8:30 pm

Joolaee Trio feat. Golnar Shahyar

Misagh Joolaee: Kamancheh
Schaghajegh Nosrati: piano
Sebastian Flaig: percussion
Golnar Shahyar: vocals

Having its origins in the long-term collaboration of the Kamancheh virtuoso Misagh Joolaee with his duo partners Schaghajegh Nosrati (piano) and Sebastian Flaig (percussion) the Joolaee Trio was founded in 2021 and made its acclaimed stage debut at the Rudolstadt festival in the following year. Their celebrated performance led to further engagements at prestigious venues and festivals such as Sendesaal Bremen, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Jazz Meets World Festival Prague, Radeberger Concerts Cologne, Heidelberger Frühling and Pierre Boulez Hall Berlin.
The musical language of the trio is characterized by rhythmical originality and lyrical narratives, virtuosic runs and whispered silence. Displaying influences of Persian, (classical) European and contemporary music, the Joolaee Trio gives rise to a unique language and sonority in the context of the musical dialogue. The repertoire of the trio is mostly original/self-composed, but it also contains its own arrangements of Turkish and Persian folk songs.

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Wishamalii

Nemat Battah: Oud, vocals
Kari Orten: piano
Amir Wahba: percussion

This fine ensemble is set up by three adventurous musicians from very different geological and musical backgrounds. Praised for its totally unique music, abundance of sounds and colors, and for its charming spirit on stage, the trio gets one more wow for the pianist's revolutionary invention – the Maqiano™ Microtuning System, which allows him to play the Arabic maqam modes and other micro-intervals on an acoustic piano!
The name Wishamalii refers to the Nordic way of interpreting the Arab-Andalusian Muwashah songs, yet most of its repertoire is original music specially written for this band. German label Nordic Notes will release their debut album ”Al-Bahr” on October 4th, 2024.
Palestinian-Jordanian singer, oudist, and composer Nemat Battah is an active and appreciated musician in the creative global music scene in Finland and Sweden. She also works as a lecturer at the Global Music Department, Sibelius Academy in Helsinki.
Award-winning Finnish composer and pianist Kari Kulten is quite an original in today's music panorama. He's constantly exploring new paths to go, inspired by different music cultures of the universe. He keeps touring the world as a solo pianist and with several Finnish and international groups.

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