Hijaz
Hijaz is a multi-ethnic group based around the dialogue between the oud and the piano. Hijaz is an Arabic musical scale but also holds a clear reference to jazz. Where Arabic music is the starting point, jazz is the open attitude towards diverse musical cultures.
Hijaz is a close quartet exploring differences and similarities in Mediterranean cultures in order to create harmony, warmth and musical beauty. On their 3th CD called Nahadin, Hijaz reinvented itself to the essence, the source of the musicality and in their compositions.
In this new form Hijaz experimented, composed and recorded new music in the summer of 2013 with to guests: Abir Nasraoui (voice, Tunesia) and Carlo Rizzo (percussion, Italy). With mutual respect and understanding Hijaz accomplished what in real life seems so hard: to unite cultures.
Musically Nahadin is the next step for Hijaz. Loosing all boundaries, all grip, Hijaz dulges into Music. No more verse, chorus and bridge, just organic music that flows like water and enchants the listener.
new in 2020 : upcoming project with strings
album : 10 years of Hijaz
More than 10 years already, Hijaz is searching for the perfect symbioses between Mediterranean warmth, polyrhythmic structures and musical virtuosity. In a tight formation of four core musicians, Hijaz captured the magic of the moment during two live sessions in Brussels and Antwerp. The result of those recordings is an album celebrating the 10 years of existence of the band. The album consists of new and old material and will be released on the 31st of March 2017, exclusively on vinyl.
After Dunes (2008), Chemsi (2011) and Nahadin (2014), Hijaz developed a very personal musical language where Arabic scales refer to the Tunisian roots of oud player Moufadhel Adhoum, and where the assymetric grooves find their roots in the Greek origin of piano player Niko Deman. It is the dialogue between piano and oud that lays the foundations of the music, supported by percussion and double bass, occasionally enriched with flute.
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history highlights
Preveza Jazz Festival (greece) ::: Athens Jazz Festival Technopolis (Greece) ::: EFG London Jazz Festival @ Rich Mix (London) ::: Visa For Music ( Marocco) ::: U-jazz @ Rasa (Utrecht) ::: Porgy & Bess Terneuzen (NL) ::: Theatre Ibn Khaldoun (Algers) ::: Studio de L'Ermitage (Paris) ::: Al Mawred El Thaqafy (Cairo) ::: Hnita Jazz Club (Heist-Op-Den-Berg) ::: Abbaye Neumumster (Luxembourg) ::: Moods (Zurich) ::: Gaume Jazz (BE) ::: Bimhuis Amsterdam (NL) ::: Institute du Monde Arabe (Paris) ::: Union Chapel (London) ::: Dima Jazz Constantine (Algeria) ::: Vrijstraat O Oostende (BE) ::: Semaine de la Musique Instrumentale (Tunis) ::: Salle Centrale / A.P.C.A.A. Genève (CH) ::: Flemish Jazz Meeting (BE) ::: Festival d'Art (Huy) ::: Youth Festival Pirdop (Bulgaria) ::: Brosella Brussel (BE)
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2900 Schoten
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