Concert combines European and Moroccan music in Brussels
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Yabiladi
A concert bringing together 34 musicians from 12 countries combined European classical music, Moroccan Arab-Andalusian repertoire and the Hadra of Chefchaouen at the European Parliament in Brussels. Organised by El Akademia and MEP Sabrina Repp, the evening presented music as a tool for intercultural dialogue, according to Yabiladi.
A concert bringing together 34 musicians from 12 countries was held on Wednesday evening at the European Parliament in Brussels, featuring European classical music, Moroccan Arab-Andalusian repertoire and the Hadra of Chefchaouen. The event was organised by the El Akademia association and MEP Sabrina Repp, a member of the Committee on Culture and Education, according to Yabiladi.
The French-Moroccan violinist Monia Rizkallah, founder of El Akademia and first concertmaster at the Berlin Opera, conducted the programme, which combined works by Edward Elgar, Ernest Bloch and Johann Sebastian Bach with performances by Abdelmalek Otmani, Hala Bensaid and female artists from Chefchaouen. The concert, held under the theme ‘Music and dialogue: One voice’, aimed to use musical creation to foster intercultural dialogue.
Ambassadors Ahmed Reda Chami and Mohamed Ameur took part in the event. European Parliament Vice-President Katarina Barley and Sabrina Repp presented culture as a means of bringing peoples closer together, according to Yabiladi.
