Canticum Novum
ORIGINAL PROJECTSALL AUDIENCES
- Esther
- Canti di Gioia
- Envol(s) #1
- Envol(s) #2
- Hassan the traveller
- Samâ-ï
- Mediterraneo
- Theofáneia
- Ararat
- Paradaia
- Oyat
- Paz, Salam & Shalom
- Duo Manaraf
- Shiruku
YOUNG AUDIENCE

Samâ-ï
Alep, the cosmopolite
The city of Aleppo, one of the oldest cities in the world and the ancient capital of an Amorite kingdom, was also a key trading hub at the end of one of the Silk Roads. Over time, it built its prosperity on trade and its strategic position in the ancient and medieval Near East.
Through conquests and dominations, the city developed a strong multicultural tradition nourished by its Byzantine, Arab, Turkish, Kurdish and Sephardic communities, including the little-known yet astonishing variety of Eastern Christianity made up of Maronite Christians and Greek Orthodox Christians. Arab, Turkish, Kurdish and Sephardic communities, and including the little-known yet astonishing variety of Eastern Christianity made up of Maronite Christians, Greek Orthodox, Armenians, Syriac Christians, Nestorians and Copts.
Cast - 10 musicians
Gülay Hacer Toruk, Emmanuel Bardon, vocals
Valérie Dulac, viols
Aliocha Regnard, nyckelharpa
Bayan Rida, oud & vocals
Spyros Halaris, kanun & lute
Léa Maquart, kaval & ney flutes
Artyom Minasyan, duduk, pakou, zurna & blul
Henri-Charles Caget, Ismaïl Mesbahi, percussion
Press
Marie-Aude Roux, Le Monde, Septembre 2021
(...) les voix de la chanteuse turque Gülay Hacer Toruk et d’Emmanuel Bardon ont entonné cette musique au rythme obsédant dont le raffinement ornemental distille séduction et poésie. La jeune femme, qui se décrit comme une « brûleuse de chansons », possède une voix sensuelle et ductile, un art virtuose d’une grande délicatesse. A ses côtés, deux autres chanteurs instrumentistes, l’oudiste syrien Bayan Rida, dont le beau timbre sombre semble sculpter la mélodie, et Spyros Halaris, également joueur de kanoun et luthiste, dont la chaleur vibrante enveloppe la musique de soleil.
Discography

Samâ-ï
Ambronay, 2022
Concerts
Nantes, France
La Folle Journée de Nantes
Nantes, France
La Folle Journée de Nantes
La Lucerne-d'Outremer, France
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