Swiss-based Lebanese composer, guitar and oud virtuoso Mahmoud Turkmani is considered an innovator of classical Arabic
music. The starting point of his audio-visual performance, featuring six musicians and Swiss video artist and VJ Michael Spahr, consists of poems from «Sentimental Archives of a War in Lebanon» by
Lebanese lyricist Nadia Tuéni. How does language translate into music and film? Or as Turkmani puts it: «It is an attempt to turn words into images and music into language and to form a whole.»
The concert is preceded by a preview of «Ya Sharr Mout», a documentary film on Mahmout Turkmani by Swiss film maker Sabine Gisiger. (jwy)

There is a combined ticket (CHF 30.-)  for the film by Sabine Gisiger (19.30 hrs) band the concert of Mahoud Turkmani (21.00 hrs) available. Please order the combined ticket with the corresponding code you find in the programme