When today's music is inspired by the past

Béla Bartók in 1927, whose guitarist Camel Zekri revisits the repertoire.

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By: Eric Bataillon

1 min

Guitarist Camel Zekri revisits the repertoire of Béla Bartók, who was inspired in the 1920s by songs from the Algerian desert where the guitarist's grandfather officiated, the circle has come full circle.

As for the Lebanese Wael Kodeih, he mixes pieces of music from the Middle East with extracts from period films, which gives a very visual and extremely dancing Trans-generational spectacle.

  • Algeria

  • Lebanon

  • Culture

  • Music

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