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REFUGEES FOR REFUGEES

Amina (Muziekpublique, 2019)

Asad Qizilbash: sarod, composition, Aren Dolma: vocals, Fakher Madallal: vocals, percussion, Kelsang Hula: dramyen (Tibetan long neck lute), vocals, Mohammad Aman Yusufi: dambura (Afghani long neck lute), vocals, composition, Simon Leleux: percussion, Souhad Najem: qanun, composition, Tammam Al Ramadan: ney, Tareq Alsayed Yahya: oud, composition, Tristan Driessens: oud, lavta, artistic direction, composition.

Klara Best CD Belgium World Music, 2019
#1 Transglobal World Music Charts, May 2019

Initiated by the Brussels based world music house Muziekpublique, Refugees for Refugees is a collective including ten virtuoso musicians from Syria, Tibet, Pakistan, Iraq, Afghanistan and Belgium. After the critically acclaimed debut album Amerli was released in 2016, the band embarked in a highly successful European tour under the artistic direction of Tristan Driessens.

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Other Releases

Blue Silence (Homerecords, 2019)

TRISTAN DRIESSENS / ROBBE KIECKENS

Music for Shepherds and Sultans (Homerecords, 2023)

MICHALIS KOULOUMIS, TRISTAN DRIESSENS, MIRIAM ENCINAS