This concert was born from the meeting between Amine Soufari, Algerian orchestra and choir director and Brigitte Cirla, choir director in Marseille, and their common love for oriental music. It is a dream of fraternity, freedom and exchange. Joy, celebration, dancing but also sweetness and nostalgia are the emotions that we want to share with the public.
“Dune Rive à l’Autre” ensemble, directed by Amine, is made up of 25 choristers and 18 instrumentalists who rehearse every month in Lasalle (30140)
Ensembles « Les MardiSonnants » and « La Belle Equipe », are a cappella choirs (of 25 and 6 choristers) from the Indéchiffrables association, directed by Brigitte and based at La Friche Belle de Mai in Marseille.
Three a cappella pieces have been commissioned from two composers, Amine Soufari and Sébastien Béranger, based on poems by Iranian women poets: Simin Behbahâni, Forough Farâkhzad and Zibâ Kârbazi (translated by Franck Merger), and will be premiered at these concerts:
- Sébastien Béranger, Tremblement de Tombe (world premiere)
based on the poem by Zibâ Kârbazi (translation: Franck Merger) | (commissioned by Voix Polyphoniques) - Amine Soufari, Le vent nous emportera (world premiere)
based on the poem by Forough Farâkhzad (translation: Franck Merger) (commissioned by Voix Polyphoniques) - Amine Soufari, La gazelle agile du Ghazal (world premiere)
based on the poem by Simin Behbahâni (translation: Franck Merger) (commissioned by Voix Polyphoniques)
