Asmâa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou (MA) ☉ Få billetter / Few tickets
Schedule
Fri, 27 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Sankt Johannes Kirke, Nørrebro, København | Copenhagen , SK
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Oplev en af Marokkos mest markante nye stemmer inden for den traditionelle trancemusik Gnawa, når Asmâa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou fylder Sankt Johannes Kirke den 27. marts.
Deres hypnotiske samspil mellem guembri, de metalliske qraqebs og stærke call-response vokaler skaber en tranceagtig stemning forankret i morokkos dybe spirituelle traditionelle musik. Hamzaoui baner nye veje mellem tradition og fornyelse som landets førende kvindelige maalem – et ord, som direkte oversættes til mester.
Glæd dig til en aften med spirituel intensitet, feminin kraft og fortryllende polyrytmiske forløb.
Dato: Fredag 27.03.26
Dørene åbner: 19:00
Koncert: 12:00
Pris: 160 dkr + fee i forsalg / 190 dkr i dørsalg
Spilelsted: Sankt Johannes Kirke, Blegdamsvej 1A, 2200 København N
Asmâa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou (MA)
Asmâa Hamzaoui står i spidsen for en ny generation, der fornyer og forvandler Marokkos rige Gnawa-tradition. Som landets førende kvindelige maalem (spirituel mester) bryder hun og hendes kvindelige ensemble Bnat Timbouktou århundreders mandligt domineret musikkultur med et udtryk, der både er dybt forankret i traditionen og samtidig modigt fremadskuende.
Opvokset i en Casablanca-familie med dybe rødder i Gnawa-arven lærte Asmâa tidligt at spille guembri, den trestrengede bas som er drivkraften bag musikkens trancefremkaldende rytmer. Sammen med sin søster Aïcha på qraqeb (metalkastagnetter) og vokal kanaliserer hun generationer af nedarvet viden i et hypnotisk møde mellem spirituelle chants, rytmisk kraft og en magnetisk scenetilstedeværelse.
Debutalbummet Oulad Lghaba (Children of the Forest), udgivet på det svenske label ajabu! i 2019, gav gruppen international opmærksomhed og en Songlines Music Award nominering. Opfølgeren L’bnat (The Daughters) fra 2024 går endnu dybere i udforskningen af feminin energi og ritual i Gnawa-musikken og fejrer kvinders stemmer, slægtslinjer og modstandskraft i Marokkos spirituelle traditioner.
Med optrædener over hele Europa og videre, fra WOMAD UK og Roskilde til BAM Barcelona og Gnawa & World Music Festival i Essaouira, repræsenterer Asmâa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou en levende form for kulturarvsformidling når den ses i et kontemporært skær, hvor kønsidentitet og opbrud med fortidens konservative normer udgør en særlig form for aktivisme som hele verden kan spejle sig i. Koncerterne er kropslige og tranceprægede, hvor den håndskårne guembri og de pulserende, raslende qraqeb møder Asmâas stærke vokal i et sammenspil, der frem for alt formidler glæde, spirituel samhørighed og healing gennem de rytmiske forløb.
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Experience one of Morocco’s most powerful new voices in Gnawa when Asmâa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou fill Sankt Johannes Kirke on 27 March.
Their hypnotic blend of guembri, qraqeb and soaring chants creates a trance-like atmosphere rooted in deep tradition. This is Gnawa as both ritual and renewal, led by the country’s leading female maalma. Expect an evening of spiritual intensity, feminine energy and mesmerizing rhythm.
Date: Friday 27.03.26
Doors: 19:00
Show: 12:00
Price: 160 dkr + fee in presale / 190 dkr at the door
Venue: Sankt Johannes Kirke, Blegdamsvej 1A, 2200 København N
Asmâa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou (MA)
Asmâa Hamzaoui stands at the forefront of a new generation transforming Morocco’s rich Gnawa tradition. As the country’s leading female maalma (spiritual master), she and her all- women ensemble Bnat Timbouktou are breaking centuries of male-dominated musical convention with a sound that is at once deeply rooted and boldly forward-looking.
Born into a Casablanca family steeped in Gnawa heritage (her father, Maâlem Rachid Hamzaoui, is a respected master musician) Asmâa learned to play the guembri, a three- stringed lute central to the trance-inducing rhythms of Gnawa, from a young age. Joined by her sister Aïcha on qraqeb (metal castanets) and vocals, the pair channel generations of ancestral knowledge into a hypnotic blend of spiritual chant, rhythmic drive and magnetic stage presence.
Their debut album Oulad Lghaba (Children of the Forest), released on the Swedish label ajabu! in 2019, brought the group international acclaim and a Songlines Music Award nomination. The follow-up, L’bnat (The Daughters), released in May 2024, deepens their exploration of feminine energy and ritual in Gnawa music - a powerful celebration of women’s voices, lineage and resilience within Morocco’s sacred traditions.
Performing across Europe and beyond, from WOMAD UK and Roskilde to BAM Barcelona and the Gnawa & World Music Festival in Essaouira, Asmâa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou embody a form of cultural preservation through evolution. Their performances are visceral and trance-like, where the hand-carved guembri and cascading qraqeb rhythms converge with Asmâa’s commanding voice to summon both healing and joy.
Asmâa’s presence on the global stage is both groundbreaking and symbolic: a reminder that even within Morocco’s most spiritual musical forms, transformation can be driven by the power and artistry of women.
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Where is it happening?
Sankt Johannes Kirke, Nørrebro, København, Blegdamsvej 1, 2200 København N, Danmark, Copenhagen , DenmarkEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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