NEIGHBOURS, HAMID & HILLS IN CONCERTSATURDAY // TIME 20.00 17 SEPTEMBER

NeighboursMusic group “Neighbours” have impressed many with their music and will impress you! The Italian named Simone Bottasso plays the accordion and the Iranian named Reza Mirjalali plays on Tar and Ud.Hamid & HillsThe Iranian guitar player named Hamid Behzadian plays together with Anne Maarten on the double bass.

Location: Etty Hillesum Centrum, Roggestraat 3

CONCERT WITH QANUN-PLAYER SATURDAY // TIME 18.00 - 21.00 24 SEPTEMBER

Hesen Kanjo in concert, playing the Qanun. Hesen studied on the conservatory in Aleppo. Hel lives since 1996 in Germany. For this special occassion he is playing especially for you in the Netherlands.

Location: Fooddock, Zuiderzeestraat 2

WHISPERINGSTRINGS IN CONCERT SUNDAY // TIME: 16.00 – 19.00 18 SEPTEMBER

Concert from your very own musians from AZC Schalkhaar. They have lived in AZC Schalkhaar or you are still living together with those highly talented musians from Iran and Syria.You might have seen them live, they have pefrormed a concert in the AZC.

Mehdi Golshanzadeh will play Day en Tanboor, Mohsen on the string, Rami Mershed plays Ud and Mohammed Shekh Sleem on the Saz.

Location: School Frieswijk, Avergoorsedijk 2

MUSICIAN AND VISUAL ARTISTSUNDAY // TIME: 14.30 and 15.3025 SEPTEMBER

Dirar Kalash's live performances combine text, sound, image, video and movement. Regularly using free and open-source software in the field of real-time audio, video and image processing, he is also a multi-instrumentalist and engages in musical composition and free improvisation. His work is based on everyday life as a phenomenon. He will play Oud (first set) and Oud combined with electronica (second set).

Location: De Perifeer, H.F. de Boerlaan 151

SHAZA HAYEK ENSEMBLEWEDNESDAY // TIME: 12.00 and 21.0021 SEPTEMBER

Shaza Hayek studied classical Arbabian music on the conservatory in Damascus. She will play together with Saxophonist Nader Issa, percussionist Badi Rafea and Ud musician Nazeer Abdullah They recently came from Syria and have recorded a CD together.

TIME: 12.00 // Location: Schouwburg Foyer, Leeuwenbrug 2 in Devetner

TIME 21.00 // Location: : Burgerweeshuis, Bagijnenstraat 9

HAYTHAM SAFIA AND MODAR SALAMEHSUNDAY // TIME: 17.30-18.1525 SEPTEMBER

Safia’s music colourfully sources itself from his rich cultural past. He turned to The Netherlands, for cross-cultural challenges, which included successful collaborations with the multinational band No Blues.Modar Salama is a Syrian drummer and percussionist. He studied classical and Oriental music and started to build his career as a drummer in Jazz and Latin music, while at the same time keeping in touch with his classical and Arabic roots.Location: Tam Tam, Scheepvaartsstraat 25007