ZIRYAB DUO: MUSIC FROM THE MIDDLE EAST AND NEW SUFI MUSIC
Art Base
29 rue des SablesBruxelles (1000)The Ziryab duo brings together Aykut Dursen, internationally trained double bass player as well as co-soloist at the Antwerp Philharmonic Orchestra and traditional Turkish performer and Riad Abdel-Gawad, violinist composer trained at Harvard University and who was in Cairo for ten years student, friend and transcriber of Abdo Dagher whose New Sufi Music they interpret.
They also present recent original compositions by Riad Abdel-Gawad and others from the albums: El Tarab El Aseel, Egypt, Mother of the World and Words of Peace as well as traditional compositions of the late 19th and early 20th century Ottoman musical era according to the Arabic-Egyptian style tuning and interpretation whose taqaseem or melodic improvisation is influenced by the sacred Egyptian Sufi song called ibtihalat.
* Ziryâb («Oiseau Noir») was an exceptional singer and musician at the court of Baghdad whom he left for Andalusia. Thus in 822, in Cordoba, he created the first conservatory of music and introduced the oud. He was at the origin of Arab-Andalusian music and revolutionized the art of living.
Ziryab duo - Aykut Dursen
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Art Base, Saturday 15/6/24 20h, 15E ( reduced 10E for students under 26 and jobseekers),
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