Artefact Sound: Abdullah Miniawy / Catharina Evens

• Catharina Evens

Catharina Evens is a Belgian experimental pianist. Moving between improvisation and composition, she experiments with various techniques that challenge and play with the general perception of the acoustic piano. By using the instrument's body and its rich resonant structure to amplify electronically manipulated acoustic sounds, she strives to create what she envisions as one unified sonic body. Through granular textures, playful fickleness, passing gust of sounds, minuscule dots, moving pianistic passages, percussive accents and rhythmic sequences, she creates her own absurd sound world full of narrative fragments.

• Abdullah Miniawy
(trio)

Abdullah Miniawy is one of the most influential voices in the vibrant Egyptian music scene (think Nadah El Shazly or Maurice Louca). The singer, poet, trumpeter, and actor combines classical Arabic singing and Sufism with jazz, opera, and experimental sounds. His virtuoso voice, dramatic performance style, and uniting message have brought him from MOMA to the European Parliament. After countless collaborations, including with Deena Abdelwahed, Wael Shawky, and Le Cri du Caire - with whom he won the French Grammys - Abdullah Miniawy returns to simplicity: a voice and two trombones. His new album Peacock dreams أَحْلَامُ الطَّاوُوسِ is an epic poem that unites the Western opera tradition with songs from the Arab Spring and other Egyptian and Gulf influences. Live, Miniawy goes straight to the heart: emotional, dramatic, with grand gestures and contrasts. In a divided political world, Miniawy creates a moment of connection and emotion.

Abdullah Miniawy: voice
Robinson Khoury: trombone
Jules Boittin: trombone