Free Concert in Fez Medina

A History of Popular Music in England & America. Gary Ward, Jimi Whyte & Tom Vernon in Concert

Starting pre-20th century, folk songs were regularly sung all over the US and UK. These songs were adapted in many ways to fit the music of other genres emerging around the turn of the 20th Century: Jazz, Blues, Gospel, the orchestras of the 20s-40s leading into Rhythm & Blues, Rock and Roll.

This was followed by the mass explosion of new musical genres which emerged in the 1960s right through to the current day.

The show will explore each musical genre through the decades using electric guitar, electric bass, and drums.

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

Friday, February 26 at 7 PM
ALIF Riad, 6 Derb Drissi, Batha
Contact: Hamza El Fasiki - 06 49 89 41 97

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Alright Gandhi - Free Concert in Fez

Berlin based group Alright Gandhi in Concert will give a free concert on Friday (February 12th) at 7 pm at the ALIF Riad, 6 Derb Drissi, Batha

Alright Gandhi formed in Berlin 2014, a place where people come to from all over the world to do whatever they feel like and nobody minds. Kalle Enkelmann (DE), Pietro Fornara (IT) and Rosa Gerhards (UK) met each other in the chaos of underground jam sessions and psychedelic jazz nights to play music on wild and crowded weekdays.

Lyricist and singer Rosa Gerhards

The band became an intimate alternative, a little oasis of songs visited by friends and musicians recorded by Kalle as the songs materialise. Alright Gandhi exists by the same motto as its carefree environment: if it smells good tastes good sounds good, say yes! But it goes far away from heavy industrial Berlin. Full of acoustic, natural sound, it's the calm voice reflecting how all that freedom feels.

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Free Concert in Fez ~ Thursday, March 19th

Josephine Foster Ensemble in Concert in Fez

Colorado (USA) singer-songwriter Josephine Foster will perform a collection of her songs accompanied by Spanish guitarist Victor Herrero, Icelandic cellist Gyða Valtýsdottir and London-based artist-performer Nissa Nishikawa.

Josephine Foster's music and singing channels the spirit of collective anonymous music and dismantles rigidly composed song.

She performs frequently with her husband Victor Herrero, guitar virtuoso from Spain. Her collaborations have been with diverse musicians such as Keiji Heino, Michael Hurley, Sonny Simmons, Ed Askew, Michael Zerang, Chris Scruggs, Paz Lenchantin, Gyda Valtysdottir, the Master Musicians of Joujouka, and the Cherry Blossoms.

Victor Herrero was introduced to music in his childhood while living in the famous monastery Franco erected in a mountain valley of Madrid (El Valle de los Caídos). There he learned to sing Gregorian and Mozarabic chant under the guidance of Benedictine monks.

He frequently collaborates with his wife, Josephine Foster, as they perform together in concert, as well as in the recording studio. His music embodies different styles that have all formed a part of his experience; classical, folkloric and contemporary threads all united under the strong influence of traditional Andalusian music.

Gyða Valtýsdottir is an Icelandic musician. Armed with a bow & cello she moves vividly between realms of any kind, composing, performing and recording music with a variety of artists, from electronic to folk music, baroque to spontaneous compositions.

She studied in Rimsky- Korsakov Conservatory St. Petersburg, Russia and Basel Conservatory, Switzerland, where she received a Master's in Performance and Improvisation.

Nissa Nishikawa is an artist based in London. Her performances transform environments of scientific, sacred and cultural interest, which speak of an ancient place to the ancient body of the audience. She spent her formative years in the region of Yamanashi, Japan training with the organization Dance Resources on Earth (Min Tanaka). She studied Fine Arts at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Stage Arts at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London. She also practices dervish turning of the Mevlevi order. Nishikawa's work has been shown internationally in theatres, museums, galleries, fields, forests and film.

DETAILS
Thursday, March 19 at 7 PM at the ALIF Riad, 6 Derb Drissi, Batha
This concert, organized by the ALC-ALIF Music Club, is free and open to the public.

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Andalusian Music Concert in Fez ~ Free Entry

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Young Fez Pianist in Concert Saturday

Home-grown pianist Lina Berrada shows her skill tonight at 7 pm at a concert at the French Institute at Dar Batha

Born in 1999 in Fez, Lina Berrada this year was awarded First Prize in the HRH Lalla Meryem Piano Competition. She's trained for years at the Fez Conservatory of Music and at the Ecole Normale de Musique Alfred Cortot. She's also attended a Golden Keys Master Class in Villemomble led by Gerard Gahnassia, and has received a piano diploma from the Ministry of Culture - the youngest pianist to achieve that in Morocco.

Come and support this talented young woman in her quest for a professional career.

When: Saturday January 10 at 7 pm
Where: French Institute, Dar Batha
Cost: Free


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Piano Concert on Saturday November 22

French Pianist Eric Artz plays tomorrow night at 8 PM at the French Institute at Dar Batha. His repertoire will include Chopin, Rachmaninov, Liszt and Debussy

Eric Artz has played as a soloist since he was a teenager, and was awarded First Prize at the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris in 2012. He is also a prizewinner of more than 20 other international competitions.

Born in 1983 in France, he began studying spiano at the age of 7. He gained entrance to the Paris Conservatoire National Superieur at 14. After receiving his Master's degree, he won First Prize awarded unanimously as well as the CNSMDP Diploma of Artist (Doctorate).

He is the prizewinner of 20 National and International competitions, including the Geneva
competition, Maria Canals (Spain), and the Epinal competition (France). He is also laureate of the Cziffra Foundation and the Natexis Banque Populaire Foundation.

Artz has played as a solist with orchestras since his early years, with French orchestras
(Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Orchestre de la Garde Républicaine for Radio
France) and with the Prague Chamber Orchestra.

He has performed abroad in Austria ( Salzburg), Italy ( Rome ), Sardinia (Cagliari), and in Switzerland, Germany, England (London), Israel ( Tel Aviv Opera house, Jerusalem), Ireland (Dublin) and also in Japan.

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Free Concert in Fez Friday: Singer Michael Miller

American singer/songwriter Michael Miller will be giving a free concert at the ALIF Riad this Friday night, October 31 at 7.30 PM. His expressive melodies and lyrics are largely inspired by love-gone-wrong.

While unhappy relationships may be hard on the heart, they are good for creativity, says the Los Angeles based Miller. "My songs are good, sad, heartbreak songs. They are actually hopeful songs, but other people interpret them as heartbreaking."

Yet Miller has reason to be happy with his life. While he is playing solo on this trip to Morocco, back home his regular band is formed of a floating group of top drawer musicians, including drummer Butch Norton and bassist David Sutton, who also both play with Lucinda Williams; and guitarist Jason Roberts, who also plays with Norah Jones.

He lives near the beach in Los Angeles, and wakes up to the sound of the ocean. Born in LA, Miller's parents headed for Northern California when he was young, and he made his way back to the big city when he was old enough to have the choice. He grew up in a musical household.

“My mother performed and sang professionally with her sisters and toured state fairs and made regular appearances on television and radio shows," he says. "There was constant singing in the Miller house. I can remember her rocking me to sleep with the Mockingbird lullaby, sweet a cappella hymns each Sunday at church, backseat harmony choruses on our long, summer vacation road trips. It was as natural and normal as exhaling or eating or laughing.”

Having learned guitar as a teenager, Miller began to write songs seriously while in his twenties. Regular travelling has also been a source of inspiration. "I love getting lost, literally, in strange lands, diving in and immersing myself in the local culture...It’s sort of like soul mining. I get to go dig for beauty and truth in other people’s backyards and the discoveries and treasure-finds typically end up in my songs in some way.”

In Fez for a month, hosted by the American Language Center, Miller believes that Moroccan traditional society has much to offer. "In the West, we are spinning; trying to achieve empty pursuits...I come from a traditional family; a slower way of living, so I can understand how things are here. At first, when you come in with a Western way of doing things, you think, "Hurry up. But hurry up for what? Life is one long thing.

"All artists question why they make art, and if it will endure. And then you come here and you see that art is a part of life."

When: Friday October 31 at 7.30 PM
Where: ALIF Riad, 6 Derb Drissi, Fez Medina.
Cost: Free

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Free Concert in Fez: Ykeda Duo

Tonight, Saturday October 18 at 7 PM, is a free concert by renowned pianists, Ykeda Duo. Their program includes Ravel, Smetana, Chabrier, Brams, Saint-Saens and Dvorak

Tamayo Ikeda is the winner of numerous international awards, including the prestigious Francis Poulenc in 1999. Together with her partner, French pianist Patrick Zygmanowski, the Ykeda Duo has become a key representative of the repertoire of four hand piano.

Having mastered Japanese, Patrick is a permanent guest professor at the College of Music in Osaka, while Tamayo has joined Patrick in his native Gironde as the joint artistic director of the Festival des Musiques in the Entre-Deux-Mers region.

They perform at major venues such as the Salle Cortot in Paris, Tokyo’s Bunka Kaikan and New York’s Carnegie Hall. Their numerous tours have taken them to Indonesia, North America, Japan, South Africa, Morocco, and Eastern Europe, where audiences “love their acrobatic feats on the keyboard, their humor, the sheer showmanship of these piano jousts, and the superhuman perfection of their performances” (Arièle Butaux).

When: Saturday October 18 at 7 PM
Where: Institute Français, Dar Batha, Fez Medina
Cost: Free
Info: CLICK HERE

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Free Concert in Fez: Andalusian Music

Shams al Andalous are giving a free concert on Wednesday night at 7.30 at ALIF Riad

To see a clip of Shams al Andalous CLICK HERE. 

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