakri

Qusai al Bakri, stage name Mustafa Adil, is an Iraqi oud player who trained at the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Baghdad. Many members of his family in Iraq were musicians. He came to the United States in June 2010 as a refugee, and is now a citizen residing in New Haven, Connecticut.

The music of Mustafa Adil brings classical Arabic music together with contemporary sounds. He plays the oud (an eleven-stringed gourd shaped instrument similar to a lute) and keyboards, performing solo or with a group, and he is an expressive singer. He has performed at events in New Haven and for CCHAP events including the opening reception for an exhibit in 2016 at the Connecticut Office of the Arts Gallery.