Ghassan El Hakim + Abdellah El Gourd (photo Leendert Vooijce)

Matinée Marocaine

Ghassan El Hakim + Farid Ghannam

Sun 13 Oct 2024 14:00 - 16:30

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Sun 13 Oct 2024

14:00 - 16:30

Sun 13 Oct 2024

14:00 - 16:30

Interval 15:00

Grote Zaal

Past event

Program

14:00 / Grote Zaal
Music theater performance Gnaoua Again! by Ghassan El Hakim and guest musicians

~15.00 / Entreehal
In conversation with Amado Alfadni, creator of the exhibition

15:45 / Grote Zaal
Concert Gnaoua Again! by Farid Ghannam and others

From 13.00 until 17.30 you can check out the exhibition Sudan Postcards & Askari Soldiers from Amado Alfadni, in collaboration with Afrovibes.

Credits

Ghassan El Hakim performance and text
Abdellah El Gourd composition
Adelheid Roosen dramaturgy
Farid Ghannam vocals, guembri, karkabou
And others

Moroccan celebration with world class theatre and music

Surrender yourself for an afternoon to the vibrant sounds of gnawa (gnaoua), mysterious Sufi music from Morocco. The versatile programme opens with theatre-maker Ghassan El Hakim’s piece about his ambivalent connection to gnawa. Gnawa maestro Abdellah El Gourd accompanies him. His music, known for its healing properties, has never been commercially recorded. A unique live experience in a festive atmosphere. Farid Ghannam is one of the guest musicians of the Gnaoua Again! ensemble. He is a singer with perhaps the most beautiful singing voice in this genre.

Besides being a singer, Farid Ghannam is also a gifted player of the guembri, a lute-like string and percussion instrument that produces both melody and bass tones. Gnawa music was a sound Ghassan El Hakim tried to steer clear of. He couldn’t forget seeing his mother faint when she heard this music. Encouraged by theatre-maker Adelheid Roosen, he faced his fears and met Maalem (master) Abdellah El Gourd. This maestro confirmed the suspicion that many are still in denial about: the source of gnawa lies in Morocco’s history of slavery.

This programme is part of the Afrovibes Festival 2024 featuring theatre and dance from Africa (3 to 13 October on various stages in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Utrecht). See: www.afrovibes.nl

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