AIC-Boston Muslim Multicultural Music Series All concerts co-sponsored by the American Islamic Congress

Lotfi Bouchnak & the Orchestra of Tangier 
New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall
Friday, Feb. 20 at 8pm
Tickets start at $35, limited number of free passes available for AIC guests 

AIC is pleased to offer free passes to this exclusive event, presented by MENA Music. Renowned Tunisian singer Lotfi Bouchnak performs classical Andalusian songs of love with Morocco’s Orchestra of Tangiers. To hear these North African musical legends perform live in Boston, contact AIC at 617-266-0080 or event@aicongress.org to reserve free tickets (regularly priced $35-85). Passes are limited, RSVP today. 
 

Dunya performs Hicran: “Songs of Separation”
New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hal
Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 8pm
Free and open to the public  

Boston-based Turkish ensemble Dunya spotlights songs of longing: for love, home, and the divine. An ensemble of five vocalists and instrumentalists presents an array of classical, folk, Sufi and popular songs, dances, and improvisations representing two hundred years of music in Turkey. 

Rambax Senegalese Ensemble’s Griot Festival
Kresge Auditorium, MIT 
Saturday, February 28 at 8pm
Free and open to the public  

Rambax, MIT's Senegalese drumming ensemble, presents a celebration of the musical traditions of Griots from Africa and the Diaspora. This local troupe, led by Lamine Tour and Professor Patricia Tang, are joined in a rare Boston performance by special guests from Senegal, the Mbaye Family Drum Troupe. Come hear traditional Senegalese dance music from indigenous masters.

Nettle: Music for a Nu World
Slosberg Recital Hall, Brandeis University 
Saturday, March 21, 8:00 PM
 

Nettle is a geography defying project founded by DJ /rupture, involving 4 musicians and a video artist. The Barcelona-based project unites musicians from three continents: Moroccan violin virtuoso Abdel Rahal, Scottish cellist Jenny Jones, American producer Jace Clayton (aka Rupture), and Moroccan gnawa musician Khalid Bennaji on guembri and vocals (in Arabic and Tamazight). The group melds superficially disparate genres & instrumentation into textured music that creates a new sense of common-place. North African folksong, free improvisation, and classical Arabic composition meet digital experimentalism andurban beat production.