Ende des Monates erscheint das Debütalbum des Mohamad Zatari Trio, zu dessen internationalen Besetzung neben dem Bandleader, dem aus dem syrischen Aleppo stammenden Oudspieler Zatari die iranische Tar-Virtuosin Sara Eslami und der mit der Tabla vertretene Perkussionist Avadhut Kasinadhuni (Indien/Rumänien) gehören. Auf “Istehlal” verknüpfen die Musiker traditionelle vorderasiatische Musik mit dezenten Einflüssen Neuer Musik, u.a. gibt es Interpretationen von Hossein Alizadeh und Riad Al-Sunbati zu hören. Das Album erscheint am 27. Januar als LP, CD und zum Download bei Zehra, am 4. Februar präsentiert das Trio seine Musik in Berlin (siehe Event auf Facebook).

“In a contemporary globalised world where music has lost its borders and is fighting a constant – yet particular – stream of Western commodification, the Mohamad Zatari Trio stands out as an original cultural artefact, aiming at transcending the boundaries between different music worlds. Founded in 2019 the ensemble had its first public appearance in 2020 at the Outernational Virtual Festival. [...] Their debut Istehlal plunges into its own aesthetics, politics and sound intricacies and represents the combined efforts of three musicians hailing from different, yet deeply rooted cultures. Over the course of eleven songs, the album transcends stylistic, ideologic and geographic boundaries and reflects on the human condition in an interconnected and interrelated technological world.

The repertoire includes not only original compositions in different stylistics but also rearranged traditional pieces by influential composers Riad Al Sunbati (Egypt) and Hossein Alizadeh (Iran). The Mohamad Zatari Trio introduces itself as a strong new voice within a new generation of young musicians that carry the musical heritage of great masters like Ravi Shankar, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan or Zakir Hussain with a fresh and contemporary approach”. (Zehra)

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