Jiraan
Melodieën uit Oost en West
Dates
sat 21 may 2022 - 20:00
location
Blauwe zaal
price
€ 25 (standard) / € 23 (over-65s) / € 20 (under-35s) / € 10 (under-19s)
duration
1h 15' The ensemble Jiraan brings together twelve musicians of different nationalities.
The ensemble Jiraan brings together twelve musicians of different nationalities. The Syrian violist and composer Shalan Alhamwy gathered a number of Arab, Turkish and Belgian colleagues around him. Eastern instruments such as the ney, the kanun and the kemençe stand alongside Western instruments such as the double bass, the viola and the saxophone. Together the musicians present what connects them: subtle melodies from East and West, swirling tunes and breathtaking improvisations. A proof that music effortlessly transcends borders, politics and ideologies.
With this project they want to uncover the roots of the ‘sirto’, an instrumental music genre that is played in the Turkish, Greek and Arabic musical traditions and which is closely connected to a folk dance in which the dancers link hands to form a chain or circle, spearheaded by a leader who breaks away from time to time in order to perform improvised steps. This dance is comparable to ‘hora’ in Balkan music and Dabke in the Arabic folk music of Syria, Lebanon and Palestine. The musicians enter into dialogue through improvisation, either in the form of taksim or jazz solos. All with an eye to creating connections between musical traditions and musical styles, and with respect for each other as musicians.
With this project they want to uncover the roots of the ‘sirto’, an instrumental music genre that is played in the Turkish, Greek and Arabic musical traditions and which is closely connected to a folk dance in which the dancers link hands to form a chain or circle, spearheaded by a leader who breaks away from time to time in order to perform improvised steps. This dance is comparable to ‘hora’ in Balkan music and Dabke in the Arabic folk music of Syria, Lebanon and Palestine. The musicians enter into dialogue through improvisation, either in the form of taksim or jazz solos. All with an eye to creating connections between musical traditions and musical styles, and with respect for each other as musicians.
Credits
music performance
violin
viola
kemençe
cello
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