Shakuar

Thu, Aug 3, 2023

Shakuar | NL/NAM/MAR

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What do you get when you mix Sufi poetry, spiritual traditions and Arabic singing techniques with influences from hip-hop, R&B and electronic music? Shakuar.  

Location

BLVRD Theater

Duration

50 min.

Entrance fee

€19

Genre

Vieren

Date

Thu, Aug 3, 2023

Time

8:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Accessibility

suitable for the blind and partially sighted

Shakuar brings together vocalists Shishani and Karima el Fillali, artists with a deep sense of intimacy, who create enchanting and transformative music. The performance combines African and European musical styles, such as gnawa, R&B and hip-hop, with contemporary electronic styles. As the vocalists change between the languages Oshiwambo, Darija, Arabic, English, French and Spanish and their voices intertwine, the concepts of identity and culture are challenged.  

  

Shakuar takes you on a journey through different realms; from spiritual to worldly, from loneliness to the desire to celebrate together, and from cultural boundaries to boundlessness.  

  

In 2020, Shakuar collaborated with Het Haagse Residentie Orkest with whom they released the extraordinary live album Live at Gnawa Festival. 

The performance uses smoke.

Combiticket

You can buy a combiticket for this performance in combination with George & Eran - Je mag ook niks meer zeggen on Thursday 3 August. 

Click here to buy this combiticket.

Credits

Vocals, guitar Shishani
Vocals, guembri Karima el Fillali 
Live electronics Olivier Schreuder 
Keys Jochem Braat 
Photo Alwin Poiana