Faris Ishaq, Master of the Nay Instrument

Name: Faris Ishaq, Master of the Nay Instrument
Start: 2024-11-23T20:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-11-23T23:00:00+00:00
Location: Grand Junction at St Mary Magdalene's

Schedule

Sat Nov 23 2024 at 08:00 pm to 11:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Grand Junction at St Mary Magdalene's | London, EN

A Palestinian Nay Master and Percussionist, redefines the parameters of the Nay, an ancient middle eastern flute dating back to 5000 b.c.
With an evocative and improvisational approach, he plays the Nay while simultaneously accompanying himself on leg-percussion, seamlessly embodying a fresh and unique fusion of Middle Eastern, Jazz, and contemporary Folk sounds.
As part of the 2024 EFG London Jazz Festival, the talented Palestinian Composer brings his Kham Project to the English capital for traditional music explorations. Faris is renowned for revitalising traditional Palestinian shepherd playing while pioneering contemporary jazz.
His latest project is “Kham,” which in Arabic means “Raw,” is inspired by the Nay’s raw material (Sugarcane), guiding Faris’s artistic exploration to honour its roots while exploring the ultimate and innate performance potential of this minimal instrument. The project members are distinguished by masterful and diverse musical artistry in world music cultures, especially jazz, Middle Eastern, and African music, inspiring an innovative dialogue between four ancient instruments. For Faris, “Raw” represents the faith in the inherent potential of any idea, substance, or even person, and the whole-hearted investment in perceiving and working with it.
The EFG London Jazz Festival
The EFG London Jazz Festival is the capital’s biggest pan-city music festival, taking place annually in November, and long acclaimed for showcasing a heady mix of talent from around the globe. Widely acknowledged for delivering world-class artists and emerging stars, the Festival continues to take jazz to a massive audience, in one of UK’s landmark music events. The festival is produced by Serious, one of the UK’s leading producers and curators of live jazz, international and new music.