Jazz Festival

Der Divan – The Arabic cultural house is glad to invite you to Divan Jazz festival on
2nd of July from 4pm to 9pm:

Registration for the festival on the following link: https://www.eventbrite.de/e/652663242327

Programm:

16:00 Film screening about the history of Jazz

17:00 “Afro-Arabic Jazz Conceptions” music discussion with Tarek Yamani

18:00 Music Performance by Tarek Yamani Trio: Tarek Yamani (Piano) – Igor Spallati: Bass
– Ugo Alunni: Drum

19:00 Music concert by Rolf Zielke Quintet : Rolf Zielke (Piano) – Peter Somos (Drums) –
Davis West (Violin) – Mohannad Nasser (Oud) – Stephan Braun (Cello)

20:00 Open Jam session for musicians in Berlin: Musicians are welcome to bring their
instruments and create music together.

Über Tarek Yamani

Das hochgelobte Album von Tarek Yamanis "Lisan Al Tarab: Jazz Conceptions in Classical
Arabic" ist eine Erkundung der klassischen arabischen Musik im Rahmen des Black
American Jazz. Das Ergebnis, ein Genre, das oft als "Afro-Tarab" bezeichnet wird, ist eine
Aufführung, die das Publikum auf eine Reise vom Ägypten des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts bis
zum heutigen New York mitnimmt. Das Repertoire umfasst Neuinterpretationen der
klassischen arabischen "muwashahat" (eine alte Musikform) sowie Eigenkompositionen, die
auf ausgefallenen traditionellen Rhythmen und Melodien basieren.
Tarek Yamani’s critically acclaimed album “Lisan Al Tarab: Jazz Conceptions in Classical
Arabic” is an exploration of classical Arabic music within the frameworks of Black American
jazz. The result, a genre often dubbed as “Afro-Tarab” is a performance which will take the
audience on a journey from early 1900’s Egypt to contemporary New York. The repertoire
will include reinterpretations of classical Arabic “muwashahat” (an old musical form), as well
as original compositions based on edgy traditional rhythms and melodic modes.

Born and raised in Beirut, Tarek is a pianist, composer and producer who taught himself jazz
at the age of 19. He is critically acclaimed for music that is “full of poetry and mysticism”
from revisiting the classic traditions of the Arab world through the complex rhythms and
harmonies of Black American Music. In an invigorating style, Tarek "ingeniously stretches
the edges between two eclectic cultures and musical heritages" as heard on his albums "Lisan
Al Tarab: Jazz Conceptions in Classical Arabic", and “Peninsular” which explores the
rhythms of the Arabian Peninsula. 

He has performed and composed in a variety of other styles including Afro-Cuban, Brazilian,
Flamenco, Electronica and chamber music, and in venues such as the Smithsonian Institute,
Barcelona Cathedral, Atrium at Lincoln Center, Dubai Expo 2020, Boulez Saal, Dizzy's Club
Coca Cola, MuCEM, Gran Teatro de la Habana, Melbourne Arts Center and King’s Place to
name a few. 

A recipient of many prestigious awards such as the Thelonious Monk Jazz Composers
Competition, the Baryshnikov Artist-in-Residence, the Huygens Scholarship, the Prins
Bernhard Culture fund and the Abu Dhabi Festival Commission, Tarek is also an educator,

author of two self-published music books on rhythm and a film score composer of films
screened in 100+ festivals around the world and broadcasted on AMC network, BBC,
Sundance TV and the New Yorker.

About Rolf Zielke

Since Rolf Zielke first moved to Berlin in 1996, he’s been collaborating on international
contemporary jazz projects – with Brazilian, Afro-Cuban, Arab and Anatolian musicians. His
work has been greatly influenced by his experiences of building musical bridges between jazz
and the music of South America and the Middle East. His ‘classical’ and ‘new music’
compositions are also created from this musical perspective.

Rolf Zielke teaches at the „Jazz Institute Berlin“ (JIB), at the Hochschule für Musik „Hanns
Eisler“, at the University of the Arts Berlin (UdK) and at the University of Potsdam. He is
author of the textbook: "Global Groove – A Complete Guide to Odd Meters"; published in
Jan. 2017 (advance music / Schott).

International Festivals:

French German Jazz Series, Washington DC (USA), „Dedication to Maestro Festival“, St.
Petersburg, Hermitage (Russia), „Tear Down that Wall“, Tijuana (Mexico), European Festival
of Culture in Algier (Algeria), German-Kurdish Culture Days in Erbil (Iraq), Music Festivals
in Bejing, Nanjing and Fuzhou (China),  International Jazzfestival – lasi (Rumania), Ohrid
Summer Festival (Mazedonien), Jazz at the Odra – Wroclaw (PL), International Jazz Fair –
Poznan (PL), Dialogue of Cultures, Lodz (PL), „Mozartiana“, Gdańsk (PL),”Martinů
Festtage”, Basel (CH), “Rheingau Musikfestival” (D), “Schleswig Holstein Musikfestival”
(D), ”Jazztage” Hannover, ”Masala” World Music Festival Hannover, “Jazztime” Hildesheim
(D)

Concerts / Studio recordings with:

Charlie Mariano, Thomas Quasthoff, Mike Stern, Ed Motta, Hendrik Meurkens, David
Friedman, Peter Weniger, Ed Schuller, Bireli Lagrene, Jiggs Whigham, Benny Baily, Red
Holloway, Scott Hammilton, Krzesimir Debski, Stacy Kent, Judy Niemack, Sergej Starostin
(“Moskow Art Trio”), Kaigal-Ool Khovalig (“Hun Huur Tu”), Nahawa Doumbia, Urna
Chahar-Tugchi, Eda Zari, “RIAS” Big Band Berlin.

Tours:

USA (New York, Texas, Florida, Washington DC), Kuba (Havanna), Mexico (Mexico City,
Tijuana, Ciudad Juárez), Afrika (Algerien, Kamerun), Asien (China, Türkei, Aserbaidschan,
Jordanien, Irak) und in 15 europäischen Ländern (Konzerte u.a. in London, Madrid, Zürich,
Rom, Warschau, St. Petersburg, Istanbul).