‘Takenouchi Documents’

Pianist and composer Free Desmyter and master djoze player Bassem Hawar have been working together for years now. In 2007, they were already laureates of the Creole/Global Music Award with their maqam formation Ahoar de. For this creation, in which contemporary classical, jazz and traditional Eastern music comes together harmoniously, Desmyter was inspired by the Takenouchi documents, age-old writings that describe our planet as it was 20,000 years ago. The 11-piece orchestra, with musicians from the four corners of the earth, stars oud player Saad Mahmood Jawad and singer Khaled Alhafez.