Dina El Wedidi | Samora Pinderhughes | Emel Mathlouthi

Egyptian folk music intersects with American jazz in an innovative and intimate cross-boundary double-bill

Dina El Wedidi (Egypt) (Friday , March 1)

Dina El Wedidi's soul-stirring vocals and innovative approach to music have earned her acclaim both in Egypt and on the international stage. Her music is influenced by Egyptian folk music and Arab poetry, resonating with the beauty of cultural diversity. In this captivating show, she will enchant the audience by performing a selection of her previous albums and new singles tracks with various producers that present her as a singer and as a music composer, each representing a chapter in her remarkable career. El Wedidi performed in The Arts Center’s first season as part of The Nile Project.

Samora Pinderhughes (U.S.) (Friday , March 1)

Pianist/vocalist, composer, interdisciplinary artist, and surrealist Samora Pinderhughes is known for his honest lyrics, his harmonic language, his vulnerable visuals, his sociopolitical commentary, and his commitment to making art that is of use to everyday life. His work delves into all the things society tries to hide - about its history, about its structures, and about the individual and daily things we all experience but don’t know how to talk about. His art is an invitation to feel things deeply and to think deeply about how we all live.

Emel Mathlouthi (Tunisia) (Saturday, March 2)

Emel Mathlouthi is a songwriter, composer, guitarist, and singer who brings a powerful brand new sound to Tunisian music. Endowed with an outstanding voice, her early career drew comparisons to Joan Baez, Sister Marie Keyrouz, and the Lebanese diva Fairouz - propelled by her global anthem “Kelmti Horra (My Word is Free),” while her more recent projects have been compared to Bjork and Kate Bush. In her environmentally-themed project Everywhere We Looked Was Burning, which she’ll perform accompanied by electronics and a string quartet, Mathlouthi has shifted and complicated her sound, incorporating a dark atmosphere, expansive electronics, and digital glitches, without losing her spirit. As anyone who has seen or heard her perform knows, all of her work is powered forward by her otherworldly operatic voice, a voice that is comfortable in the streets, in a club or theater, or at the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. The trio joining Emel’s performance includes Klaudia Olborska-Szymańska on violin, Rebecca Saxby on viola, and Giulia Gallazzi on cello.

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