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A rare opportunity to hear the great British-Palestinian singer in concert with the exceptionally gifted Bruno Heinen on piano Reem Kelani has often been described as an ‘unofficial ambassador’ for the art and poetry of Palestine. Her first love musically was the jazz her father listened to, but at the age of nine she discovered Palestinian music when she was taken to a family wedding in Galilee. She has spent much of her life since researching the songs and singing styles of the Near and Middle East.
With her long-term collaborator Bruno Heinen, she has developed an extraordinary, seamless fusion of Arabic music and jazz. In Bath, she will be performing a mixture of traditional songs from Palestine and the wider Middle East as well as her own settings of contemporary Palestinian poetry.
She is, Max Reinhardt said on Radio 3, ‘an astonishing vocalist’. Her voice ‘will make the hairs on your neck stand up’ (Jazz UK); it ‘is holy, strong and seductive, like a call to prayer’ (the Evening Standard).
In these grim times, this promises to be a memorable evening of music, poetry and – inevitably – deep emotion.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Pump Room, Bath BA1 1LZ, The Pump Room, Stall Street, Bath, BA1 1LZ, United Kingdom,Bath, Somerset
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