‘Anouar Brahem’

Every oud player alive today owes something to Anouar Brahem. With eleven albums at ECM Records to his name, the Tunisian musician has breathed new life into a thousand years of Arabic musical tradition. He has linked it to jazz, Western classical music and other Eastern music cultures. What’s more, he has been able to attract the cream of artists from those genres. True to form, he is coming to Bozar with an all-star quartet: not only the living bass legend Dave Holland and the multi-talented guitarist Django Bates – both of whom are Brahem’s former bandmates – but also the cellist Anja Lechner. Her improvisations bridge the gap between contemporary and traditional, East and West. This phenomenal foursome is the core crew of Brahem’s next recording on ECM.