Piano Concert This Saturday

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German pop band Helgen in Casablanca and Fez

At the end of November, there will be a special treat in Morocco: the German pop group Helgen will perform in two of the seven PASCH schools in the country: first on 27/11 at the Lycée Mohamed V in Casablanca, then on 29/11 at Lycée Moulay Idriss of Fez. 

Since 2008 the successful program of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs "Schools, Partners of the Future" (PASCH) has been promoting the teaching of the German language worldwide in schools of excellence. 

The three young musicians of the Hamburg group will give a concert at these two places. But first they will offer a workshop with about 25 German students in both high schools. During this educational event, the members of the group will repeat their songs in German, but also talk about their daily lives as musicians and pop music in the country of Goethe.

Groups of students from other PASCH schools in Morocco (Lalla Aïcha and Descartes in Rabat, Lyautey (Casablanca), Abderrahmane Enacer (Kenitra) and Ibn Abbad (Settat) will also be invited to both concerts, as will other public schools in the cities of Casa and Fez.

If you wish to be invited to this event, please contact Frank Kahnert: Frank.Kahnert@goethe.de, +212 (0) 661 871 586

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Saturday - Jazz in Fez

Rocca Brothers in Concert this Saturday, October 27 at 7 PM at the ALIF Riad, 6 Derb Drissi, Batha, Fes Medina

The Rocca Brothers are a creative jazz and soul duo that have been playing and creating music together since their early childhood. Since both successfully graduating with degrees in music, they regularly perform across London and the UK with their band featuring Patricia Elizabeth on vocals.

Established on the London jazz circuit, the Rocca Brothers and their band can be found performing weekly across the capital. Recent performances include ‘Jazz After Dark’ in Soho, ‘The Dorchester’ in Mayfair, ‘Shakespeares Globe’ on The Thames and ‘Pizza Express Jazz Club’ in Holborn. They have also joined in at jazz events abroad in the USA and Malaysia. They also host a number of their own events such as jazz and soul jam sessions on weekly basis.

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Gnawa Concert in Fez - Monday October 8

Gnawa Concert with Yassine Boudouaia Monday, October 8 at 7 PM ALIF Riad, 6 Derb Drissi, Batha, Fes Medina.

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Essaouira: The 2nd edition of the MOGA Festival

After its postponement in 2017 MOGA, the festival of electronic music and culture, is back in Essaouira ... From October 12 to 14, the 2nd edition will take up its winter quarters in various cultural and historic places in the city

Dedicated to electronic music and culture, MOGA will, according to the organisers, thrill festival-goers with rhythms of exceptional concerts and great moments of fusion of music and sharing on stage.

The fans of the pure sound, will be able to appreciate this year artists of a dozen nationalities.

On the bill of this new edition: Rechulski, Rossko, Salome, Seb Zito, Sepp, Solstice, Stavroz, Viken Arman ... Achil, Acid Pauli, Agoria, Amine Dhobb (live), Audiofly, Bas Ibellini, Chaou.B, Daox , Driss Skali, Gescu, Guy Gerber, Hisham (Live), Jan Blomqvist, Jilaa, John Acquaviva, Kate Zubok, Lady Goule, Lunar Disco, Daniel Maher, MAOU, Mr ID, Nathabes, Nicolas Masseyff, Nico Stojan, Nitin, Oceanvs Orientalis (live), Parallells ...and more.

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Finnish pianist Laura Mikkola to give concert in Rabat

Laura Mikkola is the winner of several international competitions (Second Prize and Audience Award at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Belgium, First Prize and Audience Award at the International Unisa Transnet Piano Competition in Pretoria (RSA)), and in her career so far has performed more than 67 piano concertos.

After a few years in Rome, Laura Mikkola and her family settled in Paris where she appeared as soloist with several regional and national orchestras.

Since 2003, she has become the founder and artistic director of the Musical Festival of Iitti, Finland. She has recorded for Naxos and Aeon among others, works by Mozart, Shostakovich, Rautavaara, Brahms, Rachmaninoff, Saint-Saens, Matthews and Tüür.

The chamber music concert will take place on Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 7:30 pm at the Villa des Arts in Rabat. On this occasion, Laura Mikkola will perform great classics, including Chopin ballads and pieces by Sibelius and Debussy.

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Concert : Unterbiberger Hofmusik @ Medina Social Club

Tomorrow (June 20th)  at 7 PM - 9 PM @Médina Social Club
Derb El Menia wosta. talaa kebira,

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Al Firdaus Ensemble in Concert!

Al Firdaus Ensemble in Concert! Wednesday, May 30 at 9:30 PM ALIF Riad, 6 Derb Drissi, Batha. Al Firdaus Ensemble, based in Granada, was founded in 2012 by the English violinist and singer Ali Keeler and includes musicians from England, Spain and Morocco

The group takes its inspiration from the word Firdaus, which is the Arabic name for the most elevated abode in Paradise. The intercultural nature of this name reflects the character of the group, in which musicians from different countries and cultural backgrounds are brought together with one purpose. Just as the musicians tune their instruments, so they need to tune their hearts to receive the inspiration of the moment and transmit that to the audience. The traditional Arabic term for this kind of music is Sama`, which could be translated as “the art of listening”.

The unique sound of their music is due to a synthesis of different musical styles. These include original compositions of a more Western classical character with influences from both Celtic and Flamenco traditions, and new arrangements of songs drawn from the rich heritage of traditional Sufi music from Arabic, Andalusi and Turkish sources. The words of the songs are mainly in Arabic, drawn from the poetry of the great Sufis from Al Andalus and the Arab world, such as Ibn Arabi and Al Shushtari.

Also within their repertoire are musical adaptations of poems in aljamiado, old Spanish written by the Moriscos using the Arabic script. In this way Al Firdaus hopes to revive the heritage of the Moriscos, whose culture was forbidden in its day and and has only reached us through manuscripts which they left behind on their expulsion in 1609.

Al Firdaus usually plays in quartet or quintet formation. They use a combination of Arabic and Western classical instruments in addition to the flamenco guitar. They have performed in concerts and international festivals throughout Europe, Bosnia, the U.S., Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Turkey, Lebanon, and Malaysia. They have released two CDs: Safa in 2014 and Nur in 2017.

This concert, organized by the ALC-ALIF Music Club, is free and open to the general public.

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The Master Musicians of Joujouka, live in Marrakech

On the 30th of June the Master Musicians Of Joujouka will give a rare live performance in Marrakech

The exclusive 4-hour concert, at Villa Janna, presented by Atlas Electronic, is being held to celebrate the 50 year anniversary of their visionary cross-cultural collaboration with Rolling Stones Founder Brian Jones.

Getting to see the group perform is difficult as the Master Musicians of Joujouka's yearly tribal trance party in Morocco is limited to just 50 guests. Performances outside their small village in the Ahl Srif mountain range in Northern Morocco are rare and so this is a great chance to experience the wild magic of the Master Musicians of Joujouka.

You can read more about them in our two part photo essay here.


The Marrakech concert is being held at Villa Janna 
Douar El Mghazli CR Al Ouidane, BP Guéliz 2691
Marrakech - Maroc
Doors open at 17h00
Performance starts at 18h00

Tickets are 395 dirhams and should be purchased on line HERE



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Classic Rock in Fez

Lazywall is one of the most popular and widely acclaimed Moroccan Rock bands. The band was formed in 2003 in Reading, England by the three Anegay brothers: Monz, Nao and Youssef, who chose Classic Rock as their main influence. The band later started making a name for themselves and released their first EP “Primal Tapes” in 2006, which was recorded in Chicago

Lazywall has gained popularity both nationally and internationally and performed at some of the most prestigious venues and festivals: SXSW in Austin (USA), Garorock (France), and “L’boulevard Festival” in Morocco.

Lazywall blended their music with Arabic tunes and began using musical instruments such as Oud and Darbouka. In 2010, they became the first Rock band to perform live on national TV.

Their discography consists of five albums: "Apoptosia” (2009), "Restart" (2010), “Aporia’s Bane” (2012), “Square Minds in Round Heads” (2015) and “The Hundredth Monkey” (2017)

This concert is free and open to the general public.
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Saturday - Jazz, Swing, Soul and Funk

ALC-ALIF Music Club: Corina Kwami in Concert Saturday, April 28 at 7 PM - ALIF Riad, 6 Derb Drissi, Batha, Fes Medina

Corina is a performer of genres related to jazz music and dance. As a singer and tap dancer, she is motivated by the story-telling power of jazz and its potential for connecting people across genres using jazz as a medium. She has performed as a solo artist and with different bands playing originals and covering big band swing, afro, soul and funk. Through her performance and passion for cities and planning more broadly as an academic, she has connected with people through jazz in several cities across the globe in countries such as Switzerland, Germany, Rwanda, United Kingdom, United States, Colombia and Myanmar.

The concert is free and open to the public!

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Arty Days - Music and Dance in Casablanca

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Fez International Festival of Amazigh culture - Full Programme

The 14th Fez International Festival of Amazigh culture on the 11th, 12th and 13th of May. It is a rare chance to learn more about Amazigh (Berber) culture

The festival features an international forum as well as concerts at Bab Makina

Concerts: BAB MAKINA 21:30 - 00:00

FRIDAY 11th MAY 2018
- AHIDOUS OULMES (Morocco)
-AICHA MAYA (Morocco)
-ORCHESTRA FAISAL (Morocco)

SATURDAY 12th MAY 2018
- CARISHTO GROUP (Italy)
- SAMI RAY (Morocco)
- FATIMA TACHTOUKT (Morocco)

SUNDAY 13th MAY 2018
- MAREA FLAMENCA GROUP (Catalogna, Spain)
- HOUSSA 46 (Morocco)
- DOUNIA BATMA (Morocco)

INTERNATIONAL FORUM

Forum Venue: Mérinides hotel       11-13 MAY 2018

Amazigh Culture and the Future of Democracy in North Africa

Program of the Forum
Friday 11 May
16:30 Arrival of participants
17:00: Opening of the Forum and the Festival
-Speech by the President of the Fes-Saiss Association
-Speech by the President of South North Center and the President of the Festival
-Speech by the honorary President of the Festival
-Speech by the President of the BMCE Foundation
-Speech by the President of the Fez-Meknes Region
-Speech by the Wali of Fez-Meknes
-Other Speeches
17:30 Tribute to the distinguished Moroccan writer Tahar Ben Jelloun
Testimonies: Mohammed Kabbaj, Nouzha Skalli, Abderrahman Tenkoul
18 :15 Inaugural speech: Amazigh Culture and democracy
Hassan Aourid
Moderator: Moha Ennaji
18 :30 Reception and Exhibitions Tour

Saturday 12 May
Morning
9 :00 – 12 :00
Room 2
Parallel Session: Workshop on Tifinagh Alphabet
By Amina Majdoub (General Inspector of the Amazigh language)
9 :00 - 10 :30
Room 1
First Session: The Amazigh Cultural Movement: review and prospects
Moderator: Fatima Sadiqi (INLAC, Morocco)
Speakers : Mohamed Arji (University of Fez), Abdallah Boumalek (IRCAM), Abdelouahad Mabrour (University of El Jadida), Ali Fertahi (University of Beni Mellal), Mohamed Chtatou (International University of Rabat), Driss Bouyahya (University of Meknes)
10 :30– 11 :00 Coffee break
11:00– 1 3:30
Room 2
Parallel Session: Workshop "Life and death of a book, from writing to oblivion"
Hosted by Jean-Marie Simon (French writer)
Room 1
11 :00 – 12 :30
Second Session : Amazighity, citizenship and democratic culture
Moderator: Omar Marrakechi (Fes Sais Assocation)
Speakers : Tarik Mira (Algeria), Moha Ennaji (INLAC, Fez), Driss Maghraoui (Al-Akhawayn University), Maria-Angels Roque (IE Med, Spain), George Joffé (Cambridge University, U.K), Filippo Bignami (University of Southern Switzerland- SUPSI)
12:30 – 13 :30
-Presentation of the general dictionary of the Amazigh language by Meftaha Ameur (IRCAM)
-Presentation of the novel "Funny Spring" by its author Youssouf Amine Elalamy
Moderator: Juliane Tauchnitz (University of Leipzig)

Saturday 12 May
Afternoon
15 :00 – 16 :30
Room 1
Third Session : Amazigh Culture, democracy and Literature
Moderator: Johan Goud (University of Utrecht)
Speakers : Jilali Saib (Morocco), Alberto Tonini (University of Florence), Abdelkader Benali (Amsterdam), Bouthaina Ben Kridis (University of Carthage), Juliane Tauchnitz (University of Leipzig), Hamid Bahri (City University of New York)
16:30 – 17 :00 Coffee break
Room 1
17:00 – 18 :00
Poetry reading: Saida Khiari, Bassou Oujebbour, Hammou Khalla, Mohamed Akouray
Moderator: Mohammed Moubtassime (University of Fez)
Room 2
17:00 – 18 :30
Parallel Session: Painting Workshop
Supervised by Khadija Madani Alaoui (University of Fez) and Tarek Sadki (University of Fez)

Sunday 13 May
Morning
9 :00 – 10 :30
Room 2
Parallel Session: Clown theatre for children (8 years plus)
By Annick Renault (France)
9 :00 – 10 :30
Room 1
Fourth Session : Amazigh Culture and Women’s Movement
Moderator: Fouad Saa (University of Fes)
Speakers : Loubna Amhair (Morocco), Aziza Ouguir (Morocco), Enza Palamara (François Rabelais University, Tours), Jean-Marie Simon (France), Fatima Sadiqi (INLAC, Morocco), Mohamed Taifi (United States)
10 :30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11 :00 – 12 :30
Room 1
Fifth Session : Amazigh Culture, Multiculturalism and Democracy after the "Arab Spring"
Moderator: Mohamed Bokbot (Dean of the Faculty of Letters, University of Fez)
Speakers : Diederik Vandewalle (Dartmouth College), Johan Goud (University of Utrecht), Noha Bakr (Egypt), Madina Touré (University of Nouakchott), Rachid Raha (The Amazigh World), Mino Vianello (University of Rome)
12:30 – 13 :00 -Photos Exhibitions "Ait Séghrouchen, Hommes Libres" by Michel Rissoan (France) : Commented by Jean-Marie Simon
Moderator: Mohand Rguig (Faculty of Letters, University of Fez)
13 :00 Recommendations and closing

Sunday 13 may
Afternoon
17 :00 – 19 :00 Guided Tour of the Medina (optional)

Commentators:
Souad Slaoui—El Hassan Hjiej-- Driss Rhomari--Rachid Elouardy--Kebir Sandi--Mohyiddine Benlakhdar--Khadija Hassala-- Mohammed Yachoulti--Fouad Saa--Fatima Hnini--Said Gafaiti--Mohand Rguig--Abdelmounaim Azzouzi--Abdeslam Jamai --Mustapha Aouine-- Kamal Elaissaoui-- Mounia Slighwa -- Karima Nour El Aissaoui—Assia Bouayad --Ahmed Falah

Photos Exhibitions by Michel Rissoan (France) OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE FESTIVAL
Paints Exhibitions by Khadija Madani Alaoui and Tarik Sadki



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Free Concert :exciting traditional British folk songs

The Hot Tank Five bring an exciting mix of traditional folk songs from the British Isle, drawing from the Scottish, English and Irish folk traditions, and even highlighting a transatlantic folk connection to the American bluegrass tradition

The members of the band have learned the music over many years through oral tradition sung, learned and exchanged around a campfire, as has been the custom for hundreds of years. The Hot Tank 5 take these traditional songs and melodies, adding their own contemporary stamp, thereby contributing to the living tradition of folk music. Expect rousing sailor songs, relentless bluegrass reels and raucous drinking songs.

Hot Tank 5 in Concert! Traditional English Folk Music
Saturday April 14 @ 7 PM
ALIF Riad, 6 Derb Drissi, Batha Fes Medina

Free and open to the general public.
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Saturday - Jazz in Fez

This Saturday at the Hotel Sahrai the Majid Bekkas Quartet will give a concert of Afro Gnaoua jazz hosted by the Institut Français de Fès

The concert runs from 19:00 to 22:00 at the Hotel Sahrai, Bab Elghoul, 81611 Fez.

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Merzouga Festival 2018 -5th to 8th April

The Merzouga Festival is the place to be for great music in a stunning environment - four days of food, music and nomadic culture

"The nomadic life is more human, and takes into account its environment in a global way. Still today, the nomad puts his life in the hands of nature and considers wandering, traveling, mobility as the only way to establish a link between oneself, the group and the Universe. The nomad is a part of the natural environment, the environment … It goes with the stars, knows the rhythm of the different seasons thanks to all kinds of natural indications …"

Nomadism is above all a link between peoples and species, through the cultures, manners and customs existing on this earth. Nomads are good connoisseurs of nature. They moved according to the seasons, from one stage to another, from one people to another. Over time, they are enriched by different cultures, mystical beliefs, from the perception of heaven and earth, the visible and the invisible.

Merzouga is the default name used to refer to the whole region lying between the city of Rissani and the Algerian border. It includes the villages of Hassi Labiad, Taouz, Khamlia and Merzouga. At the side of the black and rocky desert, red sand rises as far as the eye can see, offering a decoration that keeps changing with the winds and sunlight. It is the Erg Chebbi, an immense set of dunes that are higher than 150 metres. You are at the gateway to the Sahara, the largest hot desert in the world. Welcome to the neighbours of heaven, those whose silence is the greatest wisdom. It is the empire of blue men where smile and hospitality will always prevail. These desert dwellers have a heart as vast as the horizons around them. This place has stopped in time to blend in with the absolute of true beauty, unchangeable, and inexhaustible. His wind seems to tell the origin of Creation. You will find all the simplicity of the world at your feet, and the most distant constellations within reach of your hands.

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East Meets West - Free Concert in Fez

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Concert with Shishani Vranckx in Fez!

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Free Concert in Fez on Saturday

There is a free concert on Saturday, November 25 at 7 PM at the ALIF Riad 6 Derb Drissi, Batha Fes Medina

Mehdi El Bouzaidi has been a singer-songwriter for 8 years. He studied at the La Famille Music School, which helped him improve his singing talent. He was a member of a Fusion Band in his hometown and has performed multiple shows in different Moroccan cities.

This show will be a mix of original compositions and song covers, all sung by Mehdi with guitar accompaniment.

This concert, organised by ALC Fes Drama and Music Clubs, is free and open to the general public.

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Cultural Events in Fez

The French Institute in Fez is presenting music and film.

MONTH OF THE DOCUMENTARY - 18 th Edition
Evening dedicated to Jean Rouch on Saturday, November 25, 19h, at Cinema Boujloud
Chronicle of a Summer.  Entry is free

Paris summer 1960, Edgar Morin and Jean Rouch interview Parisians on how they are coping with life. First question: Are you happy? The themes are varied: love, work, leisure, culture, racism etc. The film is also a questioning of documentary cinema: cinema verite and cinema-lie. Which character do we play in front of a camera and in life

JAZZ CONCERT

DUO: ERIC  LE LANN AND PAUL LAY
Tuesday, November 28, 19h, Dar Batha
Free admission (limited availability)

Eric Le Lann, trumpet player, is one of those elusive musicians who inhabits a world that is rich and varied. He went through all styles without ever denying his membership in the jazz and identity of jazz.
Paul Lay, pianist Martial Solal says has: "Excellent harmonic imagination, diverse game, the most interesting compositions obvious knowledge of jazz history, personal speech. Paul Lay everything to "rise" and last! "


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