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  • Levent Yildirim, Brice Soniano, Tristan Driessens

    Rituals for Peace Trio

  • "Tristan Driessens found his calling east of the Bosphorus, becoming one of the West’s few masters of the oud." HÜRRIYET DAILY NEWS (TR)

    Tristan Driessens

  • Meira Segal & Tristan Driessens

    Mashrabiya

  • Yalda - The Longest Night

    Kayhan Kalhor Ensemble

  • “If modal jazz had flourished under the Ottoman Empire, it might have sounded like this.” TED GIOA (US)

    Shepherds and Sultans

  • Illuminans Tenebras, Music of Hildegard von Bingen

    Soolmaan Ensemble

  • **** "Multicultural medieval meanderings from Belgium" SONGLINES (UK)

    Toasaves

  • Looking for New Horizons, Ballades et légendes mettant en scène rois et reines, poètes, pirates, mercenaires, marchands et paysans

    Arianna Savall / Hirundo Maris

Latest Release

TOASAVES

Dans mon pays de Flandre (Thödol / Seyir Muzik, 2024)

New release coming soon! Raphaël De Cock: vocals, bagpipes, Jew’s harp, Harald Bauweraerts: hurdy-gurdy, Miriam Encinas Lafitte: vielle, dilruba, medieval flutes, frame drums, Eugénie De Mey: vocals, Dick van der Harst: percussion, arrangments, Pierre Hamon: […]

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Upcoming Concerts

L'Oeil du Condroz, Les Avins-en-Condroz, BE

Tristan Driessens & Simon Leleux

L'Oeil du Condroz, Les Avins-en-Condroz, BE

Tristan Driessens & Simon Leleux

Muziekpublique, Eglise de Boondael, BE

Tristan Driessens & Simon Leleux

CC Zwanenberg, Heist-op-den-Berg, BE

Soolmaan Quintet “Kashgul”

Latest Videos

Shepherds and Sultans

Patrunino (live at Merodefestiva)

Soolmaan Sextet

Kirwani Raag (Amjad Ali Khan)

News

Toasaves

We are very delighted to mention that Toasaves received the Flanders Folk Award in the category “Best Album“, for their debut album Zwerver, released by Belgian world music label Muziekpublique.

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