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

Dr. Thomas Burkhalter is an anthropologist/ethnomusicologist, AV-artist, and writer from Bern (Switzerland). He is the founder and director of Norient and the Norient Festival (NF), co-directed AV-performances and documentary films (e.g. «Contradict», Berner Filmpreis 2020 + Al-Jazeera Witness), and is the author and co-editor of several books (e.g., «Local Music Scenes and Globalization: Transnational Platforms in Beirut», Routledge, «The Arab Avant Garde: Musical Innovation in the Middle East», Wesleyan University Press). He teaches regularly at universities, and runs workshops for arts institutions. Since 2022 he produces the Norient Mixtape for Swiss National Radio SRF3. Currently, he is working on his new music duo «Melodies In My Head», and on the podcast series «Long Take: Life as an Artist». 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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