On Sunday October 30, 2016, an appreciated cultural evening took place at the Assyrian Association in Södertälje, Sweden, with Nineb Lamassu, who recited his own modern poems, and Abboud Zeitoune, author of the volume of Modern Assyrian Music, who lectured about the history of modern Assyrian music. They were accompanied by Helen Saint Vincent singing old Assyrian songs from Urmia to the Oud playing of musician Josef Cacan.