Past Event

Wed, November 2, 2022 at 7:30 PM

RAMAL ENSEMBLE, SARA GOUZY & MONIA RIZKALLAH

© Barzakh gGmbH

Shortly after the beginning of the Arab Spring, four young musicians in Damascus founded the Ramal Ensemble. Having fled the Syrian civil war, they now live in Berlin, where they finished their studies, including at the Barenboim-Said Akademie, and started performing together again. Their Pierre Boulez Saal program focuses on the question of how revolution and war have influenced the development of Arabic music and how the experiences of flight and exile can enrich today’s musical aesthetics. Joined by violinist Monia Rizkallah and soprano Sara Gouzy, the ensemble traces connections between their compositions, contemporary works for violin and voice, new arrangements of songs by Schubert and Oswald von Wolkenstein, and classical Arabic music.

The Ramal Ensemble is a project of the Barzakh gGmbH in cooperation with the Pierre Boulez Saal. Funded by the German Music Council and NEUSTART KULTUR.

Artists

Ramal Ensemble

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Yazan Alsabbagh

Clarinet

Saleh Katbeh

Oud

Basilius Alawad

Violoncello

Elias Aboud

Drums

Monia Rizkallah

Violin

Sara Gouzy

Soprano

Josep Planells Schiaffino

Conductor

Ghassan Hammash

Artistic Director

Program

Yazan Alsabbagh
Intro
Elias Aboud
Azazeel Suite
Jorjina
Oswald von Wolkenstein
In Suria ain braiten hal
Arrangement by Yazan Alsabbagh
Durch Barbarei, Arabia
Arrangement by Yazan Alsabbagh
Franz Schubert
Gute Nacht (from Winterreise D 911)
Arrangement by Basilius Alawad
Elias Aboud
Watad
Basilius Alawad
Arabic Nocturne for Improvisers
Elias Aboud
Poème du Nord
Saleh Katbeh
Tahmil on C minor
Basilius Alawad
Half Step
Berliner Taksim
Clouds and Broken Pattern für Violine und Kammerensemble
Guillem Palomar
Gläubige Perle for Soprano, Violin, and Ensemble
Full Program

EVENT TIMELINE

Bar opens
18:30
Hall opens
19:00
Start
19:30
Intermission
End
21:10
Bar closes
22:10
Times are approximate.

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Watad © [Merlin] Zebralution

Jurjīnah © [Merlin] Zebralution

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