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A Ticket to Aleppo

New European Ensemble & Orchestre Partout
Fri 23 Oct / 20:15
Fri 23 Oct ’26
20:15
  • Fri 23 Oct ’26
    20:15
    Nieuwe Kerk, The Hague
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A Ticket to Aleppo presents a rare musical dialogue between Arab and Western traditions. Musicians from Aleppo - a city with a centuries-old, refined musical tradition - collaborate with the New European Ensemble to create a new sonic landscape in which ancient songs and new compositions go hand in hand.

Instruments such as oud, qanun and riq are combined with violin, viola, cello and flute. From the spontaneous improvisations of all the musicians, composer Kika Sprangers develops a new score: a hybrid language rooted in the melodic and poetic Syrian tradition, while at the same time embracing the freedom and experimentation of contemporary Western music. The result is neither folklore nor a classical concert, but an artistic borderland: music that sounds both familiar and estranging, where melodic refinement, microtonality and rhythmic cycles from Aleppo meet Western timbre, harmony and form.

Cloakroom and drink  
Cloakroom and an intermission drink are included. If the event does not have an intermission, you will receive the drink afterwards.  

Part of

This concert is part of Imaginary Cities, a series in which Orchestre Partout and leading Dutch ensembles annually develop new works at the intersection of Middle Eastern musical cultures and contemporary European practice.

Ooievaarspas discount  
Ooievaarspas holders are eligible for a discount on the ticket price for this concert. To book tickets, we need to see your Ooievaarspas for registration purposes. Please contact our booking office to book your tickets.  

Credits

New European Ensemble:
Emlyn Stam viola
Felicia van den End flute
Porter Ellerman percussion
Rada Ovcharova violin
Willem Stam cello 

Orchestre Partout:
Háshem Kabreet percussion, presentation
Jack Sabbagh qanun
Nouf Rafea play
Nour Wahedi vocals, oud
Salah Eddine Mesbah vocals
Tony Overwater double bass, composition, arrangements
Titia Bouwmeester text
Ted van Leeuwen conductor
Danielle van Vree dramaturgy, text

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