Dancing Strings Festival 2023, Amsterdam

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Dancing strings stands for all different stringed instruments worldwide, with the age-old plucked instrument the 'ud taking center stage – as a solo instrument but also as an integral part of various line-ups with stringed instruments from different cultures. In addition to the 'ud, the third edition of the festival focuses on related instruments such as sentir, mandole and laouto.

Dancing Strings Festival 2023, Amsterdam

Dates

Fri 24 Nov20:30 - 20:30

Location

Podium Mozaïek

Bos en Lommerweg 191

1055 DT Amsterdam

Contact

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Festival around stringed instruments such as 'ud, mandole and laouto

The festival program consists of five parts each evening. There is a special setting with new compositions by three Dutch composers of partly Moroccan origin who make work for string instruments such as 'ud, mandole and laouto: Kamal Hors, Michiel Hollanders and Mohamed Ahaddaf. Three new works per composer will be performed, in addition to three works by Aziz Sahmaoui in a special arrangement. The performers are the composers together with the Marmoucha Orchestra.

In the second part of the program, modern Gnawa musician Aziz Sahmaoui, known from University of Gnawa and Orchester National de Barbès, performs with his trio on sentir, mandole, cello and percussion. As a grand finale, all participating musicians will play a work by Sahmaoui together.