2010-08-21
7:30PM
n/a
"East and West collide in the music of the ZiLZALA Middle Eastern Ensemble...This
international cast of musicians provide a distinctive flavor and an irresistible rhythm."
~ Luke O'Neil, the Boston Globe
Christiane Karam & ZilZALA
Led by award-winning vocalist/composer Christiane Karam, the ZilZALA
Middle Eastern Ensemble is a Boston-based World Music group that draws
from several musical cultures to re-interpret classical, traditional and folk
Arabic and Balkan Music. The outcome is a powerful and uplifting blend
of Eastern and Western influences that creates a truly unique musical
experience. The ZilZALA Ensemble has been playing to packed houses in
Boston and New York, and is a two-time nominee for Best World Music Act in
Boston by the Phoenix Best Music Poll.
In addition to leading the ZilZALA ensemble, Christiane writes and performs in various musical settings, and has collaborated with the likes of Yanka Rupkina, Bassam Saba, Hüsnü Senlendirici, Jamey Haddad, the Assad Brothers and Bobby McFerrin, in venues such as Carnegie Hall and Summer Stage in NYC, and the International House of Music in Moscow.
Christiane is also an award-winning songwriter and is on the faculty of
Berklee College of Music as an Assistant Professor of Voice, Ensemble and
Songwriting.
"East and West collide in the music of the ZiLZALA Middle Eastern Ensemble...This international cast of musicians provide a distinctive flavor and an irresistible rhythm."
~ Luke O'Neil, the Boston Globe
"Christiane Karam & ZilZALA take you on a sensuous sound journey... You'll start on the narrow winding streets of Beirut and Damascus, hop a caravan ride through the desert, make a stop at a cinema in Cairo and, from there, they might lead you... just about anywhere!" ~ Hankus Netsky, New England Conservatory
“Is there room for music that’s off the beaten-to death mainstream? There was at the BPC last week, and judging by the standing ovation Karam’s group received, we’d all like to hear more of it “ ~ Melissa Axel, Berklee Groove
