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Musical Diasporas – a journey in gnawa music of Maghreb

Musical diaspora (third date)Journey in gnawa music of Maghreb. Oumaima Belamdi’s gentle voice took us on a journey with Abdullah Ajerrar’s gimbri and metal castanets, accompanied by Gianluca Sia. Like the Brazilian Macumba and other Afro-descendant music, Gnawa aims to cure women and men of the physical and psychological ills[…]

Musical Diasporas – Journey through the music of the Far East

Have you ever been to the Far East, to China? Have you ever listened to traditional Chinese music and seen Chinese musical instruments with a history of over 2000 years?The Ensemble du Sud will offer an interesting encounter on Chinese music. You can listen to wonderful Chinese music, get to[…]

Music workshop and concert in Bologna with Kimia

The Sound Routes is an initiative funded through the Creative Europe Programme of the European Community and dedicated to the social and professional integration of migrant musicians and political refugees. The project is coordinated by the Spanish music agency Marmaduke and includes several workshops, jam sessions and concerts in Spain,[…]

World Refugee Week: Blind Live Concert with Dudù Kouate and Luca Bernard

And for our last event for World Refugee Week, we travel to Bologna, to the International Museum and Library of Music, where Bologna Jazz Festival has hosted a masterclass on African percussions and traditional African instruments with Dudù Kouatè (Senegal) -who was later joined by Luca Bernard for the Blind[…]

Sound Routes: Music for World Refugee Week 2021

Music brings us together, and it has been a relief during the long months of COVID-19. The Coronavirus (Covid-19) proves to us that borders are only a political convention. As humans, we are all linked, regardless of our cultures and backgrounds. Let’s forget for a moment these political borders ruled[…]

World Refugee Day 2020: Reda Zine and Danilo Mineo

🎶 Today is World Refugee Day. That’s why Bologna Jazz Festival is organizing a live stream radio and web marathon together with its European partners!→ Listen to performances from Bologna, Seville and Ghent with on the program: Osama Abdulrasol, Francois Waistfer, Reda Zine, Danilo Mineo, One Pac and Fellows, Soundroutes[…]

World Refugee Day 2020: Nasser Haj Wahlo

🎶 Today is World Refugee Day. That’s why Bologna Jazz Festival is organizing a live stream radio and web marathon together with its European partners!→ Listen to performances from Bologna, Seville and Ghent with on the program: Osama Abdulrasol, Francois Waistfer, Reda Zine, Danilo Mineo, One Pac and Fellows, Soundroutes[…]

Jazz Home Delivery: Kalifa Kone

With Jazz Home Delivery – #laculturanonsiferma Bologna Jazz Festival and Camera – jazz & music clubs contributed to the coronavirus emergency fundraising campaign established by Emilia-Romagna Region. This time, the Jazz Home Delivery is brought by Kalifa Kone and he plays balafon, n’goni and percussions Born in Bamako, Kalifa Kone plays drums[…]

Jazz Home Delivery: Sourakhata Dioubate

With Jazz Home Delivery – #laculturanonsiferma Bologna Jazz Festival and Camera – jazz & music clubs contributed to the coronavirus emergency fundraising campaign established by Emilia-Romagna Region. From their homes, during the worst of the COVID Pandemic, musicians took to their instruments to bring joy and contribute to the social effort. This[…]