Gnawa Now with Masters Marouane Lbahja and Simo Lagnawi (presented by Guggenheim Abu Dhabi)

A concert of Gnawa music, an ancient African-Moroccan trance musical that brings together ritual poetry and traditional music and dance. Experience a rhythmic performance of intensifying music with the unique sounds of the krakebs (castanets) and gimbri (a three-stringed guitar). This live event will be led by Gnawa Masters Marouane Lbahja and Simo Lagnawi in collaboration with artist Hassan Hajjaj.

This concert is presented by Guggenheim Abu Dhabi as part of the public programme 'Hassan Hajjaj: From the Streets of Marrakech to the Heart of Abu Dhabi'.


Image: Hassan Hajjaj, Simo Gnawa London, 2018/1440, Metallic Lambda on 3mm dibond (detail). Courtesy of the artist and The Third Line, Dubai.