From the Arabian crescent to the Mediterranean in North Africa, the pieces from the Arab world form a soundscape that evokes rituals and traditions through the languages and cultures that have influenced the Maghreb and the Mediterranean Mashreq over the centuries, from antiquity to the present. Ziad Trabelsi is a member of the Orquestra Piazza Vittorio and director of the Orquestra Almara'a de Dones Àrabs i Mediterrànies. He is an academically trained Tunisian musician who has maintained a close connection with the more purely popular musical tradition of his country. Excel·lent soloist, lute singer and composer, is naturally attracted to the sounds of Western music and the sound alchemies that arise from the meeting between musicians from different latitudes. The result is a project that combines traditional and experimental music, with a strong rhythmic impact, between improvisation and cross-pollination.
