Christos Barbas & Nabil Naïr: Greek-Turkish-Mediterranean Modal Music
Christos Barbas – ney, piano, lavta, voice, keys, effects
Nabil Naïr – piano, clarinette, ney
Using the richness of their diverse musical journeys, where a multiplicity of airs and feelings of belonging intermingle, Christos Barbas and Nabil Naïr bring a very particular musical proposal, not only for its format and instrumentation, but also for its sound character and the place from which it touches us. Having delved into the modal music of the Greek – Turkish and Mediterranean traditions, they rediscover their similar affinities for the beauty of the melodies, the atmospheres of delicate minimalism and the strength of rhythmic games.
From the intimacy and fragility of the duo format, which gives them a lot of space to occupy -or to leave blank-, they believe in the growing need to generate such places and they create and share original compositions to explore these crossroads, structured by a singular sensitivity, by listening and freedom in improvisation. To paraphrase the Franco-Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf, what makes them themselves and not others is that they are somewhere straddling different lands, several languages and a wide range of musical traditions.
That is their identity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms8_PhyJyes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZx7iQ-ACSg
P h o t o g r a p h : © T r i s t á n P é r e z - M a r t í n
Art Base, Wed’day 24/9/25 20h 20h, 15E ( reduced 10E for students under 26 and jobseekers),
29 rue des Sables Zandstraat, 1000 Bruxelles, https://www.art-base.be.
For reservations send to to
Nabil Naïr – piano, clarinette, ney
Using the richness of their diverse musical journeys, where a multiplicity of airs and feelings of belonging intermingle, Christos Barbas and Nabil Naïr bring a very particular musical proposal, not only for its format and instrumentation, but also for its sound character and the place from which it touches us. Having delved into the modal music of the Greek – Turkish and Mediterranean traditions, they rediscover their similar affinities for the beauty of the melodies, the atmospheres of delicate minimalism and the strength of rhythmic games.
From the intimacy and fragility of the duo format, which gives them a lot of space to occupy -or to leave blank-, they believe in the growing need to generate such places and they create and share original compositions to explore these crossroads, structured by a singular sensitivity, by listening and freedom in improvisation. To paraphrase the Franco-Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf, what makes them themselves and not others is that they are somewhere straddling different lands, several languages and a wide range of musical traditions.
That is their identity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms8_PhyJyes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZx7iQ-ACSg
P h o t o g r a p h : © T r i s t á n P é r e z - M a r t í n
Art Base, Wed’day 24/9/25 20h 20h, 15E ( reduced 10E for students under 26 and jobseekers),
29 rue des Sables Zandstraat, 1000 Bruxelles, https://www.art-base.be.
For reservations send to to
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De Clercq Frans suivre (24/04/2025)
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Le 24 septembre
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