A rare opportunity to hear the British-Palestinian singer & musicologist in concert with her long time artistic collaborator.
About this Event

Reem Kelani has developed an extraordinary, seamless fusion of Arabic music and jazz, with her exceptionally talented and long time artistic collaborator, Bruno Heinen, professor of jazz piano and jazz composition. Together, they will perform a mixture of traditional songs from Palestine and the Arab world as well as her own settings of contemporary Palestinian poetry.

“When (Reem Kelani) told me earlier that she did not see any difference between jazz and Arabic music, it sounded a stretch; here, for a moment, the two spin together so fast they sound like one” (The FT)

The jazz pianist Bruno Heinen’s “skill on the keys deftly slips from classical jazz to Middle Eastern-inspired minor chords to 15th century troubadour….. Kelani and Heinen's musical variety shines throughout the performance.” Works In Progress community newspaper, Olympia, Washington State, USA

“The Porters Anthem takes an interesting turn. Bruno Heinen’s jazz piano intro hints at oriental Ellington and has playful little figures that remind me of Milhaud’s Le Boeuf Sur Le Toit. I wonder how Reem’s music plays in the Arab world and I recall Fairuz’s to me excellent jazz-influenced phase. I may be wrong but seems one doesn’t hear so much of this kind of musical blending from the Arab world these days. And this all adds to the uniqueness that is Reem Kelani.” Musicdeli