MEO Culture Desk, "Abu Dhabi continues successful World Music concerts" - Middle East Online - Abu Dhabi, UAEWednesday December 24, 2008
Abu Dhabi brings its audience avant-garde flamenco of Diego Amador, mystical sufi blend of Badila Ensemble
The Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage continues this January its highly successful series of World Music concerts with the avant-garde flamenco of Diego Amador and the mystical sufi blend of Badila Ensemble.
Director of Arts and Culture Abdulla Salim al Amri says: “We have been impressed by the response of the audience that has filled Al Dhafra Auditorium on every single occasion: a diverse mix of nationalities, ethnicities, ages and social backgrounds, united by love of music from Jazz to Folk to Fusion. They gave standing ovations and demanded encores from such a variety of artists as Liu Fang, Dennys Baptiste and Taksim Trio.”
“With this kind of audience on board we are encouraged to continue bringing to Abu Dhabi the superb artists we have engaged this year, hoping that we make a small contribution to peoples’ understanding of the incredible uniting force that is Music around the world,”he added.
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The Badila Ensemble/ France, India, Pakistan
Enter the world of trans-oriental Sufi groove with this extraordinary intercontinental Ensemble.
Initiated by the French percussionist Bastien Lagatta, Badila is the project of refined fusion between western and eastern soundscapes, where Islamic influences merge with Hindu traditions, Indian rhythms converge with Arab and Persian melodies.
Badila proposes a unifying vision and an open modern dialogue where secret worlds come together in a feast of the imagination for an unforgettable live experience.
Thursday 15 January 2009; Abu Dhabi, Al Dhafra Auditorium, Cultural Foundation, 8.30 pm.
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