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Gnaoua Trances at Philharmonie de Paris
Music · Thursday, October 29 · 20:00 · Paris
Philharmonie de Paris, 221 Av. Jean Jaurès
A trance-oriented evening highlighting the rich Gnawa musical culture through two artists: Maâlem Abdelkébir Merchane, iconic master of this ancestral art, and Hind Ennaira, radiant figure of the new generation.\n\nBorn in 1951 in Marrakech, Maâlem Abdelkébir Merchane is among the great promoters of Gnawa heritage. Initiated in childhood to the guembri (traditional stringed instrument), he sustains both the instrumental technique and the spiritual dimension of tagnaouite. A recognized guardian of the tradition, he has been passing on for decades the…