Eine arabische Welt ohne Grenzen

Podcast
by Thomas Burkhalter

Wael Sami hat im Kinderchor vom Opernhaus Kairo Gesang gelernt. Heute nimmt er Unterricht in Zeitgenössischer Musik an der Hochschule der Künste in Bern.

In diesem Podcast werden die folgenden Kompositionen von Wael Sami El Kholy angespielt: «Skies' Calls», «Monyaty», «Hand of God» und «Sofism». Und der Pop-Track «Hases Beyya» (Text: Wael Samy; Komponist: Mohamed Samy).

photo: Thomas Burkhalter

Dieses Gespräch fand im Rahmen des Norient Projektes Sonic Traces: From Switzerland statt. Am Fr. 25.2 erscheinen Auszüge aus diesem Gespräch in der Radio-Reportage «Die Schweiz, mal anders. 5 Portraits» auf Schweizer Radio DRS2.

Biography

Thomas Burkhalter, PhD, is an anthropologist, multidisciplinary artist, and writer from Bern, Switzerland. He is the founder and director of Norient and the Norient Festival. Burkhalter has co-directed documentary films, including Contradict (Berner Filmpreis 2020, Al-Jazeera Witness), and created AV/theatre performances. He is the author and co-editor of several books, such as Local Music Scenes and Globalization: Transnational Platforms in Beirut (Routledge) and The Arab Avant Garde: Musical Innovation in the Middle East (Wesleyan University Press). His experimental radio feature, Gqom Edits – A Durban Visit, was nominated for the Prix Europa in 2017. Burkhalter teaches regularly at universities, leads workshops for arts institutions, and, since 2022, has produced the Norient Mixtape for Swiss National Radio SRF3. Currently, Burkhalter's focus lies on his new music/AV duo, Melodies In My Head, and the podcast Long Take: Life as an Artist. Burkhalter’s work combines personal and global perspectives, often in close collaboration with artists and thinkers from across the world. Follow him on Instagram, Research Gate, Academia.edu, Bandcamp, Spotify, or Meta.

Published on February 16, 2011

Last updated on August 13, 2020

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