A part of the Centre Pompidou Constellation

Deena Abdelwahed reinvents the performance of electronic music through intuitive improvisation, a practice central to Arabic music. Drawing on popular songs from the 1920s and 1950s, the artist and her accompanying musicians transform the conventional use of familiar instruments—most notably with a DIY MIDI qanûn developed at IRCAM. A new way of experiencing musical tradition.

Program

Deena Abdelwahed Diwan Midi

Distribution

Deena Abdelwahed voice, percussion, MIDI instrument
Widad Mjama voice
Imed Alibi MIDI percussion
Nidhal Jaoua MIDI qanûn
Robin Meier IRCAM electronics
Clément Cerles IRCAM sound diffusion

Coproduction CENTQUATRE-PARIS, Département culture et création/IRCAM-Centre Pompidou. IRCAM and the CENTQUATRE-PARIS are partners for experimental performance projects.