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Rising Palestinian music stars delight London audience
London - Rising Palestinian stars Nai Barghouti and Mohamed Najem and Friends enchanted audiences across Britain with a blend of Arabic and jazz music during a tour that took them to North London’s historic Union Chapel, a live entertainment venue and charity drop-in centre for the homeless.
Using traditional Arab instruments accompanied by the piano to produce a unique musical language, the performers highlighted the Palestinians’ suffering under Israeli occupation in many of the songs. Part of their fee was donated to assist UNICEF’s work in Syria.
The double bill in London’s historic Union Chapel began with a performance by Najem and Friends. Formed in 2016, the quartet — Najem on clarinet and ney, Clément Prioul on piano, Thomas Julienne on bass and Baptiste Castets on drums — is popular in the Paris jazz scene and has appeared in festivals across France and in Gabon.
Najem described his first piece, “Instant Love,” composed in 2011, as a reflection of his feelings towards the audience.
“From Bethlehem to Angers” and “Floor No. 4″ were said to reflect Najem’s personal experiences, which had deeply moved the singer. Convinced that most people in the audience have never heard of Angers, a city in western
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Award-winning singer, composer and flautist, Nai Barghouti is one of the most distinguished vocalists of a new generation of Palestinian and Arab artists.
With a layered ornamental technique, in which she uses her voice as a musical instrument, Nai brings a genre-defying link between Jazz and Arabic music.
Along with her Amsterdam-based quartet, she’s renowned for her stunning rearrangements of iconic pieces from Umm Kulthum to Fairuz, as well as original work well rooted in Arabic maqams, Jazz and classical western music.
From her first stage appearances at the age of 14, Nai has gone to fill concert halls across the world. From Egypt to France, to the UN headquarters in New York, and selling out two London shows last year as part of the EFG Jazz Festival 2023.
Nai returns to the UK for a nationwide tour performing at The Bradshaw Hall for the first time.