Iritjal is the Arabic word for ‘improvisation’. Iritjal is also the name of the festival for contemporary and experimental music founded in 2001 in Beirut, the oldest music festival in Beirut and one of the longest-running festivals in post-war Lebanon. It took place every year, has grown steadily ever since, and established itself as the most important festival of experimental music in the Middle East. To mark its 20th anniversary, the Irtijal Festival is cooperating with the concert series biegungen im ausland.
Essentially twelve musicians from Beirut and twelve musicians from Berlin take part in the festival, some of whom get to know each other anew and mostly form new groups. The festival extends over three days and will open on October 8 with an talk by Irtijal co-founder Mazen Kerbaj and biegungen curator Mathias Maschat. There are three different groups performing each evening, supplemented each day by a shorter solo set. In addition to the concerts, an exhibition designed by Hatem Imam on the occasion of 20 years of Irtijal can be seen in the foyer of the WABE.
Three days of concerts, talks, exhibition, Dj set with: Christine Abdelnour, Rabih Beaini, Burkhard Beins, Tony Buck, Paed Conca, Axel Dörner, Tony Elieh, Ali Hout, Hatem Imam, JD Zazie, Mazen Kerbaj, Abed Kobeissy, Andrew Lafkas, Magda Mayas, Aya Metwalli, Andrea Parkins, Youmna Saba, Sharif Sehnaoui, Fadi Tabbal, Liz Tabet, Michael Thieke, Michael Vorfeld, Biliana Voutchkova, Ute Wassermann & Raed Yassin.
BIEGUNGEN PRESENTS: Iritjal Festival Berlin
08-10.10.2021 | Doors 19:00 CET | Starts 19:30 CET
WABE Berlin | Danziger Strasse 101 in 10405 Berlin-Prenzaluer Berg
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08.10.2021
Opening talk with Mazen Kerbaj and Mathias Maschat
Praed Unplugged
Raed Yassin – double bass
Paed Conca – clarinet
Four or the Dragon
Abed Kobeissy – buzuq
Ali Hout – percussion
Ute Wassermann – voice
Andrea Parkins – accordion, electronics, objects
Fadi Tabbal – guitar
Liz (Elyse) Tabet – electronics, modular synthesizer
JD Zazie – turntables
Axel Dörner – trumpet
Michael Thieke – clarinet
09.10.2021
“Noise on Paper” – Präsentation von Hatem Imam
Magda Mayas – Clavinet
Abed Kobeissy – Buzuq
Fadi Tabbal – Gitarre
Tony Elieh – E-Bass
Tony Buck – Schlagzeug, Perkussion
Youmna Saba – Gitarre
Aya Metwalli – Synthesizer, Gitarre, Stimme
Biliana Voutchkova – Violine
Raed Yassin – Kontrabass
Andrew Lafkas – Kontrabass
Sharif Sehnaoui – Gitarre
10.10.2021
Aya Metwalli – Synthesizer, Gitarre, Stimme
Ali Hout – Perkussion
JD Zazie – Turntables
Andrew Lafkas – Kontrabass
Youmna Saba – Gitarre
Liz (Elyse) Tabet – Elektronik, Modular-Synthesizer
Khoumassi
Burkhard Beins – Perkussion
Michael Vorfeld – Perkussion
Mazen Kerbaj – Trompete
Sharif Sehnaoui – Gitarre
Christine Abdelnour – Saxophon
DJ-Set by Rabih Beaini
