Arabic Folks Songs & Contemporary Music
Combining two soloists from Lebanon with two ensembles based in Geneva, Switzerland. Making them collaborate around the idea of Folk Music: interpretation, re-interpretation and re-written songs. An exciting Rendez-vous with amazing voices and strong Middle-Eastern figures.
An Ensemble Vide production, in collaboration with the Haute école de musique de Genève.
ARTISTS
Lana Moussa Voice Lebanon
Zeid Hamdan Guitar, Voice And Electronic Lebanon
Ensemble Dīwān Switzerland / Palestine
Ensemble 21 Switzerland
Ana María Villamizar Soprano Colombia
Elena Schwarz Conductor Australia / Switzerland
Francis Biggi Musical Direction Ensemble Dīwān Italy
PROGRAM
Arabic Folk Songs
Farid El Atrache, Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Zaki Nassif, Khaled Abou El Nasr, Zeid Hamdan
Luciano Berio, Folk Songs (1964), for voice and ensemble
TEAM
Denis Schuler Artistic Direction
Béatrice Zawodnik Artistic Collaboration
Petra Krausz Coordination
Fanny Garcier Administration
Anny Serrati Communication
Morgane Frémaux Production assistant
October 7, 2017
ARCOOP Building, Geneva, CH