AARHUS JAZZ FESTIVAL
July 13 - 20 2024
OMID ((DK)) - Photo:

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OMID ((DK))

15:00

70
Camilla Dayyani (p, voc), Johan Toftegaard Knudsen (sax), Maher Mahmoud (oud)

Jazz & Poetry in a Middle Eastern soundscape

An intimate and evocative concert focused on lyrics and the common man. Persian and Danish lyrics rendered side by side and poets such as Omar Khayyam, Forough Farrokhzad, Pia Tafdrup, and Pief Hein find themselves in an unusual company, which highlights their similarities instead of their differences.

OMID means hope in Persian, and hope is the underlying drive in this trio. The band primarily plays compositions by Camilla Dayyani, who fuses her Iranian roots with jazz, but there will also be a few new renditions of folk tunes in their repertoire.

In addition to Camilla Dayyani on piano and vocals, the trio consists of Johan Toftegaard Knudsen from Denmark, who plays saxophones, clarinets, and kaval, and Maher Mahmoud from Syria on oud. 

The three musicians are very active on the Danish music scene in the jazz and world music genres and, not least, in what lies between those genres.


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Organizer
Hotel Carmel
30 54 72 20
Info/Ticket
Billetter købes i døren Cover charge 70 DKK

Aarhus Jazz Festival

Godsbanen, Skovgaardsgade 3

DK-8000 Aarhus C