Flamenco Meets Maqam
Flamenco Meets Maqam. Closing concert
When: Sunday 10th November at 5:00pm
Author: Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde
Director: Lourdes Fernandez & Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde
Cast: Baha Yektin, Demi Garcia Sabat, Lourdes Fernandez & Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde
Company: Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde
Technical team: Ayden Yoo
Suitable for all ages
Running Time: 90 min
With an interval
Venue: St John’s Hoxton, Pitfield St, London, N1 6NP
Synopsis:
Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde and Baha Yektin alongside Lourdes Fernandez and Demi Garcia Sabat merge cultures, as East meets West in a harmonious collusion. Their combination of Spanish guitar, Arabic oud and foot work does not come as a surprise.
Arabs brought their music to Spain, where it contributed to what we know today as Flamenco. Together, they present new musical ideas based on Middle Eastern and Flamenco music, with pieces, musical visions, that include Maqams, Andalusian harmonies and rhythms of the Middle East – from Babylon and Ancient Spain, to present rhythms.