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About Naïssam Jalal

Instrument: Flute

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Musician

For several years, the flutist Naïssam Jalal has been revealing a personal, vibrant musical universe which gives both in substance and in form, new meaning to the word freedom. In a continual search with boundless curiosity, she shines by her virtuous capacity to weave the bonds between different musical cultures and aesthetic fields. Commitment through and in music, and creation in the service of commitment: these are the guidelines of her many artistic projects that have never ceased to surprise by their originality, their authenticity and their artistic qualities.

Naïssam Jalal was born in Paris from Syrian parents. At age 6, she enters the conservatoire to study classical flute. At age 17, she discovers improvisation and leaves the conservatoire after obtaining her certificate. The same year, the funky brass band Tarace Boulba drags her on a tour in Mali. At 19, Naïssam leaves France in search of her roots. After several months of initiation into the nay at the Great Institute of Arabic Music in Damascus, Syria, she leaves for Cairo to study with the great master violonist Abdu Dagher. In Egypt she meets Fathi Salama with whom she plays in the most prestigious theaters and participates in the creation of the groups El Dor El Awal and Bakash. Naïssam develops a very unique style between East and West.

Article: Album Review

Carlo Maria Nartoni Norvegian Trio: Syria

by Neri Pollastri
April 16, 2019

Trio diretto dal pianista Carlo Maria Nartoni, formazione classica ed esperienze nella Civica Jazz Band di Milano, con una giovane ritmica norvegese, Syria è un riuscitissimo lavoro che fonde con molto equilibrio l'estetica nordeuropea, il lirismo compositivo e una grande libertà esecutiva--ben sei dei quindici brani sono completamente improvvisati e l'intero lavoro è registrato come un ...

Album

Syria

By Carlo Maria Nartoni

Label: Unit Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: Specchi; Wunderkammer; Syria; Impro a pois; Ancient Times; Ornette or Not; Cristalli; Impro a pois, var. I; Inno armeno; Riding in the Desert; Impro a pois, var. II; Genesi; Impro a pois, var. III; Beatles; Norvegian Song.